I was provided with a vacation home by Global Resort Homes in exchange for my review of their services and properties.
One dream of mine and my family was to go on a real family vacation. My kids are 18 and 15, and honestly — we have never really been on vacation anywhere.
Yes — we have been on small short 2 day trips, but never have we had an entire week to just have fun, enjoy each other's company, and relax — until recently. We finally took a real vacation and stayed at one of the most beautiful resort homes we have ever seen.
What We Loved About Global Resort Homes
Global Resort Homes was THE perfect place for our family of four to stay. We both had some things we wanted to do and see, but our main goal of this vacation?
Disconnect from the electronic world and reconnect as a family — this luxurious home offered us this opportunity and more.
One thing that is really important to us is spending time together, and since my kids are growing up, it's really hard to do that because all of our schedules keep us so busy.
We did hang out and visit Sea World together. We also went to Gatorland and took a ride on the Boggy Creek Boat Rides.
I loved being able to be at this rental house and just relax.
I rediscovered my love of cooking and found myself excited to make meals while we were there instead of going out to eat all the time.
The open floor plan was my favorite because I never felt isolated, so while Stephen and the kids hung out in the living room playing games, or watching a movie together, I still felt connected.
Our vacation home was located in the Windsor Hills neighborhood in Kissimmee, just a mile and a half away from the Disney World entrance. In fact, every single destination we went to was within a 10-15 minute drive from our resort home — and places to eat were within minutes of the house.
This was great for me, because I hate driving — and after traveling 11 hours to get there, I was SO ready to not be in a car for very long.
The gated neighborhood has playgrounds, a community center with a large pool, fitness center, 40-seat theater, and business center, and so much more.
Boggy Creek AirBoat Rides - Jen's Journey
Saturday 19th of April 2014
[…] and I went to Florida in September. We had an amazing week long vacation there where we stayed at Global Resort Homes, visited Gatorland, Sea World, and took a ride on an air boat through Boggy Creek Airboat […]
Paula K. Varble via Facebook
Tuesday 8th of October 2013
Hi Jen. Have you received my comments/messages about the Target winner? Thanks.
Lisa- The Domestic Life Stylist
Tuesday 8th of October 2013
You better than me Jennifer. I have a self imposed 4 hour limit for driving to destinations. ;-) I am glad that you hand your family had a great time.
Jennifer Sikora
Wednesday 9th of October 2013
Thankfully I have teenagers who listen to music and don't fight so the trip was very pleasant. It gave me lots of connecting time with my man :)