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How Much Does It Cost To Stay At One Of These Vacation Homes/Luxury Estates & Retreats? Weekends start as low as about $35 per person when you bring 45 or more guests to stay! The Sweet Escape vacation retreat gets as low as $1195 per night during the off-peak season and $1395-$1545 per night during peak season. Great Escape Lakeside vacation retreat is $1395-1545 off-peak and $1595-1745 during peak. Ever After Estate vacation retreat is $1985-3135/night most of the year. Departure cleaning for all properties is $888, taxes are 11%, and the amenities fee is a flat $288-$488. The weeks of Thanksgiving and Xmas/New Year's are special times--with rates for all properties starting at $1895-$2995 per night. Occasionally, you'll find last minute specials listed on the Facebook pages or websites of each estate; This typically occurs when there is a last minute cancellation and/or a gap in the calendar to be filled. You can get an immediate and exact price quote on our rates & availability page. |
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When Is Peak Season?
 What Is The Booking Process? Simple! Use the "RESERVE" button on this site (or the websites for Great Escape Lakeside, Great Escape Parkside, Sweet Escape, The Lake Louisa Chateau, or Ever After Estate). You can make a deposit towards your vacation retreat reservation by credit card, electronic check, Paypal, Venmo, Zelle, wire transfer, or direct deposit into one of our accounts. |
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How Far In Advance Can I Book?
You can book up to 3 years in advance! Most clients book 8-14 months
in advance but some book 2-3 years out...while others manage to find availability and book at the very last minute! If you're sure about the dates
you want, it's always wise to reserve them as soon as you can...before somebody
else does! Check out this ONE calendar that covers ALL of our homes on one screen HERE!
Can I Have A Wedding or Large Event On These
Properties?
YES!...but if you plan to have more than 55 people attend, you'll need
to do it at either The Ever After Estate (click
here for EA's wedding info page), The Great Escape
Lakeside (click
here for GE's wedding info page), or The Great
Escape Parkside (click
here for GE Parkside's wedding info page). There will be an
event fee if you're staying for fewer than 7 nights and an
event insurance policy will be required. Sweet Escape
Mansion allows small weddings but also partners with
neighboring property "Bridlewood" for much larger ones. See
the Sweet Escape wedding page for more details.
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Which Of Your Estates Is Best For An All Adults Group? Which Is Best For Small Children? We often hear that our website gives the impression that one home may be better suited for families with small children while another is best for groups of adults. Actually, ALL of our estates contain features LOVED by ALL ages. We've had small children, kids, & teens LOVE The Ever After Estate and we've had all-adult corporate groups report having the 'best time of their lives' at The Sweet Escape. The reverse is also true and, of course, all ages have reported LOVING The Great Escape Lakeside, Great Escape Parkside, and Lake Louisa Chateau too! Lots of care has gone into ensuring that all three estates have elements that will prove themselves to be unforgettably amazing for all ages! |
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The Sports-Themed The Lake Louisa Chateau? Ever After Estate?
There is NO bad choice -- We only represent the BEST in the world! Although Parkside is 3 years newer than Lakeside, both homes offer things that the other does not. Most guests stay at one Great Escape first and then try the other one on their next visit to the area. The MAIN difference is that Lakeside has the lake with kayaks, boats, dock, etc; and Parkside has two extra bedrooms. The next set of differences involves Parkside having two escape rooms and giant inflatable darts while Lakeside has one escape room but has soccer billiards and human foosball. Lakeside has the Mind Games and Pictionary bedrooms whereas Parkside has the Twister, Xbox/PS5, and "Games Gone Wild" bedrooms. Both have thrilling lazy rivers & waterslides but Lakeside's waterslide is a little bigger while Parkside's lazy river is a little bigger. More subtle differences would include Lakeside having the Pac-Man themed bedroom and Parkside having the Ms.* Pac-Man themed bedroom. It's virtually impossible to have a bad time at either location! Sweet Escape has VR gaming, a huge* family night club, indoor sauna, and multiple kitchens while massive estates like The Chateau and The Ever After Estate are on dozens of acres providing entire retreats!
Do These Estate Vacation Home Rentals Come With
Linens?
How About Kitchenware & Utensils?
Absolutely! There are plenty of sheets, pillows, towels,
etc; Of course, we also have silverware service for dozens
and dozens and dozens of guests, plenty of cookware...coffee
makers & Keurigs...and more!
Do You Offer Military or
Florida Resident Discounts?
Sorry, we don't have any such program! Those types of
discounts are generally associated with hotels that have many, many rooms and are therefore able
to designate a certain number of those rooms for various discount
programs like AAA, Military, etc;. In contrast, we manage elaborate vacation home rental
estates . When you book one of our properties, you get the
ENTIRE place all to yourselves. Thus, there exists no
"set of rooms" we can discount---since you're essentially
renting ALL rooms and ALL areas of our home!
What If I Want Someone To Do The Cooking For Us
While
We're There?
Several catering/chef services are approved to work at the
properties we manage --and all have consistently received
rave reviews from our guests. You can see a list
HERE. The links also includes referrals for
talented massage therapists, photographers, and other
entertainment.
Are The Ever After Estate, Great Escape Lakeside,
Great Escape Parkside,
The Lake Louisa Chateau, and
Sweet Escape House close to each other?
All 3 homes are located around the Clermont, FL area--just
outside of Orlando and pretty close to the major
attractions. Great Escape Lakeside & Great Escape Parkside are
so close
to each other that you can walk between them in minutes.
Ever After Estate is exactly a 5k run from GE
Lakeside's front gate and The Chateau on Lake
Louisa is just about the same. Sweet
Escape is about 15 minutes north of those four estates (by car...not by foot!)...
Do You Offer
Any Trip Insurance?
We refer our clients to an affiliate who
provides multiple options for Trip Insurance to
protect your deposit in the event you have to
cancel last minute (i.e. due to health reasons).
Click
HERE to see your options.
What If Our Organization Is Sales Tax Exempt?
No problem! You'll be able to checkmark "sales tax exemption status" on
our reservation form
and then upload your tax exempt form
via our client reservation manager.
Occasionally, we do allow site visits between guests. Most tours last
approximately 45-60 minutes. The fee is $285 and $200 of
that amount is refunded to you at booking. To reserve one,
please use the "Contact Us" link
to find out what's available. Alternatively, you can see any
of our estates VERY clearly by going directly to the home
website for the estate in which you're interested and
hovering your mouse over 'PHOTOS.' From there, simply select
any room or area of the estate to view photographs, videos and even 360 degree, fully interactive
virtual tours. You can also familiarize yourself with the layout of
any of our estates by clicking the FLOOR PLAN button on that
estate's home page OR by emailing us for one!