Consumer reviews are a great way to make one familiar with the market, but online reviews shed even more light on the options that are available. Keep in mind that quality of homes also varies within an individual community. As a smart consumer, each review should help you form your own opinions and provide valuable insight for your Disneyworld holidays.

Before we name names based on our reviews, it is important to point out that there are a lot of high quality communities. For our purposes, we’ll focus on Kissimmee rentals which tend to be closer to the Walt Disney World®  parks. Second, vacation rental satisfaction mostly involves meeting your own personal and family vacation needs. Finding the right rental home is an individual choice, just like many other areas involving personal finance. Write down your own needs (amenities, location, size of home, etc…) and then make an educated decision using these available resources.

Having said that, some of our top picks for Kissimmee vacation villas include:

• Windsor Hills Resort – A perennial favorite for vacation home renters
• Emerald Hills Villas – Excellent homes, outstanding amenities
• Windsor Palms – Gated and guarded for privacy, great location
• Bella Vida Resort – Beautiful clubhouse, new Mediterranean style homes
• Acadia Estates – Limited common area amenities, but large spacious homes

Vacation rental homes in Kissimmee Florida are a great value for any Disney traveller. The vacation rentals mentioned above are only a fraction of those rated 3 Stars and above by our website. Privacy, selection, amenities and location are but a few of the reasons rental homes should be considered if you or your family are visiting the area. Check-out our reviews and profiles of the many resorts in Central Florida. The reviews are accompanied with video, pictures and details on each resort. We hope you have a great vacation!

According to this professional, consumers/buyers look for homes 8 or less miles from the theme park. In other words, buyers tend to pay a real price premium for vacation homes based on that locational convenience. In higher peak attendance months, this trip to the parks may take 30 minutes or roughly 1 hour both ways. It would sense that one would want to own a home that is that is both convenient to the parks along with the inherent rental demand that a vacation home like this offers. We concur on this estimate in terms of ideal distance to Walt Disney World®.

If this is the case, what are some resort communities near Disney that meet this criteria? Based on our individual resort reviews, the following meet this requirement:

• Acadia Estates – Large, professionally managed homes
• Emerald Island Resort – One of our favourites
• Encantada Resort – Adjacent to Irlo Bronson (192), stylish and beautifully landscaped
• Formosa Gardens – Extremely close to Disney often on large acreage lots
• Indian Creek – Lovely tree shaded picnic area and ample recreational amenities
• Oak Island – Lovely tree shaded neighborhood
• Windsor Hills – Always a top choice with luxurious homes and excellent amenities
• Windsor Palms – Professionally managed with excellent clubhouse and grounds

This is by no means a complete listing as there a lot of other terrific communities. The amount of quality and selection of vacation homes near the major attractions makes Central Florida unique. For reviews on over 80 different resort communities that have houses for rent, consult our main page. Each of the various resort reviews contain photos and videos of each subdivision to help you make a decision.

Vacation Homes Near Disney

You can also see this excellent video below. Although it relates to vacation home buyers, it is also informative for vacation home renters.

We continuously update our resort reviews. For Emerald Island Resort, our initial evaluation resulted in a rating of Good/Premium for these vacation villas. We would like to reiterate our resort review for Emerald Island after a recent on-site evaluation. No more than 25% of the reviewed communities attain this distinction.

The resort review of Emerald Island rentals is a blending of multiple areas to formulate the composite resort rating including:

* Cleanliness of Resort Grounds

* Appearance of Community Overall

* Overall Quality of Community Amenities

Emerald Island rental choices include mostly 2 to 4 bedroom vacation homes and townhomes. The exterior aesthetics of the vacation rentals differ (Refer to our video footage of the resort), but all rentals are updated and modern. The common areas are good especially the strong sense of arrival with fountains and outdoor seating areas.

The Emerald Island homeowners community amenities include pool, playground, barbecue, volleyball, fitness room, whirlpool spa and nature trail. We did find the resort pool to be on the smallish side especially considering the size of the community. However, Emerald Island Kissimmee is a luxurious destination for any family or group visiting the Orlando area, and our review of Emerald Island Resort reflects this favorable rating.

Emerald Island Rentals

Vacation rentals have the best mix of premium home luxuries, common area amenities and convenient location. Vacation rentals do not have recognizable national brands and ample advertising behind them, but they do have a long history of satisfied guests who rent time and time again. As they say, once you have stayed in a vacation home rental, you’ll never stay in a cramped hotel again.

Our site reviews over 80+ resorts and vacation home communities that cater to the short term rental market. Vacation rental houses in Orlando, Kissimmeee and Davenport come in all shapes and sizes, but are most commonly available in a minimum size of three bedrooms to five bedrooms and higher. We believe you’ll have a superior vacation stay in these vacation home communities. However, all home communities and resorts are not created equal.

The highest rated resorts near Disney on our site include:

• Windsor Hills Resort – Outstanding clubhouse, top community pool and manicured lawns
• Emerald Island Resort – Gated entry, walking trails and well landscaped homes
• Windsor Palms – Maximum privacy, full amenities, excellent villa homes
• Bella Vida Resort – New Mediterranean style community, beautiful pool area
• Encantada Resort – Dual pools and spas, gated, and great location
• Terra Verde Resort – Modern clubhouse, tennis, basketball with premium homes and townhomes
• Tuscan Hills – Luxurious villa homes with tile roofs on rolling hills in Davenport
• Acadia Estates – Smaller cul-de-sac community with mostly large spacious vacation homes
• Reunion Resort – Beautiful villas adjacent to a world class golf course
• Watersong Resort – Located a little further out, this community contains beautiful homes in a natural setting along with a luxurious resort clubhouse

This is only a sample listing of some of the top properties. For full resort details, video and profiles on each of these resorts and more, please consult the community reviews section of our main page. These reviews will help you find the best values that meet your vacationing needs.

Best Orlando Vacation Home Resorts

As we have indicated in prior posts, positive awareness of renting vacation villas spreads primarily through positive word-of-mouth referrals. Although vacation homes continue to become more mainstream, hotels continue to hold market share especially in destination locations such as Orlando. At this point in time, hotel brands are much more recognizable to the American consumer.

Why is this the case? In many foreign countries such as Italy and Spain, holiday villas are the first choice for many travelers. Europeans have been positively exposed to vacation rentals as a mainstream alternative. In America, the power of large household brands through repetitive advertising is very strong. Americans often don’t feel comfortable booking without some reassuring feeling of a brand name. In Orlando and other markets, a major factor people trust when booking a vacation home is the community they will be staying in. Thus, the actual resort community becomes part of the brand for vacation homes in Orlando and elsewhere.

Orlando is a unique market for vacation homes. There are well over 80 community subdivisions, and as we have indicated, the quality can change significantly between communities.

The quality of home maintenance may vary within an individual community, but the location, overall quality of homes, amenities and maintenance of the common areas typically remain constant, positive or negative in effect. Good examples of “vacation home brands” with a strong following include the Windsor Hills Resort , Windsor Palms , Bahama Bay Resort, and the Emerald Island Resort.

This website reviews the major resort subdivisions in the Orlando, Kissimmee and Davenport markets on several important factors. This helps one evaluate the price-value-quality equation to determine what brand (i.e. community) you wish to book. This is a “brand” new way of looking at Florida holiday villas that is unique in the industry.

Vacation Home Brands

Vacation homes and rental homes in Fl are an important part of travel to Florida.

In a landmark 2008  study commissioned by the Kissimmee Convention and Visitors Bureau, research indicates that vacation home owners and guests spend over $384 million in one county (Osceola) alone.

Vacation home rentals continue to be a more accepted means of accomodations and gain market share, but the industry has no formal organizational means of tracking economic impact statewide.

There are three major vacation homes markets in FL. These markets include Orlando, Miami and Destin/Panama City. There are also two secondary markets for rental homes in FL including Tampa/Clearwater and Jacksonville. It is difficult to extrapolate the total number of vacation home visitors statewide, but based on the report mentioned above, Osceola County drew 1.2 million visitors staying in vacation homes alone.

Although awareness of vacation homes for travel to Florida is on the rise, more consumer and economic data and information is needed. Holiday rentals in Orlando are a great way to enjoy the area.

Vacation Rentals in FL

This website focuses specifically on the Orlando vacation homes market to disseminate that needed consumer information. Over 80 resort communities have been independently rated and profiled which should give consumers a greater sense of trust for what they are booking. These vacation reviews are viewable on the main page of this website. The reviews section includes such premium resort communities as Emerald Island Resort and Windsor Hills Resort. Orlando FL is a great destination for theme parks, golf, restaurants and other attractions.

Rental Homes in FL

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To further help our readers, we have selected what in our opinion are the top eight Kissimmee vacation rental home communities.

We define “vacation homes” as detached dwelling structures with multiple bedrooms and are similar, if not synonymous, to single family residential homes. A complete explanation of the various vacation rental options are linked here.

Here we go. The top eight vacation home picks for short term rentals in Kissimmee, Florida based on vacation rental evaluator reviews are (in alphabetical order):

Acadia Estates

Bella Vida Resort

Emerald Island Resort

Formosa Gardens Estates 

Rolling Hills Estates

Terra Verde Resort

Windsor Hills Resort

Windsor Palms Vacation Homes 

Just click on any of the communities above for detailed review scores, video tours, photos and interactive maps.

Best Kissimmee Vacation Homes

Emerald Island Resort in Kissimmee / Orlando Florida is a premium vacation home community located approximately 1.8 miles from the Animal Kingdom ® entrance to the Walt Disney World Resort ®.

Emerald Island Resort

Emerald Island vacation homes vary in size from four to eight bedrooms.

Perhaps one of the greatest attributes of the Emerald Island villas resort is its location to the Walt Disney World Resort ®. The resort is one of the closest major premium communities of its kind.

To see our REVIEW OF EMERALD ISLAND, click here as we have interactive maps, additional photos and an Emerald Island video tour.

Enjoy our photos of Emerald Island below.

Emerald Island also offers a community clubhouse, community pool with a bar, and playground facilities for the kids.

Feel free to use any of our Emerald Island images below. As a courtesy, please credit www.orlando-vacationhomerental.com .

Emerald Island Vacation Homes

Emerald Island Photos

Emerald Island Townhomes

Hotels in Orlando have gone into shock. In February 2009, hotel revenues were reportedly down dramatically (1).

Orlando vacation homes, although affected by the economic downturn, have some very powerful factors now in their favor.

1. Of the 200 +/- hotels in Orlando, there are as few as 400+/- full time sales managers at the property level promoting their product.
2. With 30,000 +/- vacation homes in the Orlando market, each owner becomes their properties’ best sales manager. You could argue there is an army of 30,000+/- part time sales managers/owners promoting Orlando vacation homes all over the globe on a daily basis.
3. Tour operators are now selling Orlando vacation home product with as much fervor as they do hotels. Such premium accommodations as Emerald Island Resort and Windsor Hills Resort are well know for their quality amenities.
4. In Orlando, there are hundreds of vacation home management companies aggressively promoting vacation home rentals for owners. The databases of management companies also include thousands of satisfied consumers who refer potential renters.
5. Orlando vacation home rentals have become very competitive in rate, and can often offer a better value proposition than a traditional hotel. Hence, their popularity with travelers.
6. Once the domain of Europeans, the domestic American consumer is becoming very educated on vacation homes and the benefits they offer including the ease with which the homes can be booked.

Orlando vacation home marketing has become organically powerful and has so much “hidden” muscle that a significant gain in market share against the hotel industry looks inevitable. The Orlando vacation home idustry segment is  now a force to be reckoned with.

Orlando Vacation Homes

We continue to add video reviews and ratings of new resort communities in Davenport, Kissimmee and Clermont almost on a regular basis. We believe we have the most comprehensive profiles, maps and independent ratings on vacation subdivisions in the Orlando area. Please click on the resort community review section of our website for more detailed information on each subdivision. Premium Orlando villas such as Windsor Hills Resort and Emerald Island Resort are reviewed on the site. Our mission is to be the most comprehensive and accurate vacation guide for potential vacation home renters in Orlando.

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