The summer looms before you, an unhappy season. It’s meant to offer endless shores and hot mornings, the slow greets of waves; but instead it promises tedium. A vacation must be planned and a hotel must be sought. This… does not please.

It also doesn’t have to be accepted.

No holiday should be defined by the limitations of poor lodgings. All should instead be embraced as ideal. Rental homes from sites like HomeAway allow that to happen, providing a wealth of advantages that cannot be ignored:

Pennies Saved, Rewards Earned

Budgeting is such an ugly notion. It demands too much and its effects rarely satisfy, force you to bear the confines of a hotel. But the refusal of luxury still requires dollars and, often, you can’t even spend a week on your vacation. The cost is too high. Rental homes, however, provide relief. These massive lodgings enable families to pool their money together and reduce expenses. Their rates favor wisdom, not excess; and they even offer such values as the ability to cook meals (rather than ordering penny stealing room service). Money is saved.

Peace and Privacy

It’s the shriek of children, the slam of doors, the shove of luggage against the wall: hotels rattle with unfortunate sounds, force you to suffer echoes. There’s no quiet to be found. There’s no seclusion to seek. There’s only the thin walls and cheap plaster, with all noises creeping between. Rentals avoid this, however. All homes provide peace — with no crowds to battle or conversations to share. They’re separated from all distractions, enabling you to focus on yourself and not the families screaming beside you.

Luxury Squared

The world is defined to tiny corners, the small pathways beside a bed. A hotel is stuffed with endless rooms, has shoved them in inelegantly — sacrificing comfort for extra lodgings. And the burden belongs now to you. You can’t move. You can’t breathe. Instead you’re trapped on the sheets, claiming what little space you can, refusing to surrender it to your family. This isn’t the purpose of a vacation; it’s merely the effect. Rentals allow you to find comfort, however. All homes are large, affording easy floor-plans and extra footage. There’s no longer a struggle for elegance. It’s instead experienced in every inch.

Clean Sheets, Friendly Spaces

It’s a suspicious stain. You stare at it, uncertain of its origin, unwilling to reach out and guess the texture. It’s sprawled across a bed, was hidden beneath the covers (discovered only as you pulled them back, went searching for spiders. You saw one nesting in the corner earlier. You’ve been fretting ever since). And you try to curl yourself around it, avoiding the splatter. It’s a reflection of the room itself — the dirty walls and questionable carpets. A hotel is… filthy. Vacation rentals, however, are not. These are homes and are treated as such. They’re meant to please: offering clean spaces and well-maintained furnishings. The intention isn’t to let customer after customer ruin the decor. It’s instead to ensure those customers are offered an experience they’ll enjoy- know what to look for and reserve one.

Redefine your summer. Escape the terrors of hotels. It’s time for something better — rent your pleasure.