If you would like to reserve a vacation home then please read this page as the contents are important.

This shows our terms and conditions. Please understand you are renting a privately owned vacation home. The owners are happy and indeed proud to accept you as a guest in their home.

Terms and Conditions:

All homes are cleaned and inspected prior to your arrival

1.       Florida Dream’s price includes reasonable use of utilities but NOT pool heating, hot tub/spa heating. An additional charge will be made for these services.

2.       You are required to pay a Non-Refundable Deposit of $300 per vacation home, with the outstanding balance due 6 weeks before the arrival date. If you book any of our homes less than 6 weeks before arrival date the full balance will be due immediately.

3.       Cancellation must be in writing by the party leader. In the event of cancellation, the following charges apply to each vacation home: 6 weeks or more prior to rental period - loss of deposit only, between 6 and 4 weeks - 50% Rental Charge. Less than 4 weeks 100% rental price. We strongly advise travel insurance which will cover most cancellation reasons.

4.       A refundable security deposit of $100 must be paid along with your final balance by you regardless of the length of your stay. This is to guard against any possible damage / loss / excessive cleaning to the vacation home that is incurred during your rental period. This will be refunded within 28 days after your vacation ends provided no damage/loss/excessive cleaning or abuse of utilities gives cause to with hold said funds.  However this is normally done within 7 days. If the $100 deposit is insufficient to meet the cost of replacement or repair then we reserve the right to charge an additional amount to the credit card on file to cover such charges.

5.       Animals/pets are strictly not permitted. If a pet has been in a vacation home, there will be an automatic charge at the owner’s discretion, to cover the cost of professionally cleaning all carpets and upholstery of the vacation home and to call in a pest control agency. ALL guests will be required to leave with loss of remaining rent.

6.       In the unlikely event that due to circumstances beyond our control we need to make changes or cancel your vacation home booking, we will inform you as soon as possible, we reserve the right to cancel any bookings at any time, and will only be held liable to refund monies already paid by you the client.

7.       The pool Safety fence located at the vacation home must be kept erected at all times for the safety of children. In the event no fence is in place then an alarm system on all external doors will be in place. These devices MUST NOT be tampered with.

8.       The owners/agents cannot accept any responsibility for any loss or damage to your property or vacation home, or for death, any injury sustained by any member of the party, howsoever caused.

9.       Do not allow unsupervised children to use the pool, spa, garage or any such areas. Items such as clothes, toys etc. must not be left in the spa.

10.   Florida Dream will not warrant or accept responsibility for any misrepresentation provided by the home owner.

11.   The vacation home Safety fence must be kept erected at all times for the safety of children.

NOTE: All pool homes have Pool Door Alarms and/or Child Safety Fences.

According to Chapter 515.33 of the Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act: Anyone tampering with or disconnecting pool alarms commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable by a $5000 fine or one (1) year in jail. Florida Dream will assess a minimum charge of $75.00 per alarm for its repair/replacement Please do not tamper with the pool alarms.

12.   The pool is cleaned and chemically balanced every week for your safety and comfort; however on rare occasions it may be necessary to apply extra chemicals to the pool to maintain safe and correct chemical levels. Should this occur during your stay it will be necessary for you to be out of the pool for a period of 12-24 hours for safety reasons.

13.   If you have requested pool heating at the vacation home, the temperature is subject to prevailing weather conditions, etc. The pool covers must be used to retain the heat when the pool is not in use and this is the responsibility of the guest who is staying in the vacation home at the time.

14.   If a pool cover is provided, we recommend it is used. Please remove it when using the pool. DO NOT USE THE POOL WITH A POOL BLANKET IN PLACE; this could cause injury or even death.

15.   All doors and windows must be closed and any security alarm at the property or vacation home must be set whenever you are not in the property or vacation home. Guests are responsible for closing all doors and windows and for setting the security alarm.

16.   The owners or agents will not be liable for loss or delay occasioned by strikes, riots, political unrest, hostilities, war, terrorist activity, industrial disputes, fire, flood, technical/weather, problems with transport, aircraft grounding, closure of airports.

17.   We reserve the right to treat the vacation home booking as cancelled if we do not receive the balance by the due date.

18.   Whilst Staying in a vacation home YOU ARE REMINDED OF THE ADVISABILITY OF TAKING OUT ADEQUATE TRAVEL INSURANCE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF YOUR PARTY.

19.   Check - in time at the vacation home will be after 4:00pm on arrival date. Unless arranged with the vacation home owner or management company first.

20.   Check - out time at the vacation home is before 10:00am on departure date. Failure to vacate the vacation home or property by this time and the cleaners are turned away will result in a $100 charge taken from your security deposit.

21.   Guests will not be allowed to add extra people to the vacation home than was agreed at the time of booking, without prior arrangement with the owners. An extra $25 per extra person per night is chargeable at our discretion.

22.   Extra cleaning above the norm will incur extra charges. Any persons using a BBQ at the vacation homes must properly clean the equipment after use, as there will be an extra charge of $50 for failure to do so.

23.   Guests using our vacation homes are responsible for all damage and missing inventory items or loss occurring during their stay at the vacation home and the cost of repair/replacement - please note that guest liability in this respect is not limited to the security deposit amount.                                                                                                  

24.   It is important that guests thoroughly check the vacation home on arrival and report any problems or deficiencies to the management company within 24 hours of arrival.

25.   Please note that, as Florida is a tropical State, insects such as ants and the like are occasionally inevitable, and are not cause for complaint. The vacation homes are treated periodically as part of a pest and termite control program and are professionally cleaned.

26.   Florida Dream/ Vacation home owners do not accept liability for any injury, Damage or Loss sustained any Member of your party or by any persons entering the Vacation home during your rental period.

27.   Smoking is not allowed in the vacation home. If you smoke you are advised to do so outside.

28.   The management company/agents reserve the right to remove occupiers from the Vacation home (without refund) for breaching any of the booking conditions.

29.  If pool heat is purchased then we cannot be held responsible if the equipment becomes faulty, if the outside ambient temperature drops below that which makes the heat pump operate satisfactorily.   

30.  We reserve the right to select a home from other reputable sources when demand exceeds our own supply of homes.

31. Any loss or damage discovered by management staff and not previously reported will have a 25% surcharge of costs added. This is because any damage/loss reported during your stay could be put right whilst you are there. After the event means we will have to disturb someone else's vacation to take care of it.

32.   Your Signature on the Booking Agreement Signifies your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.