Car Hire

14 days economy car - "GOLD" package free tank of petrol, additional drivers and ALL taxes. Only £234

14 days 8 seater mini van - "GOLD" package free tank of petrol, additional drivers and ALL taxes - Only £387

Everyone who rents a villa will need a car, it is not a luxury whilst in Orlando, its a necessity. Even if you stay at most hotels you need a car. The vast size of the Orlando area makes it impossible to make the most of your 1 week or 2 weeks without one.

The car hire company we recommend offers the best prices we have been able to find, plus we have used them ourselves.

Please Note: We only recommend them because they offer great value, we are not connected to them nor do we receive any commision or any rewards for any bookings made.

Unfortunately they only offer car hire to UK residents. (if you know of a site offering cheap car hire to US residents please let me know)

To go direct to their website click on the image below:

If the above link does not work try www.yescarhire.com or you can call them on 0870 241 8780

The best way to buy your car hire is "fully inclusive", ie to prepay all the insurance extras before you get to Florida. This way when you pick up your car you have nothing else to pay when you get there. With the above company this option is "gold inclusive" everything is paid in advance, you even get more than one driver if required and a full tank of fuel so you take the car back empty.

Remember: young children must be in a child seat, you can get them as an extra at about $5 per day, however you are best taking your own with you, most airlines will just put it in the luggage hold along with pushcairs.

If you have a UK picture driving licence you must take the paper part with you as well.

Park Tickets

14 Day disney ultimate Ticket Adult £153 Child £127

4 Park Orlando flexi ticket Adult £98 Child £79

You cannot go to Florida without going to the parks, there are 4 Disney Parks, plus 2 Disney Water Parks, 2 Universal Parks, Seaworld and Busch Gardens.

Buying tickets for these can be very exspensive so the best way to get tickets is to buy them from an offical ticket outlet rather than at the gate.

For the Disney parks there are a vast aray of tickets and options:

* tickets that expire after 14 days - tickets with days that never expire

* tickets that allow you to visit more than one Disney Park on the same day (known as hopping) - tickets that dont allow this

* tickets that allow you a number of extra visits to water parks (known as plus option)- tickets that dont

tickets that allow hopping and include the plus (known as premium)but with days that expire and the same tickets with days that dont expire.

It can be mind boggling. The most popular tickets are 5 and 7 day premium tickets, and if you will use all the days whilst on holiday get the expiring ticket, if you will not use all the days get the never expire ticket(unused days last for years)

For UK residents there is a better value ticket still a 14 day or 21 day ultimate ticket this allows you to plus and hop for as many times as you like for the period of the ticket. It expires after 14 days or 21 days after first use. You must buy this ticket in the UK you cannot get it in Florida.

Other Theme Parks

You can buy individual tickets for the other parks for single days, the best way though if you are doing more than just one other park is the Orlando Flexi Ticket. This ticket comes as either a 4 park or 5 park :

4 park : Universal Studios, Universal Islands of Adventure, Seaworld, Wet 'n' Wild

5 park : Universal Studios, Universal Islands of Adventure, Seaworld, Wet 'n' Wild, Busch Gardens

These tickets expire 14 days after first day of use.

Where to buy your tickets?

The Offical Ticket Center

This is a US company based in Kissimme, they sell all the different Disney Tickets, and tickets for other Parks and Shows. All prices are in US Dollars and will mail tickets to any US address, for residents of other countires you can buy the tickets in advance by credit card and then pick them up when in Florida. (note they do not sell the Ultimate Ticket)

I personnally use this company myself and have done so for 5 years, and they offer some of the cheapest prices for tickets. I also receive a small commission for any tickets purchased.

If you telephone them please quote TC33CFV

UK Residents Only

Cheapest Park Tickets

This is a UK company which sells the Disney Ultimate Ticket and also 5 day and 7 day tickets. They also sell tickets to other parks.

I can pretty much say you will not find cheaper prices for tickets in the UK. They also mail the tickets to any UK address.

I have recommended this company for some time and have received no bad feed back however I have not personnaly used them myself. I do not receive any commission or rewards from this company and I am not connected to them in any way.

Travel Insurance

The best way to get your travel insurance is to buy it seperately, The company below offers some great prices on both one trip and also annual travel insurance

Some examples for trips to FLORIDA:

Annual

2 adults: £65

Family 2 adults and upto 4 children: £75

Single Trip 2 weeks

2 adults: £39.98 (no cancellation) £49.98 with cancellation option

Family 2 adults and upto 4 children: £58.80 (no cancellation) £73.50 with cancellation option

these are the best prices I have been able to find

The company above, Columbus Direct offers some excellent value for travel insurance and you will probably find their prices hard to beat. Click on the link above and you can get a quote online.

We believe in not hiding anything so to inform you we receive a small commission for any travel insurance taken out with Columbus Direct