Orlando & Florida - Questions & Answers (Part 1) *CLOSED*

Mike_J

Sea World parking tip I just learnt:-

Parking at SeaWorld is about $10 for the day. You can apparently buy weekly tickets for $15 or a forntnightly ticket for SW and Busch for $30. Bit late for me because next year we not having a car!

lynseydee

We are looking to go to Florida next year with a couple of friends and were looking to go next May. I have tried looking at lastminute.com as they were quite cheap based on prices for this year. If I look for next May it comes up saying no availability. Does anyone know of the best place to book flight, car hire and accomodation (preferably villa) for the cheapest price and whether any other time of year is just as good to go as we were previously advised beginning of May was a good time?

pompeyrich

lynseydee wrote: »

We are looking to go to Florida next year with a couple of friends and were looking to go next May. I have tried looking at lastminute.com as they were quite cheap based on prices for this year. If I look for next May it comes up saying no availability. Does anyone know of the best place to book flight, car hire and accomodation (preferably villa) for the cheapest price and whether any other time of year is just as good to go as we were previously advised beginning of May was a good time?

If you could leave on the 30th April it would cost you £520 each, return inc taxes with BA returning 2 weeks later, if you leave it until the 1st May, next day, it goes up to £671 each, so worth playing with your dates, got these prices from the BA website. So going a day earlier saves you £150 each which will easily cover your car rental costs.

Airline Network used to be really good for car hire but this year THESE were cheaper for me.

There are many villa sites to choose from where you deal direct with the owners but this year I have used BROADWAY TRAVEL, you should be able to get a 3 bedroom villa with pool for £500-£600 for 2 weeks in May.

Not saying these are the best prices but I would say pretty good and will give you a good starting point to compare.

atro1

Agree with pompeyrich.
But virgin and BA have a sale getting on for xmas , and flights should be around £270
I have used US car rental for the last four years until this year when I booked with Travel City and got the car two weeks for the price of one and I must admit very good deal for June.
The Villas I always use Last Mintue villas .com.

jen1

Hi, We are also looking at going to florida next may and found BA flights v.expensive at the mo. When is the BA sale? do you think it might be worth waiting?
Thanks Jen

lynseydee

Hi Pompeyrich

Thanks for your reply. How many of you went on your holiday and what size vehicle did you go for?

charlies_mum

Just in case anyone is interested, we are going to Florida in October with Virgin and paid £750 each for premium economy seats. Just checked and they have now come down to £600 each, with Economy only £27 cheaper :rolleyes:

eripmav

The missus and I managed to get three tickets in the Virgin sale for myself, her and my son totalling £1009. Absolute bargain:)

pompeyrich

lynseydee wrote: »

Hi Pompeyrich

Thanks for your reply. How many of you went on your holiday and what size vehicle did you go for?

5 of us, 2 ads + 3 kids, usually go for a "full size" which is plenty big enough, gone for a 4X4/suv this year but only cos it worked out cheaper. The full size took our 5 cases and the buggy plus a couple of carry on type bags, had to put a couple of bags in the car but thats only to and from the Airport.Theres not much between intermediate and full size, price wise, so maybe best to go bigger.

pompeyrich

jen1 wrote: »

Hi, We are also looking at going to florida next may and found BA flights v.expensive at the mo. When is the BA sale? do you think it might be worth waiting?
Thanks Jen

There is a BA sale on now, and a Virgin one but not for May which is a popular month, Whitsun etc. so you will be lucky to get cheap flights then in my opinion