There once was a time when families didn’t stray far from the towns in which they were born and Sunday dinners at Grandma’s were joyous occasions with siblings, cousins, parents, and grandparents gathering for food, fun, and family bonding sessions. In today’s world, however, we tend to spread out, moving to where the jobs are plentiful, the weather suits us, and the neighborhoods and schools are more beneficial to our children, and with the exception of annual family reunions, our distant family members may remain unknown to us. If you and your family are working on tightening your extended family bonds and are planning a destination family reunion to the Florida Keys, we at RentTheKeys invite you to explore the wonders of our larger properties, discovering all the ways they can become an important part of your celebration with this guide to our Florida Keys family reunion rentals will give you an idea of all that they offer.
Go Large
Your “more the merrier” crowd could be hard to house if it weren’t for RentTheKeys. We offer a great selection of larger homes, as well as the opportunity to rent multiple units in the same area, keeping your family close at hand, while giving travelers quiet spaces to retreat to at the end of every day. Choose a “Kennedy Compound” type of experience and discover just how much you love sharing this experience with the cousins you grew up with. Pool parties, game nights, and binge watching movie sessions will be more exciting, simply because you are all together and when it gets a little too people-y for you, head off to private quarters where peace and quiet reigns supreme.
All the Comforts of Home
Comfort matters to everyone, and your larger travel party shouldn’t suffer because of its size, and our RentTheKeys family sanctuaries are proof that comfort comes in all shapes and sizes. Living rooms with supersized sectionals invite children and adults to sink into their depths, sharing popcorn as they watch equally large state of the art televisions mounted to the wall opposite. Some of our larger properties, found in a variety of towns, Keys, and islands up and down the coast, may offer more than one living area, dividing up the fun into two central locations; one for the kids and the other for the adults and all will be happy and content. These large spaces may also offer theater rooms with leather recliners (and cupholders!) for a more comfortable viewing experience. And when the sun sets over the horizon and the house begins to quiet down for the night, the bedrooms we offer will serve as the most comfortable spaces of all. Offering premium beds topped with high thread linens and pillows that will cradle your head and neck like a new mom cradles her infant, each night’s sleep will give you the energy to deal with a new day of family adventures!
Keeping It Modern in Our Florida Keys Family Reunion Rentals
Every traveler has a different idea as to what constitutes a perfect vacation and your very large group of family members may have more than a few ideas as to what will make the getaway match their dreams. Some may not be able to completely detach from the office, making high-speed internet and quiet spaces for Zoom meetings imperative. Others may not be able to fall asleep without watching some television at the end of the day, no matter how tired they may be from their Florida adventures. And still others will not see the wisdom in eating out every meal, pooh poohing the expense and preferring to create elaborate meals that will be enjoyed by all. And every property we offer will feature high-speed internet, state of the art televisions (in most bedrooms too) and of course fully equipped kitchens that are spacious enough for more than one cook to share kitchen and cleaning duties and offering modern appliances that will make short work of big meals.
Family Experiences at Home with RentTheKeys
Just as everyone has a different idea as to what they need in a vacation rental, they will also have different ideas as to what fun activities they would like to participate in and below we have created a list of all the fun things you can do within the boundaries of our family reunion rentals (or at the very least, within walking distance) so you can start your planning sessions now.
Pool Parties Every Day of the Week
Not everyone has the luxury of a private pool or even a community pool and being able to jump into cool waters on a warm summer’s day whenever they feel like it is definitely high on most people’s lists of wishes, wants, and needs. Many of our family reunion rentals will offer crystal-clear pools with screened-in lanais that help keep them clean and ready to use at a moment’s notice, and if yours doesn’t, more than likely there will be a community pool that can be used from morning until night. Plan for at least one pool party, accompanied by grilled fish that you may have caught yourself during a family fishing charter taken earlier in your stay, and be amazed at the memories you create when splashing, savoring, and sipping your way through the day.
Game Rooms Will Be the Most Popular Spaces
Most of the towns we offer rentals in will also offer arcades where you can go and let your kids run mild, but the game rooms at home are equally fun and cost you nothing more than what you have already spent to rent the family reunion home. Often offering pool, foosball, shuffleboard, even ping pong tables, guests may also find arcade games and video game consoles, ensuring that every occupant will find that one game that they know they excel at and the competitions between young cousins and full grown siblings (even husbands and wives) will be fierce and the winners will get to live off their tales of glory until they are usurped at the next family reunion.
Unplugged for the Night
Of course, the best memories may be the ones where you unplug from electronics and gather round dining room tables for a night of board games, family stories, and dad jokes that will make everyone groan in unison. Most of our sanctuaries will provide at least a few classic board games, but whether they do or not, charades are always a good option as is the weirdly fun game of spoons, which is similar to musical chairs, only everyone stays seated and is less likely to get hurt falling on the floor when they don’t have a chair to sit in.
You Only Have One Family
We may have forgotten the importance of our extended families over the year but your family reunion in the Florida Keys will remind you anew. Watching your children play with the children of the cousins you played with in your own youth is an adventure that will fill your heart with wonder and we are happy to provide the structure in which all this fun can happen! Reserve your favorite family escape today.