Vacation Homes Near Atlanta
One thing that is common for all of us who vacation is that we have to have some place to stay. The question is how do we want to pay for it? Do you want to rent, buy or possible look at another form of ownership? For many of the more affluent, the answer is easy. Just buy a vacation home and use it whenever the mode strikes. I see this type scenario in some of the mountain and lake areas that just a short drive away. For those of us who just can’t go with out a little sand in our bathing suits the beaches of South Georgia and Florida call out to us annually. Perhaps because the drive is considerably longer, the vacation homes in these locations may be purchased as a time share or interval ownership.
Let me be the first to say that if you are looking for an investment, in my opinion a time share is probably one of the worst investments you can make. If you are looking for a place that you can trade in order to visit other time share facilities it can work out nicely. One lady in my office bought a Florida time share with her husband and they have never been to it. They trade it in every year and visit another location. For my wife and I, we purchase a time share in Daytona Beach Florida about 20 years ago. We have gone to it every year and we vacation with many of the same people each year. One nice thing about our situation is we don’t have to worry about who we may be playing golf with. There is always a foursome ready to go play. We have seen children grow up and are now visiting with the grandchildren. This will be our case this year. If you follow this blog or put it into your RSS Feed Reader, you may even see a picture of our grandson Lincoln playing on the beach or in the kids pool. Bet you will!
Accessibility to vacation areas and vacation homes from the Greater Atlanta area is one feature that we have over many other metro areas of the country. Let’s look at some of the areas that are in close proximity to Metro Atlanta.
- The North Georgia Mountains – About an hour and a half north of the city
- The Blue Ridge Mountains – About three hours northeast of the city
- Lake Lanier – About forty five minutes northeast of the city
- Savannah and Tybee Island – About four hours southeast of the city
- Jekyll Island – About five and a half hours southeast of the city
- The Florida Panhandle – About five hours southwest of the city
- Daytona Beach Florida – about seven hours southeast of the city
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