Searching for affordable family resorts can be a pain especially when you are searching for one where everybody wants to be. Somewhere like hmmm I don’t know Disney?! While on this particular trip I was not visiting Orlando for a Disney vacation, I found myself sifting through tons of family resorts. I recently attended the BlogHer 2017 Conference which was located in the Lake Buena Vista area.
I booked my event ticket to attend two weeks before the event, and with summer here all the hotel rates as expected were high. When I travel to new places for business or pleasure, I like to save the majority of my funds on having actual experiences than on my hotel, BUT I don’t think that the quality of the hotel has to be sacrificed when seeking an affordable rate.
So after some research, I booked Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort as our home away from home babe and myself.
Fees & Food Options at Family Resorts
With our hotel rate, resort fees, and valet parking fees our costs were around a 1/3 of what we would have paid at any of the neighboring family resorts. Priceline.com is my long time website of choice for booking anything from flights, rental cars, and hotel rooms. There’s an entire plaza across the street with a plethora of fast food and dine-in restaurants to choose from.
It was the first time I had ever paid for valet parking and at $12/day it was definitely worth it. Need I remind you Orlando in June is diabolically hot? On top of that it was just nice to hop in our car and go whenever we needed to vs walking around in the hot sun trying to find it.
Is It Like in the Pictures?
The grounds at Wyndham were absolutely gorgeous. While many would probably head straight to the pool (don’t worry I’m getting to that), I was in awe at all the lush greenery and picture perfect spots. It was a style blogger’s paradise, and I took full advantage.
We arrived late in the night and crashed before I could take any nice pictures of our room, but it was exactly as pictured on Priceline’s website. Please take into account that there is a difference in the type of room you will get via Priceline vs booking directly through Wyndham. I’m not sure, but I think it has to do with the fact that the rooms available via Priceline are at a significantly cheaper rate than the rooms advertised via Wyndham’s website.
Regardless I was still happy with the look of the room we received. Our room was clean, fully stocked with toiletries, and most importantly clean. 🙂
I think babe and I were most excited to get into the pool and relax. We were surprised to see that this family resort actually has two pools, a jacuzzi, AND a mini water park feature for the “kids”.
I’m sure my son wouldn’t mind missing out as he’s spending his summer in the Virgin Islands, but I knew this amenity would be his favorite.
I would definitely give this hotel a 4/5 rating and that’s only because my boyfriend enjoyed it more than I did. Maybe next time when I stay it would be for an actual vacay. *fingers crossed*
