When we went to Florida last year we booked it all oursleves as it worked out much cheaper!

Booked the flights with First Choice and the Villa through this website actually and everything was just perfect.

I will say that the parks are very tiring and you will need more than likely a days break before doing the next one. We did and our kids were two at 13, 12, 11 and five.

Lelly - Ex-Pat Brit here (Hertfordshire) now living/working in Orlando in the Travel Medical Insurance business.

DIY will be cheaper but you cannot fly with charter airlines as Debbie suggested - Most will do 2 week, some 3 week but not "odd days". You can find alternative air fares with Iceland Air, Lufthanssa amongst others that will fly cheaper as they are not direct. Heres a new thing also that the charters have started, you have baggage if you book the package deal, but if you do flight only they do not allow any bagage free. The ones I have seen are charging £30.00 per bag! If you have a few bags it could be cheaper to pay the package price rather than DIY!

We have a condo at Cocoa Beach - it's very nice there - the beaches depend really on what you are looking for, Daytona Beach has the raceway and bikers use it a lot and has some great eateries and plenty of bars. New Smyrna Beach and Cocoa are great for just beach sitting/surfing and a bit quieter time than Daytona. Not many villa's on the beach look at condo's - there's far more available and cheaper than a villa/house.

All these beaches are great for the NASA Space Center, Casino Cruises (Port Canaveral).

hHave you thought of a short cruise - from Port Canaveral to The Bahamas 3 or 4 night cruises at the moment deals from $199.00 (£120.00).

Whatever you decide enjoy - Orlando/Florida have got it right if you want to enjoy yourself - this is the place.

Hi

We were in Florida in November and went down one coast and up the other so saw quite a few beaches.

Previous suggestion was for the east coast. That's good, but I thought I'd mention the west coast too, that's where we liked a little better. We stayed in St Pete's Beach at the Tradewinds Island Grand. Not a villa but a large hotel/resort with self catering rooms of varying sizes and great facilities. There is lots of accomodation in the area so there will be other options. We also drove up to Clearwater which was very nice too.

I'm sure you'll have fun wherever you choose!

Hi, We are off in 4 weeks and thats a coincidence as we actually booked 11 nights on IDrive and then 7 at Tradewinds Sandpiper Thanks for all your replies
I can't wait now