welcome to my uk package deal price comparison series i'm the frugal brit and for each episode i
will be searching for the best package deal prices from a selection of the uk's most popular at all
protected travel companies and i will rank how each company performs in terms of their quotes for
each hotel and at the very end of the video i will rank who provided the most consistently low prices
overall the purpose of this series is to help you the consumer i have no connections or conflicts of
interest with any of these companies whatsoever whilst i can't promise to show the best possible
deals around hopefully my research should give you an idea of what a good package deal looks like
for this episode we're looking for ultra value package deals on international drive for this
comparison we'll be flying out from manchester airport on may 3rd 2021 for 14 nights with two
adults and two children all in the same standard room as we're trying to be as frugal as possible
that's the name of the game for this episode although i have opted for direct flights for each
package which costs a little bit more i'm looking for ultra value hotel resorts on international
drive with a minimum four-star ranking on trip advisor and so i've picked the five most popular
hotels that fit this criteria so starting from the south you have the rosin inn at point orlando this
is possibly the most popular hotel in orlando for brits looking for the best bang for their
book it doesn't look great it's not the quietest but it has better than you'd expect housekeeping
it has a microwave and a fridge in every room it's in a great spot for entertainment and restaurants
and crucially it offers free parking and zero resort fees or other hidden costs
let's look at the prices i didn't receive quotes for ocean florida or haze travel so in third place
is tui with 868 pounds per person in second place is virgin holidays offering 815 pounds per person
and the winner for rosen in point orlando is ken would travel with an impressive
701 pounds per person which in total would be 665 pounds cheaper than booking with tui further north
and i drive you have the avanti resort sometimes referred to as the avanti international but not
to be confused with the avanti palms further north so the avanti resort has decent amenities for the
price and feels fairly modern it is in my opinion the best location for restaurants on idrive
however the housekeeping can be a bit sketchy and they charge a resort fee of 12 per day so
best to factor that into all prices for this resort i didn't receive any quotes from tui or
kenwood travel for the avanti resort so in third place at 823 pounds per person is virgin holidays
in second place for 753 pounds per person is haze travel and in first place at 715 pounds per person
is ocean florida next we have the rosen inn international past the sand lake road divide
i believe this hotel is the oldest on idrive and i want to say predates disney world do let me know
in the comments if anyone can confirm that so just like the rosen inn at point orlando this
resort offers no resort fee free parking a solid selection of restaurants nearby it's closer to
universal than the previous rosen inn but it's not easy on the eye not the quietest and this
section of international drive is not looking quite as good as it did say maybe 10 years ago
in fifth place costing 859 pounds per person is tui in fourth place is virgin with 815 pounds per
person in third we have haze travel costing 731 pounds per person second place is ocean florida
at 708 pounds per person and the winner with 702 pounds per person is kenwood travel providing a
substantial saving of 628 pounds in total compared to booking with tui so the last two resorts i'm
going to mix in together these are the endless summer surfside inn and suites and the endless
summer dockside inn which is across the street on universal boulevard the latter of which i'm yet to
stay at these resorts are run by universal orlando they offer fantastic transport to the universal
parks they offer early park admission they feel really fresh and new however access to idrive is
annoying the rooms are lacking storage space and prices have wrapped up over the past 12 months
in fifth place is virgin holidays at 914 pounds per person for the surf side inn and suites
in fourth place is haze travel coming in at 847 pounds per person for both the surf side in and
the dock siding in third place is tui with 825 pounds per person which represents the only quote
from tui that wasn't terrible they also offer surfside inn and suites for 953 pounds per person
but we're obviously not going to be interested in that in second place is kenwood travel which
offers 809 pounds per person for the dockside in and 909 pounds for serve side inn and suites
and the winner for endless summer is ocean florida offering 817 pounds per person for both dockside
inn and surfside in whilst kenwood did offer the dockside in for eight pounds cheaper ocean florida
offers surfside inn and suites for quite a bit cheaper so in my view deserve to take the top spot
the winner overall though for all these specific packages for all the hotels has to be kenwood
travel which came out cheaper for three out of the five hotel resorts do keep in mind
that prices for these sorts of packages will vary substantially depending on which time of year and
the airport you're traveling from it seems that travelling from london is generally a bit cheaper
thank you for watching that's it for this first and potentially last episode we'll see how it goes
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