Orlando Vacation Weblog

Port Canaveral is trying to reduce its fair to the Orlando vacations. The industry this year will for sure benefit. The first and foremost travelers have to be looked upon by the agencies as to book their vacations. They are planning to add two more cruises to their trip. Especially for those who have never set and sail before to Orlando. They will be keeping a constant check also. An eye on the deadlock competitors. You need to set sail on an Orlando vacation.

Orlando Vacations Online offers numerous packages that enable the tourists to experience a mesmerizing holiday in Florida. Posh accommodations and tickets to the city’s most fabulous theme parks are the attractions of the package. The Early Bird Resort provides its clients with an opportunity to experience lavish hotels for four days and three nights for a mere amount of 99 dollars. Another attraction of the Orlando vacations online is the Universal Studios Vacation Package the special feature of which is two days of unlimited access to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure.

High Fuel Prices and Hurricanes might Affect Florida Tourism

Florida tourism operators fear that high fuel prices and the fear of hurricanes will have an adverse effect on tourism, especially from within the US. They fear that high fuel prices in the northeast will lead to a slowdown in tourism growth later in the year. Most people making plans for summer vacations in January will also be thinking of the higher costs of power.

Tourism operators are also worried about the hurricane season. Florida was struck by four hurricanes in 2004 and again in 2005. It is likely that there will only be a 3.2 percent increase in visitors to Florida in 2006, as compared to a 7 percent increase in 2003 and 2004.

Although figures for 2005 will not be available until February, tourism operators feel that 2005 was a good year. Attractions such as Walt Disney World registered a 10 percent growth in attendance from local and international tourists. In fact, international tourism has recovered after the September 11 attacks, operators revealed.

Many Florida resorts had to close for renovation after the 2004 hurricane, but did very well in 2005, resort managers said. They are now planning to target the convention and meeting market, instead of the leisure market, in their advertising and promotion programs.

However, Florida tourism operators estimate that tourism to Florida will be vastly reduced during the hurricane season (August-October), although the 2006 hurricanes are not expected to be as devastating as the hurricanes in 2005. Florida tourism authorities are offering insurance to groups, who have to reschedule meetings and conventions due to risk from hurricanes, but are also targeting seniors for those months. See: Clouds Over Florida Tourism

This year has started on a wrong note for the perennial tourist location of Orlando. Due to higher fuel prices in the Northeast, a domino effect is predicted to create a slight slowdown in tourism growth next year. This is not all. Tourism officials also have nother, perhaps bigger worry that is the threat of another turbulent hurricane season. The 2006 hurricane season is expected to be even more active than average though not up to 2005's devastating, record-setting pace. To read more about tourism in Orlando and Florida just check on Orlando Vacations.

To make your Orlando vacation a more fun experience, Affordable Travel of Orlando, LLC has announced their commitment to supply sixty new vacation homes in Orlando. This is being done through the company’s flagship site http://www.orlandovacation.com. The vacation homes will be situated within four to seven minutes of the Walt Disney Resort. The company has increased the number of hotel rooms available to the customers. Those opting to rent such homes or hotel rooms will find their Orlando vacation more fun

It was announced today by Affordable Travel of Orlando that the website, orlandovacation.com had just added 60 new vacation homes.

According to Trey Duling Vice President of Affordable Travel,  "We pride ourselves in providing our customers the lowest available rates without sacrificing the quality customer service we are known for. These new partnerships will allow us to continue to move in that direction with even greater ease."

The vacation homes are located €œwithin four to seven minutes of the Walt Disney World Resort'€™s main gate.

Also Affordable Travel also expanded their lists of hotels to add 100 hotel rooms from Best Western and the Hotel Royal Plaza located within Walt Disney World.

Want an adventurous vacation without needing to fly to another country?  Disney offers a highly affordable African-lodge-style resort at their Orlando Animal Kingdom Lodge. Newsobserver recently ran an article comparing Disney to other adventurous  vacation locations, but the real nugget in the article was how people staying at Disney's resorts get to avoid the crowd by getting early and late access to Disney's various theme parks.

Disney resort guests get free shuttle service to and from the theme parks, as well as access to the parks an hour before the rest of the crowd, and up to three hours after everyone else has to leave. From the lodge's premium savanna-view guest rooms and some public areas, you can look out on free-roaming giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, Congo buffalo, spiral-horned antelope and other mammals, as well as exotic birds, such as African spoonbills, storks and cranes.