When booking an Orlando vacation home rental via the internet, part of your reservation decision will include selection of a quality vacation home management company. There are plenty of Orlando vacaction resort managment companies to choose from in the Central Florida area. Here are some vacation home booking tips for your choice of a vacation rental company:

Professionally run with 24/7 customer service for your trip to Orlando
A professional easy to navigate web site to select your Orlando villa
The vacation homes have a quality assurance program in place to maintain top notch vacation home maintenance and cleanliness standards (Please see our blog posts on this topic).
The Orlando vacation villa management company has their own service trucks and maintenance staff and are always on call.
Location of the vacation home. Vacation homes near Disney are typically located in Kissimmee and Davenport, Florida. The Disney area rental home should be completed and in a well maintained vacation home community subdivision. No vacant lots and overgrown lawns in the area. Please consult our site often for updated vacation home community reviews and Disney area vacation rentals on the main page of our website.
Great vacation villa community recreational facilities (i.e. pool, clubhouse, community activities, basketball, etc…)
Internet access or WiFi in the Orlando area villa
Crystal clear pool/spa
Fully furnished includes items like blenders and other amenities in the kitchen – not just the basics
A game room for the kids

Ultimately, you will decide what’s important to you and your family when reserving an Orlando vacation home. Always try and book the homes with the best location (as close as possible to the parks if that’s where you want to be). Ask the management comany a lot of questions and consult our independent vacation home community ratings. The best run companies are always happy to answer all your questions.

Renting an Orlando Vacation Home Rental in the Foreclosure Crisis – 10 Tips

Many of the vacation homes in the Orlando, Kissimmee and Davenport areas are now in some stage of foreclosure.

Orlando vacation home foreclosure

Vacation homes sold quickly during the Florida real estate boom when demand in many cases was overwhelming.

Renting an Orlando Vacation Home - In Foreclosure?

Now demand appears to be significantly less than supply. Many homes are now bank owned or in some stage of foreclosure, so before renting a home rental, you may want to consider:

Try and book Orlando holiday rentals as close to your travel date as possible.
Ask if the home you are reserving is behind on its mortgage
Ask how many homes in the subdivision have been abandoned
Ask what percentage of the development you are staying in contains vacant lots
Ask if the community facilities have been completed
Ask what percentage of homes in the community have overgrown lawns
Pay by credit card only
Use a reputable rental management company. If a home they manage is repossessed, they have others.
If booking direct from an owner, you must be able to verify the rental home will not be repossessed by the bank by the time your stay comes around.
If in doubt, keep asking questions. There are hundreds of management companies handling rental homes – so pick a good one!