Villa Stay Flexibility Experience
Villa Stay Flexibility Experience
The Flight vs Villa poll got me thinking... My experience is the best flight deals are for mid week to mid week. Some villa management companies maintain a Saturday to Saturday bookings only rule. Would forum readers mind sounding off where they've had luck finding mid-week to mid-week rentals?
We've always travelled off-season and have never had a problem getting the villa we want for the dates we want. Usually we book about 10m-1year out.
Last year we booked Ambiance for a week and then decided to make it 10 days and didn't have a problem at all. Checked in on a Saturday and out on a Tuesday and it was over Memorial Day weekend.
Probably depends on in or out of season and the popularity of the house.
Last year we booked Ambiance for a week and then decided to make it 10 days and didn't have a problem at all. Checked in on a Saturday and out on a Tuesday and it was over Memorial Day weekend.
Probably depends on in or out of season and the popularity of the house.
If you can manage to stay for longer than a week, you can do what John and I do--start and/or end the vacation at a hotel. That way you can take advantage of the cheaper airfare and still fit within the rental guidelines for your villa.
It's like looking in your soup and finding a whole different alphabet.
- Jan&MikeVa
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Same for us w/Caribbean Villas. Our 4th trip is coming up and this is the 1st time we've booked Sunday to Sunday. We did this because those were the only dates our villa was available. Airfares are definately cheaper during mid-week, at least in the Norfolk Va area. This time we're flying out of D.C. and the fares were good any day of the week. If you look at the availability calendars for various villas you will see that it doesn't look like they require weekend to weekend rentals.
Jan (aka Charlie)
Jan (aka Charlie)