Advantages of renting a vacation home for your next trip

Advantages of renting a vacation home

Renting a vacation home has become one of the most used alternatives to stay when traveling. The new options offered by applications such as Airbnb or Vrbo, have made it easy, safe and accessible to rent houses all over the world.

The phenomenon of vacation home rentals ended up positioning itself in the world after the recent Covid-19 pandemic. This caused many tourists to seek to stay in vacation homes, because they offered greater privacy than staying in a hotel with hundreds of strangers. All this has made that even the big hotel chains were forced to adapt their rooms, such as apartments or vacation homes, in order not to be left behind in the new way of staying when traveling.

But why do thousands of tourists now prefer to stay in a vacation home instead of a hotel? What is it that makes many people now opt for this modality?

Vacation homes have some advantages over hotels that make them very popular, and that influence when making a decision between one or the other option. That is why we show you here the most important advantages to take into consideration when booking a vacation home instead of a hotel room.

Vacation home on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

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Complete privacy

Enjoy an environment of your own, where only you and your guests are present. This allows you to relax completely without having to share the space with other guests. If what you want is to live a more intimate rest, and have more freedom to do what you like, book a vacation home.

Stay more for less

One of the greatest advantages of vacation homes is that you can host more people for less. If you are a large family, or constantly travel with friends, then a vacation home is a great convenience for you.

In a house you can accommodate 4, 6, 8 or 10 people if the facilities allow it, and the price difference between renting the property for 1 guest or for 8 guests is significantly low. While in the case of hotels the price is multiplied by each extra guest you need to host.

Also, if you are traveling with children you will know that after the age of 12 (in most hotels) your children are no longer considered children and you have to pay for them as an adult. This seriously increases the costs in your budget, while in a vacation home this problem practically does not exist.

Local experience

Staying in a vacation home will force you to interact in a different way with your destination. You'll go out to the store to buy groceries, or to the pharmacy for medicine, and you'll even be able to chat with your neighbors. If you would like to have a cultural immersion in your destination, a vacation home is a good idea.

Casa Armonia in Antigua Guatemala

Kitchen and laundry facilities

This is definitely an advantage you should stress when deciding where to stay. Vacation homes have (for the most part) included the use of kitchen and laundry facilities. This is a great practical help when traveling, even if you don't plan to cook or do laundry during your trip. Craving a cup of tea before bed? You can easily prepare it in your kitchen. Spilled food on your shirt and want to reuse it? You can easily wash it.

Casa Costeña in Puerto San José, Guatemala

Value for money

In general, vacation home prices work just like hotels. You can stay at a luxury, beachfront resort with excellent amenities for a few thousand dollars a night. Or you can stay in a small hotel a few blocks from the beach with fewer amenities but for a much more comfortable price.

Likewise with vacation homes you can stay in mansions, luxurious villas, or castles (literally), or small apartments or studios for 1 person. All depending on your budget.

So, what's the difference?

The difference is that for a luxury vacation home you will pay considerably less than for a luxury hotel room. And likewise, if you are looking to rent a regular apartment, it will be cheaper than a standard room in a hotel of the same level. The relationship between the quality of your accommodation and the price you can afford to pay, favors you more in a vacation home.

In addition, the sum of all the different amenities, services and options that renting a house offers you versus staying in a hotel, makes it an even more economically favorable option. Cooking at home instead of cooking 3 meals at restaurants will save you money. Washing your clothes in the apartment instead of paying for hotel laundry can save you considerably more money. Hosting a family of 6 in a vacation home instead of hotel rooms is also significantly cheaper.

The experience is definitely different between a hotel and a vacation home, but the price/quality ratio is better when it comes to vacation homes.

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Booking a vacation home with Travelisimo

Travelisimo is the most user-friendly platform to book a vacation home for your next trip. When you enter Travelisimo Vacation Homes you will find a wide variety of homes in Guatemala, and Central America, so you can choose the one that suits your tastes.

Whether you are looking to rent an apartment for a few days, or book a house for a long stay, Travelisimo offers you all the options to find the accommodation you need.

In addition, if you have questions about how to book a vacation home, you can contact a Travelisimo agent for personal assistance.

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