Hotel Rentals
Red Flags

Vacation Home
Green Flags

1. Not understanding the geographic size of the area.

Describes distance of the rental place to the Disney Property, amusement parks, and convention centers in a non-specific fashion.

Gives actual mileage from the home to the Disney Property, amusement parks, and convention centers.

2. Not locking in on the actual room location that one will stay in.

Shows generic pictures of rental place with no mention of locking into a specific rental property.

Guarantees the lease of the home that has been displayed and described.

3. Not staying at a vacation place with a standard of living equivalent to how one lives year round.

Lists only rental place generalities such as types and quantity of rooms in the rental.

In addition to room definition, catalogs the home’s standard conveniences such as Weber Gas Grilles, coffee makers, sheets, towels, DVDs/VCRs, big screen TVs, microwaves, cable TV.

Assumes minimal time will be spent at the rental place.

Provides access to comfortable home with an on-site private swimming pool in a gated community with resort amenities – movie theater, tennis, basketball, volleyball, kiddy pool, SPA, pool table, ping pong table, and sundry shop.

5. Not leasing from reputable company.

Avoids addressing involvement in local tourist and business organizations.

Proudly displays an excellent Better Business Bureau rating.

6. Not calculating drive times correctly.

Steers clear of specifics about amount of time spent traveling to and from the rental place.

Provides total distance and drive time to parks, golf courses, and convention centers.

7. Not planning for non- Disney Park, downtime.

Discusses only Disney Park and tourist oriented pay activities.

Offers local facility use of tennis, volleyball, basketball, swimming, free movie theater, video games, pool tables, exercise room, snack shop.

8. Not having other necessary amenities conveniently located.

Vaguely mentions other necessary amenities.

Gives detailed information about local restaurants, grocery stores, shopping centers, and golf courses.

9. Not planning for in-house children activities in the vacation place.

Does not mention standard items needed to care for children.

Discusses ability to listen to music, watch TV and watch VCR movies, use a high chair or play pen in the home.

10. Not pre-determining the actual bedding arrangements.

Lists sleeping accommodations for a specific quantity of people, for example sleeps six.

Guarantees specific bed sizes and their bedroom locations.