What my family loves about vacation is the time away and getting to see and experience new things.  In recent years, I discovered the use of a vacation home rental for our vacations.  They are so convenient because they are located where we want to be.  For instance, when we go to the beach, the house is on the beach.  The flexibility cannot be beat either.  Since it has everything a home would have, we can cook there if we want to or if we are too tired to go out.  We like to have those options when we go on vacation.