Oregon is unique. There are many places to vacation for all types of people. You may choose to vacation at Sunriver, Bend, Mt Hood, Portland or as many do, at the beach. The Oregon beach offers many different accommodations and activities as well as beautiful scenery. Taking a vacation is a common practice for most families. Often the vacation is for an anniversary, summer break or a three day weekend. As a smart consumer I am sure you are always looking for the best value for the dollar.

Setting criteria is vital when selecting a hotel or other vacation lodging. Maybe you really want a hotel with a beach front or ocean view. Maybe serving continential breakfast is important as well or you may want a quite hotel. Often price is the deciding factor but don’t be so quick to take price over reality.

Say you want an ocean view or beach front, and hey why not you are at the beach no one wants to look at a parking lot first thing in the morning. Most beach front or ocean view hotel rooms in Lincoln City, a popular vacation spot, range from $80.00 to $200.00 a night before taxes and other fees, varying on the weekend. Typically the search ends here, it is expensive unless you don’t want a beach view.

If you decide to keep looking you will find most hotels that are not ocean view still range in prices from $50.00 to $100.00 but they try to lure you with the always allusive continental breakfast. Typically the continental breakfast is simply coffee, orange juice and some sort of pastry such as a donut. I don’t know about you but this is hardly anything I would write home about.

A vacation should be a time to catch up on rest, relax and not feel rushed. Most hotels and guarantee a beach view and a donut for breakfast but what they can not assure you of is peace and quiet. Anytime there are over 200 rooms that are occupied you know there will be noise. Guests can be loud simply by taking the elevator up or getting a soda, you hear doors slamming and talking all night long. You can always count on house keeping showing up usually around ten and the front desk calling to be sure you check out by eleven. You simply can not relax when you have to worry about deadlines and noise at night.

Vacation homes are a unique fun way to enjoy your vacation. A vacation rental home provides many things a hotel can not. You are able to prepare all of your own meals, and save some money by not eating out, and you have options other than a donut. You know your sleep will not be disturbed from other guests, house keeping will not beat down your door early in the morning and you may come and go as you please. You are able to spend quality time with your family and have more meaningful candid moments together. You can enjoy ocean views and relax feeling no pressure to go anywhere or do anything quickly. Best of all, if you have a large group or others who want to tag along, a vacation home can be very inexpensive if you split the cost.

Depending on how much you are willing to spend and your criteria you can find a beach front vacation home for around $100.00 ranging up to $250.00. The benefits of a vacation home far out weigh those of a hotel. Paying a little extra money might be worth it if it means you will have more time and less pressure while spending time with the ones you love the most. Do your research and decide for yourself, but remember no one ever says they went to a hotel to have and enjoyable, relaxing time, but they do say that about a vacation home.