When planning your vacation to Disney World, Orlando you should know that there is an alternative to either the hotel room or villa.

More and more travellers are enjoying the flexibility, and value, offered by a Condo or Townhouse rentals.

So what is a Condo?

A Condo is a full home on one level, joined together with other Condos to form larger buildings. The Condo is still very private; you can have as little or much contact with your neighbours as you want.

Condos come in a variety of sizes from one-bedroom units to four bedroom homes. They are not small, on average a three bedroom Condo will offer you over 1300 sq.ft. of living space (figures taken as an average of all three bedroom Condos listed on TheBigCondoList.com). A Condo will come fully equipped with everything you would expect to find in a home including furniture, bedding, towels, eating and cooking utensils, dishwasher, washer/dryer, TV, DVD/VCR players, and sometimes they will even have a Playstation/Xbox. Because these homes are privately owned, they will all come with a personal touch making them feel a little special.

A Townhouse is generally the same; the only difference is they are normally built over two floors, with the bedrooms upstairs, whereas a Condo is all on one level.

Condo and Townhouse vacation homes are set in communities. Although each vacation home is individually owned, the owners are all jointly responsible for the upkeep of the community and the facilities they provide.

These communities are like luxury resorts. They offer you facilities like swimming pools, hot tubs, gyms, tennis courts, games rooms and the list just keeps on going. All these resort facilities are yours to use when you are staying in a vacation Condo or Townhouse. This is an automatic saving over a villa, you will not need to pay for pool heat, the pool is already heated for you. The costs for pool heating vary, but is usually around $20-$30 per day. That