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A group of 8 in Orlando, FL for 5 summer nights pays about $61 per person per night in a whole house — all-in: $450/night × 5 plus $250 cleaning and 13% service fees = $2,793, minus a $357 kitchen credit for cooking your own meals = $2,436. The same trip in a 4-room hotel block at $165/room runs $4,115 once you add 15% taxes and resort fees ($495) and $320 of parking ($32 × 2 cars × 5 nights) — $103 per person per night. At 8+ people the house wins decisively, saving the group about $1,679; under 6, hotel rooms usually tie or win, and houses break even from 3 nights up as the fee stack ($543 here) spreads over more nights.

House — 5-night rent$2,250
House fee stack — cleaning + 13% service$543
House all-in after kitchen credit$2,436 · ≈$61/person/night
Hotel block — 4 rooms$3,300
Hotel 15% taxes + 2-car parking$815
Hotel all-in$4,115 · ≈$103/person/night
Group savings with the house$1,679
VerdictAt 8+ people the whole house wins decisively — about $45-90 per person per night all-in versus $90-160 for a hotel block; under 6, hotel rooms usually tie or win, and houses break even from 3 nights up as the fee stack amortizes.

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Where are you headed?

The theme-park capital: 4-5BR pool homes near Kissimmee/Davenport run about $450/night in summer 2026 while 3-4 moderate hotel rooms run ~$165 each — the classic 8+ house win, but pool homes set the tightest minimum-stay rules.

Group size: 8 people

4 hotel rooms needed (2 per room) — under 6 the hotel usually ties, at 8+ the house wins

Nights: 5

The $250 cleaning fee spreads over 5 nights — $50/night; houses break even from 3 nights up

Season

The base bands: all destination rates above are quoted at summer 2026 levels — the season both options peak together, so the house-vs-hotel gap mostly tracks headcount, not calendar.

Priorities

The kitchen saves $500/week in groceries versus restaurants at this size ($357 on this stay)

No pool premium — turn it on if the water is the point of the trip

Cars: 2

Hotel parking $32/car/night = $320 on this trip — the house driveway is free

Default scenario: Orlando · 8 people · 5 nights · summer · 2 cars · cooking on — edit inputs
Whole house, all-in, per person per night · 2026 bands
$61
versus $103 per person per night in a 4-room hotel block
≈ 228 SAR (pegged rate)
Formula: house = $450/night × 5 + $250 cleaning + 13% service − $357 cooking credit; hotel = 4 rooms × $165 × 5 + 15% taxes + $320 parking.
House — rent: $450/night × 5
$2,250
House fee stack: cleaning + 13% service
$543
Kitchen credit — groceries vs restaurants ($500/wk)
−$357
House all-in — $61/person/night
$2,436
Hotel block — 4 rooms × $165 × 5
$3,300
Hotel fees: 15% taxes & resort + parking for 2 cars
$815
Hotel all-in — $103/person/night
$4,115
Lodging verdict

Outright winner: the whole house at $61 per person per night all-in versus $103 for the 4-room hotel block — $1,679 saved across your 5-night trip.

At 8+ people the whole house wins decisively — about $45-90 per person per night all-in versus $90-160 for a hotel block; under 6, hotel rooms usually tie or win, and houses break even from 3 nights up as the fee stack amortizes.

Tip: what does each price actually buy?

What the house's price already includes: bedrooms-per-dollar that scale with your group, a kitchen that saves $400-700/week in groceries at 8-14 people, a free driveway for 2-4 cars (hotels charge $25-40/car/night), and a washer-dryer so nobody packs a suitcase per day.

What the hotel's price already includes: pools and water slides with no premium, daily housekeeping, no minimum-night rules, walkable-or-shuttle locations, and clean per-couple splits — each couple owns one room, so nobody subsidizes anybody.

Fee-stack warning: $250 cleaning + $293 service (13%) before you sleep one night

The fee stack is real: cleaning $150-350 once per stay plus 12-15% platform service fees land before you sleep a single night — on short stays that stack alone can add $40-80 per person per night. Houses break even from about 3 nights up; hotels spread their 15% taxes and resort fees evenly across every night.

Bands are 2026 planning ranges from published listings — not live quotes: your exact house, week and host fees will differ, hotels run flash sales the model can't see, and pool premiums, resort-fee waivers and minimum-stay rules change by property. Treat both totals as honest starting bids, then compare real listings.
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FAQ

At what group size does a vacation house actually start beating the hotel?

The clean break-even lands at 8 people: a 4-5BR house in the six matrix destinations runs $350-900 a night plus $150-350 cleaning and 12-15% service fees, so all-in cost per person per night falls from about $140 at 4 people to $45-90 at 8-14 — while a hotel block (2 per room) stays flat at $90-160 per person per night regardless of headcount. At 6-7 it's a coin flip the kitchen usually settles for the house; under 6, hotel rooms usually tie or win.

What is the vacation-house "fee stack" — how much does it really add in 2026?

Count both, always: cleaning runs $150-350 once per stay (Scottsdale and Tahoe pool homes sit at the top of that band) and platform service fees add another 12-15% of the rental total — on a $450/night Orlando week that is roughly $250 cleaning + $440 service on top of $3,150 of rent. Hotels stack too (15% taxes and resort fees) but theirs scale with rooms, not a lump sum — which is why the house's fee stack distorts short stays, and houses break even from about 3 nights up.

How do we split the bill fairly between mixed couples and singles?

The hotel's hidden advantage is arithmetic: two people per room means clean splits — each couple pays for their room, singles pay half a room. In a house with mixed couples and singles, agree before booking: split per bedroom, not per head — the master bedroom pays more. A 5-bedroom house at $600/night split per head punishes singles; split per bedroom it lands within $15-25 per person per night of the hotel — and the shared kitchen and living room come free.

What are minimum-night rules for houses?

Vacation houses set 2-3-night minimums in peak weeks — Gulf Shores summers, Tahoe ski weeks, holidays everywhere — and some Orlando pool homes require weekly-only stays in July. Hotels have no minimums: book 2 nights, leave, book elsewhere. If your trip is shorter than the house's minimum, the answer is already decided by arithmetic: cleaning plus service fees on a 2-night stay add $40-80 per person per night.

What is the pool reality — who wins the water fight?

Hotel pools and water slides are included in the room rate — Orlando moderate hotels throw in lazy rivers the kids will remember. A private-pool house is real but priced: pool homes rent at roughly a 10% premium over the base band, so the $450 Orlando house becomes about $495. If pool time IS the trip, toggle pool priority and let the numbers re-decide: at 8+ the house usually still wins despite the premium, and at 4-6 the hotel's free slides often flip the verdict.

What is the cancellation domino with one house booking?

One house booking means one point of failure: cancel the house and the whole group scrambles for 4 hotel rooms in peak season at whatever is left — often $60-100 more per room. A hotel block cancels room by room, so one couple dropping out costs nobody else anything. Book the house with a flexible-cancel policy (many 2026 hosts allow free cancellation to 14-30 days out) and keep the hotel-block quote ready as your fallback.

What about parking at theme-park-area houses?

Free: houses include driveways for 2-4 cars, which at a theme-park-area hotel would run $25-40 per car per night — $320 for two cars across a 5-night Orlando stay. The catch is the drive itself: houses sit 15-25 minutes from the parks versus walkable or monorail-served hotels, and Disney/Universal lot parking adds $30-35 per car per day either way. Two cars' parking savings usually covers a night of groceries.

How do we actually cook for 10 in a vacation house?

The kitchen is the house's quiet superpower: at 8-14 people, groceries-versus-restaurants saves $400-700 a week — the calculator models $500/week. The logistics: Gatlinburg and Tahoe cabins often ship with double ovens and oversized fridges, Orlando pool homes with full kitchens; bring or rent a 12-quart pot, plan two slow cookers, and assign each family one breakfast and one dinner. Cooking even half the dinners keeps most of the credit while hotel families eat every meal at $25-40 a head.

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