Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Want a Budget Friendly Family Vacation?

Do you want a budget friendly, family vacation this year? I know with so many people trying to save money, a lot of you are probably considering stay-cations this year. But have you thought about time share rentals? I know I never did. I didn't even know it was a thing until recently. My parents own a time share, although I've never used it, my sisters have. I don't really know all that much about my parents time share except they have one and they are able to trade their weeks for hotel accommodations at different places. A few years ago we stayed with my parents at a hotel in South Lake Tahoe that my mom was able to trade her timeshare week for. But what happens when the time share owner can't use their weeks?

That's where timeshare rentals like RedWeek.com come in. I had no idea timeshare rentals even existed, let alone that they were such an affordable option! The average timeshare rental is up to 50% less than hotel rooms and just think of all the amenities. Timeshares have their own kitchen which saves money on all our meals since you don't have to eat at a restaurant for every meal. think about it, how much of a hassle is it to wake up early and get everyone ready so you can rush down to the hotel restaurant so that everyone can eat breakfast. Or when you finally get there and see that its buffet style and everything is soggy. yuck! But with a timeshare rental, you can wake up when you want. You make your schedule. You have a full size fully stocked kitchen waiting for you, and you choose when and what to eat.

You can also do your own laundry in some so you can bring less and save money on baggage. Instead of being crammed into a small hotel room with your whole family, you can rent a timeshare and have separate bedrooms, plus you still get the luxury of someone else cleaning up for you as the timeshares have maid service. I know one thing that has kept Morgen and I from taking the girls on vacation is Tabitha's schedual. I really can't think of how it would work. She goes to bed at 7pm every night. So if we were all crammed into a small hotel room we would all have to go to bed at 7pm. That just won't work in our situation. But with a Timeshare rental we could rent a place with two or more bedrooms and put her to bed at 7 and enjoy not having to be in bed and quiet at 7 because we were sharing a room like we would in a hotel.

What about swimming and other amenaties. Lately I've seen a shift in hotels where all amenities are extra, while they may have a pool you probably have to pay extra for it, you have to pay extra to park your car, use the internet, let your kids play on a playground. But with timeshare rentals, many of the resorts amenities are included in the price. Many resorts have swimming pools, hot tubs, playgrounds for the kids, some have tennis courts, game rooms, miniature golf and volleyball. Depending on where you stay you could have beach access, go mountain biking, skiing, or theme parks all right there.

On RedWeek.com you can search for timeshares by area, you can look for kid friendly or pet friendly resorts, there are tons of different options. I saw a few that I would love to rent, including a week in Tahoe Vista for only $80 a night. Thats really good, as I looked at that same resort online and saw that the same week would be $120 a night to rent through them. Thats a big difference!

You can join RedWeek.com for free as a guest and have limited access to the site, or you can buy a membership for $14.95, or you could win a 2 year free membership to RedWeek.com right here!


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I was given a free membership to RedWeek.com for the purpose of this review. I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Friday, July 08, 2011

I'm BACK!

So We're back from Tahoe. And we had the BEST TIME EVER! Seriously, I love Tahoe! I miss it so Much! We got to Tahoe on Saturday morning, and left Wedesnday afternoon. We spent most of Saturday resting, we drove from rexburg on Friday and stopped in Battle mountain. On Sunday we went swimming in the pool and had Vivian's birthday party. Tabitha absoluetly loved spening time with her Vivian and her Nana!

Tabitha and Vivian had a blast on Vivian's shark. 

Morgen, Tabitha, Vivian, Sara


Tabitha watching Vivian open her presents

Oh! a Dinosaur book!

Tabitha's more interested in the net.

Morgen Killing the pinata. 

Took off an arm!

He really killed it!

Tabitha liked my cupcakes (or the frosting on the cupcakes)

We spent a lot of time just hanging out which is the best part of vactation. 
Tabitha loved hanging out at the beach and making sand castles with Avo. 





Tabitha ate her lunch in our little sun tent. 


Tabitha and Vivian were playing on the beach before the fireworks on Sunday night. 

Morgen and Tabitha were playing on the swings at the beach. 

The girls playing on the beach before the fireworks.

Tabitha and vivian playing with the sand toys on Monday night after dinner. 

Tabitha liked the plane!
Tabitha and Nana swimming on Wednesday. 

Tabitha loved swimming with nana. 

She Loves her Nana

Me and Vivian

Me, Tabitha and Nana swimming in the pool on Wednesday. 

Swim to Mommy!

Swim to Nana! 

We had such a great time in Tahoe and we wish we could have stayed longer with our family. 
I also wanted to thank everyone who supported me in One Month To Win it. I was eliminated this week, but I'm ok with it because my project was a present for my niece Vivian's 4th birthday and she loved it!

Vivian loved her Unicorn costume

A purple jacket lined with silver and a silver horn, the button closure is a rhinestone button, and the mane and Tail are pink yarn. 






Thursday, January 07, 2010

project 365 day 3

The Great waffle thief!
So we woke up on sunday at Sara and Richards house and we went to the Farmers Market before we got on the road home. we grabbed breakfast there, and Tabitha and I shared pancakes. Well apparently that wasn't enough because she also ate some of viv's waffle. before we left Viv had only eaten one triangle so i took one of them for Tabitha on the road. She was asleep when i put her in her car seat, and I put it in her cup holder for when she woke up. Well apparently she woke up before morgen did and he woke up to this, she had taken the waffle out of the cup holder and was ripping it to shreds with her two teeth! The ride home was pretty good, we made it home before 8:30 and we didn't leave LA till noon, I think thats pretty good with an almost 9 month old.

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