Other navigation options allow you to go home, go to a recent destination, or a "favorite." A place you may go to over and over again can be saved as a favorite.

The loud and clear voice directions will say, for instance, "turn left in 200 yards." It will again announce maneuver closer to turn. All time, TomTom Go is displaying a map of your progress. It has your choice of 3D or 2D views with different displays for day and night use.

TomTom has built in a lot of customizing. There are several choices of voices in different languages and you can program unit to give you additional voice prompts such as distance since departure or time to instruction. You can make it left--hand friendly or change map colors. You can even flip display 180 degrees in case you need to mount it upside--down.

The negatives? This item is not for geeks. In other words, it is limited in its technical aspects -- it was designed for consumer. For instance, there is no choice for fastest/shortest routing or navigating by longitude/latitude. I also found it lacking a number of points of interest.

Overall, TomTom Go is a well thought out piece of gear. It's available online in range of $550 to $800 US. Go to TomTom Go GPS review for an even more detailed review.

Billiard and Game Room Today kids and adults love video games and playing pool. A lot of vacation rentals do not even have a club house never mind a game room and billiard table. Kids love having something to do and parents love knowing where they are and what they are doing.

Nearby Market In an unfamiliar town looking for a grocery store or market is a huge inconvenience. Most of time one you find is so expensive you wonder why you even bothered. Find a vacation property that has a market nearby, and ask if it has regular, “real” world prices. “ We were so shocked that prices they have at Publix. They had better prices than our grocery store at home. We bought stuff to make breakfast. We had such a good time. We had 3 eggs every morning we would go a different room for breakfast. In evenings we had a ball at Tikki Bar. They have a terrific staff and even better drinks.”