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Family Lodging in Orlando Florida Options
Family lodging Planning
Planning a vacation? Already know your destination or city? You might want to take a look at what will be going on in your destination of choice while you are there. To this end there is an easy way of locating city event information without contacting the city hall or getting a paper from the city delivered. The Event Guide Network is a wonderful website that gathers events and information happening in cities around the globe. There you will find information on events searchable by month and day in many cities, states, provinces, and countries. The event guide can help you determine where you want to plan you vacation and make reservations for your family lodging.
Family lodging Deals Online
There are many deals to be had online. You need to conduct an effective search or knowing where to go and how to obtain reservations and bookings. Family lodging can save dollars and enable you to spend that saved money on other aspects of your trip. The internet is your friend when it comes to saving money and travel and family lodging is only one area. There are forums and websites dedicated to saving your cash and putting dollars back into your wallet. Some of these sites include:
Family Travel Guide
AIA’s Lodging for Vacations
Family Travel Network
If you are interested in conducting your own searches and finding some great sites and specials for your family lodging you can try the following excellent search engines.
Hotbot.com
MSN.com
Google.com
Webcrawler.com
Yahoo.com
Each of these sites is capable of returning many results based on any search you conduct. To help you search faster and smarter you might consider a search using keywords such as:
1. Family Lodging
2. Discounts
3. Specials
4. Attractions
5. Keywords specific to your chosen city or area
6. Travel
7. Savings
Family Lodging Tips
When booking your family lodging reservations online you should always:
1. Do your research in advance.
As always finding the best family lodging means planning in advance for your trip. Look for the best current prices on hotels for your desired quality range, dates, and destination using the search engines and websites listed in addition to those you find yourself. You can make multiple reservations online, but always check to see if there is a cancellation fee before you do. Take into account that you should be saving money by booking family lodgings.
Here are some of the places to check:
• Discount travel websites, such as Hotels.com, which give prices for specific hotels.
• Hotels.com which lists hotels sorted by best values. Family lodging specials are often listed to assist families in finding the best rates and deals on multiple booking reservations.
• AAA auto club members may access www.aaa.com to check on price ranges, discounts, and other benefits featured.
2. Consider days and season of travel.
• Keep in mind the days of the week you want to book your family lodging.
• Hotels will usually offer their best rates and discounts on weekends which include Friday, Saturday, and sometimes Sunday as well as holidays, except during special events. Convention and resort areas may be exceptions. Such as Orlando, Las Vegas, and Hawaii.
• As a result, hotels in these resort areas give bigger discounts during their off-seasons. Booking during these times can help save money in family lodging.
Finding Family lodging
Finding lodging for your family is not that difficult. Most hotels and lodgings offer rooms capable of 4 to 5 person accommodations. Should you require additional privacy or accommodations for larger families you can get adjoining rooms with a door between them. This is a feature of some hotels. Simply call and request this option or inquire about accommodations to fit your family lodging needs. If none are available, check into local villas or suites for more value based options. Examples of hotels that offer special accommodations for families include:
Holiday Inn Family Suites
Wyndham Hotel and Resorts
Disney World Resorts and Hotels
Travel Lodge in Orlando
Poconos Ponnsylvania Family
Resorts
Marriot TownePlace Suites
Military lodging
The U.S. Military provides travel and lodging to its service at a reduced or free rate under certain conditions that vary from branch to branch. Listed here is a summary of the information for each branch.
Army:
1. Central Reservations
TOLL-FREE: 1-800-GOARMY-1 or 1-800-462-7691
COMMERCIAL: (256) 313-2790
DSN 897-2790
2. Availability of Quarters and Dining 3. TRADOC Schools - Dining Availability
4. Major Military and Associate Installations Information - Worldwide relocation information on major military and associate installations for use by service men and women and their families during permanent change of station moves.
Navy:
1. Navy Bachelor Housing
2. Dining Facilities
3. Navy Lodge
4. Major Military and Associate Installations Information – Worldwide relocation information on major military and associate installations for use by Service men and women and their families during permanent change of station moves.
Marines:
1. TRANSIENT BILLETING QUARTERS
2. TEMPORARY LODGING FACILITY DIRECTORY – Facilites used for Family lodging and military lodging for short-term housing accommodations for military members, their families, and guests both on official travel and while on non-duty status.
3. Major Military and Associate Installations Information - Worldwide relocation information on major military and associate installations for use by Service men and women and their families during permanent change of station moves.
Air Force:
1. Family Lodging and Dining Facilities The information contained in the listings below describes the availability of Air Force lodging and dining facilities throughout the world for personnel in a TDY travel status.
—CONUS LOCATIONS
— OVERSEAS LOCATIONS
— Codes used in Conus and Overseas listings
— Glossary of References, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
2. Reservations & Lodging Facilities Directory
3. Major Military and Associate Installations Information - Worldwide relocation information on major military and associate installations for use by Service men and women and their families during permanent change of station moves.
4. Air Force Crossroads - Essential information on over three hundred military bases from around the world. Most of the information is provided by the bases themselves, giving you firsthand knowledge of the installations and their local surroundings.
Other:
1. OAG's Hotels @ Per Diem - This new website offers the Government traveler up-to-date information on Hotels that are at Per Diem, and FEMA approved
2. GSA Best Available Military Lodging Values - The General Services Administration offers a web site for best available military lodging values that provides listings of lodging accommodations in cities across the U.S. You may also contact the GSA Hotline at (415) 522-4671.
3. Premier Lodging Program (PLP) - Under this program, the government contracts with lodging properties in specific geographical areas for military lodging, which guarantee rooms at a set rate within the established per diem.
If you are in a branch of the armed forces and wish to use military lodging or discounts you can acquire more specific information by contacting your commanding officer.
Military lodging General Information
Lodging under the military is not only afforded those servicemen in uniform but also to some contractors and civilians.
Information about Contractor Travel.
Information about Living Quarters Allowance.
Information about Military Lodging taxes.
Most military servicemen are eligible for per diem, a compensation rate for lodging. This per diem can be applied to a hotel for lodging expenses and there is a program available for hotels at the per diem cost. This program is known as Hotels at Per Diem.
The government also makes available a free travel planner that contains the most comprehensive worldwide travel information available to the government or military traveler. You can acquire the free travel planner here.
http://www.islandhideaway.net
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