Best Winter Vacation Areas

Many winter vacationers turn to Canada for their winter vacations and almost the same number of people travel to a wormer place.

The most popular or best winter vacations are found in Ontario. You will find thousands of cottage owners renting their cottages throughout the winter season especially the waterfront cottages as most lakes freeze up and make a great ice fishing environment for those who like to fish. Most winter vacationers who tent to stay in a colder area during the winter vacation either love to go skiing or fishing, such as Muskoka in Ontario.

As for those who seek wormer environments for their vacation you're also in luck as most winter packages to the worm and exotic places tend to be discounted.

List Of Best Winter Vacation Areas

Colder Areas
Alberta - Skiing & Fishing
Stowe, Vermont - Skiing/Snowboarding/Cross Country Skiing
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Worm Areas
Cuba
Mexico
Jamaica
Hawaii

Vacation Rentals by Owner

Ever since the internet boom back in 2000 thousands of vacation rental owners have decided to take renting out their properties on their own. This has sparked a light in internet entrepreneurs to start creating websites that offer such a service.

Some websites such as Ontario-Cottages.ca have localized their focuses towards areas which have a high number of vacation rentals and some such as Rentsation.com have taken it a step higher and opened their website globally.

Since 2000 thousands of webmasters have tried to launch a service that posts vacation rentals by owner but most have not succeeded simply because the market is very tough and hard to rank for in search engines. Once someone creates a website they have to have the money to either A market the website through CPC (Cost Per Click) marketing or spend their for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and try to rank higher organically which usually is the better way to go.

The most popular areas are the hardest to rank for, for example Michigan Vacation Rentals gets 1,536 unique searches per day on Google *, Florida Vacation Rentals is the 2nd highest with 368 unique searches per day. You're probably as surprised as I am with these results, I personally thought Florida would get more searches then Michigan.

Now just to give you an idea, at the moment Google has 3, 940, 000 websites competing for this keyterm. This makes it REALLY hard to rank for that keyword.

For those vacation property owners who are looking for a great website to post their ad on here are some we suggest you consider:

Ontario Cottages, Vacation Rentals

Enjoy a Winter Vacation in Ontario's Cottage Country

When most people think of Ontario's world famous cottage country, they think of swimming, boating and basking in the warm summer sun. However, more and more people are discovering that cottage country is a year-round destination and that renting an Ontario cottage in the winter can be just as pleasurable if not more so than renting one in the summer.

Instead of getting your adrenaline rush by waterskiing, try snowmobiling, downhill skiing or tobogganing. Instead of hiking for exercise, try snowshoeing, or cross country skiing. And instead of fishing on water, try it on ice. Ontario is home to some of the world's best ice fishing. Relax in the pristine wilderness and enjoy the sight of pure white snow as far as the eye can see. Curl up with your loved one beside a roaring fire with a bottle of wine, and you'll begin to understand the romantic aspects of cottaging in the winter. Some areas even offer dogsledding, which is a great way to site back, relax and experience the great outdoors in the winter.

If you are looking for a truly memorable and rewarding winter vacation, Ontario's cottage country is the perfect getaway. Click on Ontario Cottages or Ontario Cottage Rentals to find the best winter cottage rentals throughout Ontario.

Alex Schattner

Rentsation

Finally, a free cottage rental listing site that's not clottered with ads all over the place has launched.

Rentsation has a modern web 2.0 look and feel to the website, it allows vacation owners across United States and Canada to post listings for free.

I think the website is easy to navigate and does a great job in presenting the listing photos.

A great find.

Ontario Cottages

Ontario is the prime cottage rental location. Thousands of cottagers especially around the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) rent cottages almost 2 or 3 times a year. (Stats pulled from Ontario Cottages.)

Hot Rental Spots

• Muskoka
  
  

  Muskoka, Canada is located about 1.5 hours north of the great city Toronto to some known as T.O. It is a vast district of about 1600 shimmering lakes, amazing waterfalls and sheer granite cliffs. The aromatic pine forests and dense maple forests that turn crimson and hold in the Autuman.

  
  

  It's 2500 square miles which is called Muskoka District is the size of a small European country and is flanked on the North by the world famous untouched wilderness of Algonquin Park.