Where to Stay in Orlando - A Hotel Or a Vacation Rental Home?

There is no question about it, Orlando is a vacation paradise. There are enough theme parks, amusement attractions, night life and nearby places of natural beauty to keep you and your family joyfully occupied day and night. But, where should you stay, in a hotel or in a rental condo, villa or home? I am a firm believer in the value of a vacation rental home and I would like to explain the advantages that they have over hotel accommodations.

There are several things to think about and they come under the headings of comfort, convenience, and economy.

Let's look at comfort first. The main factor that is behind the huge boom in rental homes that are being offered in the Orlando area is the fact that people are beginning to realize that just as they would not like to live their lives in crowded rooms at home, when they are on vacation they would also like to have the same spaciousness as they have at home.

The rental homes that are offered in the Orlando area are indeed spacious and comfortable. They range from two bedroom condos to huge seven bedroom villas. The condos have community pools, and the homes and villas have private pools and in many cases spas as well. The homes are fully furnished and fully equipped with air conditioning, Cable TV, DVD and stereo systems. Some of the homes also have high speed wireless Internet connections.

There's no doubt about it, if you stay in a rental home you will have a spacious environment and you will have all the amenities that you could imagine. Now let's look at convenience.

You can take your pick of rental homes and stay in homes or villas that are located right next to Disney World and other popular attractions. Imagine taking a ten minute ride and being at the gate of Disney World. That kind of location is convenient. Another factor that has to be considered is flexibility. When you are in a vacation home you can sleep when you like, get up when you wish, take a snack from the refrigerator or do anything that you would do in your own home. In a hotel doing all these things is not always possible or convenient.

In case you are wondering about cleaning up and maintenance, many of the rental homes are maintained by agencies that employ professional cleaning agencies to maintain the homes. When you are ready to leave, you don't have to make the place spotless, that work will be done by the cleaning staff.

Adding to the convenience factor, vacation homes offer a degree of privacy that you will not get in any hotel.

Now let's consider economy. Do you have a large family or need separate rooms for the kids? Well, the cost of hotel rooms can really add up, and in almost all cases you will save money and get larger accommodations if you opt for a rental condo, home or villa.

All of these factors have led to a huge growth in vacation home rental offerings in the Orlando area. Private owners as well as agencies now offer a huge selection of condos, villas and homes in this popular tourist destination. So, don't cram your family into a small hotel room when you are in Orlando, take advantage of the economy, convenience and comfort of a vacation home or vacation condo rental.

Janice McSherry is an Orlando vacations specialist. She is the proprietor of Homes Near Disney ( http://www.homesneardisney.us ) and Florida Vacation Villas ( http://www.floridavacationsvillas.com ). Visit her websites for deals on Vacation Rental Homes in Orlando.

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Life With The Shih Tzu Part III

In part II of this series of articles we started discussion about the Shih Tzu topknot. Follow the steps below to create a Shih Tzu topknot:

1. Take the hair for the topknot from above the nose and eye. Be careful to not draw up any beyond the outer corner of each eye or back of the ears. If the Shih Tzus head is small, take up less and make a narrow topknot. When you place a band be careful to not place it too tight. The skin can become sore and the Shih Tzu will most likely attempt to scratch it all out.

2. If the Shih Tzu is very heavily coated you may need to use more than one band to hold up the topknot.

After grooming your Shih Tzu sit back and enjoy the sight. The Shih Tzu is stunningly beautiful and gorgeous and wonderful right after a groom. Take your pictures quickly.

If you are careful about how you introduce grooming as well as how pleasant you make subsequent grooms your Shih Tzu will come to enjoy the attention.

And what about stain..well I do believe I have a method here that will help you tremendously in removing the yellowish stains from your Shih Tzus face. Follow the steps below and see if they work for you and your particular Shih Tzu:

1. Mix two cups corn starch with one cup boric acid.

2. Store the mixture in a container.

3. Use this mixture on the facial hair twice a day after washing and drying it.

4. Tie the facial hair into ponytail like sections with groomer bands.

5. Use a small cosmetic brush to brush on the mixture.

6. Bath your Shih Tzu every three days. Fifteen minutes before bathing, wet the face and put two tablespoons of #1 All Systems White Lightening on the facial hair. Work it in thoroughly. Do not get it into the eyes.

7. Allow the #1 All Systems White Lightening to remain on the facial hair for 15 minutes. Rinse very thoroughly.

8. Start bathing the Shih Tzu. Before shampooing the Shih Tzus body, shampoo the face with Biogroom or Ring 5 Whitening Shampoo. These two brands are tearless. The better choice is the #1 All Systems Professional Whitening Shampoo, but this shampoo is not tearless. If you think you might get the shampoo into your Shih Tzus eyes, use the tearless brands.

9. After one month or more the face should become very white.

Enjoy, enjoy, and enjoy, that wonderful white face on your Shih Tzu!

Bathing

Show dog Shih Tzu are bathed more frequently than one might think. Not only are most of them bathed weekly, whether they need it or not, show dogs are bathed before every show. So much washing surely takes out most of the natural oils from a Shih Tzus coat. They require much more use of conditioning products as well. The pet Shih Tzu needs to bath weekly if this is tolerable for his particular coat texture, but more preferably, bi-weekly would be a better schedule. Too much bathing will definitely dry out the skin. And of course you will want to bath your Shih Tzu in times of emergency like getting out in the rain and mud or snow, etc.

And so this concludes the series of Life with the Shih Tzu, which does require faithful brushing and grooming. Of course, life with the Shih Tzu has many more advantages and positive experiences. I just wanted to emphasize in this series of articles that grooming is of utmost importance in Life with the Shih Tzu.

Connie Limon. I raise Shih Tzu puppies in a variety of colors, but especially solid black, reds, and blues. We have the small AKC standards, imperials and teacups. Visit us online at http://www.stainglassshihtzus.com and sign up for our newsletters.

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