Getting away during the spring months is popular for
many families, especially families with children in
school looking for a break from the spring semester.
Visiting relatives, traveling from one sightseeing
opportunity to another and cramming the whole crew
into a hotel room with tight sleeping quarters and one
bathroom is all par for the course, right? Well, it
doesn't have to be.
Travelers are jumping on the vacation home rental
bandwagon, where they're finding comfortable spaces,
just-like-home amenities and a more relaxing
experience - all for about what it costs to book a
hotel room. In this tough economy, owners of second
homes are increasingly renting out their properties
for some extra cash, according to HomeAway, a
collection of vacation-rental Web sites. And as the
market floods, prices drop to lure renters.
A recent online search of hotels in La Jolla, Calif.,
a beautiful seaside community that's technically part
of San Diego, revealed some hotel rooms starting
around $150 a night. A search for vacation homes
returned two bedroom, two bathroom options starting at
just over $100 a night.
