Staying in a vacation rental is one of the cheapest ways to ditch a hotel and save on your vacation budget. Contrary to popular perception, vacation rentals are not just beach houses that let you enjoy a relaxed beach vacation. These days you will find vacation rental homes in almost every holiday destination. There are many online platforms that let you book a vacation rental easily within your budget, location and travel dates. Vacation Rentals By Owner is one such leading vacation rental platforms. With listings from multiple locations, Vacation Rentals By Owner let you book condos, apartments, villas, cottages and of course, beach houses. Compared to a hotel room, a vacation rental home adds a personalized experience to your holidays. Here is how you can make your vacation interesting and avail benefits by booking a vacation rental from platforms such as Vacation Rentals By Owner: Save big on night rates: If you book a hotel room in NYC, you will have to pay about $350 per night. However, if you book a vacation rental apartment, you will pay about $220 for a night. You will be saving nearly 40 percent per night during your stay if you opt for vacation rentals. This is true not just for NY, but almost for every vacation destination. If you look at the bigger picture of your overall vacation expenses, renting a vacation home would be cheaper than staying in a hotel room. More lodging options: With hotel rooms, you have very limited options for room types and sizes; you can either book a suite, king or 2 queens. Depending on the number of people traveling, you will have to book several rooms for your vacation. However, with vacation rentals, you have the option of booking loft apartments, simple apartments, lake houses, beach houses, condos, cabins, farmhouses and so on. Also, if you have large group or family, everyone can stay together without being disjointed, yet retain some privacy. Flexible dining: All vacation rental homes have fully equipped kitchens and dining spaces. You can buy or bring your own provisions and decide your own menu. You can plan your meals around your own personal or family schedule. If you crave a midnight snack, you do not have to go looking for a vending machine, you can cook your own snack anytime you want. You do not have to stick with buffet timings of a hotel.

With the holiday just around the corner, what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word Christmas? Our guess is shopping! But wait, not for gifts. You were smart enough to stick to the wish list early on to ensure that they are in stock. The most important thing, however, is to find the right kind of Christmas decor that transforms your home to put everyone right into the holiday spirit. Christmas decor can be all the traditional paraphernalia from the gold ornaments to the angel perched on the top of the tree, from green and red lighting running the length of the hall to the snowman at the doorstep. Alternatively, you can simply change tradition and find your own styles to make a Christmas themed holiday. Here are a few creative ways to capture the spirit of the season with interesting Christmas decor ideas this year: Use multiple layers Go beyond the traditional candlesticks, oversized snowflakes, and garlands on the mantle. Buy paper bells that can be strung together going all the way up the banister. Layer and experiment with different color combinations instead of the red and green. Accessorize with different patterns for the gifts, decorations, and even your dresses for the evening. All the glitter and gold is trending this season, so add a little more finesse with customized gold banners and table accents. Use a theme Theme parties are something to rave about, before and after the holiday. On Christmas Eve, after a nice dinner, all you want to do is sit around with your loved ones and friends to watch a movie. Nothing beats the classic rerun of "It’s a wonderful life" among some of the best holiday spirit movies. Plan a holiday movie night with Christmas decor that transforms your living room into a theme screening gala. Edible decoration Traditional ornaments look repetitive? Why not replace them for a variety of edible ornaments this festive season? Yes, you can buy edible decorations, including garland cranberries, garland popcorn, gum drops, ribbon candy, and even cookies to replace the traditional ornaments. However, ensure that you save enough for the Christmas decoration and not get carried away on a sugar rush by indulging in the creative edible ornaments.

For those who love to cook, using the Big Green Egg grill can be a real delight. It is a versatile outdoor cooking solution that allows you to grill, smoke and bake an unlimited number of dishes. Whether you are a seasoned cook or just learning simple tricks, you can use the Big Green Egg to enhance your cooking experience. Here are some ways you can better your cooking experience with the Big Green Egg.

• You can purchase a Big Green Egg in a size best suited for your household needs. From a mini model to an extra large oven and other smaller sizes in between, there is a Big Green Egg grill available for every family need and budget. You can also buy many useful accessories that the company makes to help simplify the cooking process. Your options include grids, racks, baking stones, covers, vertical roasters, islands and tables, charcoal, specialty range of cookware and several other cooking components. Specific cooking accessories make a difference to the way you cook your meat. You can also buy cookbooks that feature recipes that are specially formulated for the Big Green Egg.
• You can make the perfect poultry and other meats through roasting and indirect grilling with the use of a Big Green Egg grill. Indirect grilling cooks the food without directly exposing the food to the heat. The design of the cooker allows the heat to radiate well. You can slow roast your meats to produce succulent pieces without needing to use a separate rotisserie tool.
• If you love to cook steaks and burgers, the Big Green Egg grill makes it easy for you to directly grill the food with precision. This process of cooking the meat allows a crust to form on the outside, while the moisture stays sealed inside. Direct grilling is also perfect for any dish you need to make quickly. It is also ideal for cooking boneless chicken breasts and fish fillets. You can even use special pans to make stir-fries.
• You can use accessories like a pizza stone to bake perfect pizzas on your Big Green Egg. Feel free to bake cookies, pies, breads and other items on your grill too. With the cooker's easy temperature settings and ceramic interiors, your pizza comes out crisp and with the perfect crust.
• If cooked well, the flavor of wood smoke in meats and vegetables can be a scrumptious culinary experience. The Big Green Egg grill comes with a design that allows for easy settings for slow cooking. This makes it perfect to tenderize and smoke even the toughest of meat cuts. You can also infuse smoky flavor in other foods like fish, cheese, nuts, and turkey.

The use of hybrid cars for its fuel efficiency and controlled emission is definitely a winner in today's scenario. Although these cars come with a hefty price tag, some of the bestsellers of the 2017 year at a reasonable price tag are the Toyota Avalon Hybrid, Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, Honda Accord Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid, and the Toyota Prius. Ranked within the top 5 hybrid cars, the Toyota Avalon Hybrid, priced at around $37,500, the car has a wide range of features including comfort and easy navigation for consumers. Although the car is not a luxury class or very bright looking sports kind of sedan and is highly simple in terms of cosmetic looks, the Avalon Hybrid is one of the best cars within this range due to the amount of safety measures integrated into the car by Toyota. While most hybrids compromise on both the exterior and interior in order to make up for the engine performance, the Avalon Hybrid tends to stand out for the fact that Toyota has made up the car with good interiors with ample legroom and roomy seats for the everyday commuter. The cabin interior is definitely a hit in this hybrid car due to the integration of standard technology and essential safety features. Although most people mistake that hard acceleration is uncomfortable in hybrids, the Avalon Hybrid offers a smooth cruise ride on both traffic laden roads and highways due to its smooth acceleration. The Avalon Hybrid runs on a 2.5-Liter four-cylinder engine that is paired to an electric motor and routed to a truck-mounted battery pack. From the source of these two engines, the Avalon Hybrid generates 200 horsepower which is infused with the continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) to the front wheels. The average time for acceleration from 0 to 60 mph is 7.7 seconds. While these numbers vary greatly when compared to the regular combustion engine sedans, in the hybrid class - the Avalon Hybrid is definitely the master. The projected mileage is 40mpg, and the estimate is usually around 40 for the city and around 39 for the highway. While the car is packed for performance, the best part of the Avalon Hybrid is that Toyota offers its Safety Sense package as part of the car instead of an option as it previously was. This package included collision warning, automatic pre-collision braking, and lane departure warning and intervention. For consumers looking to own a good hybrid sedan with ample luxury and safety features can pick the Avalon Hybrid in comparison to other similar hybrids in its range like the Ford Fusion Hybrid, Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, or the Honda Accord Hybrid.

Laptops have become extremely popular owing to their versatile features and functionalities. The best part is that you can carry your handy laptops anywhere without any hassles. Plus the performance, robustness, compatibility, and convenience stay unparalleled. Well, you can execute a rich plethora of tasks on them. Be it surfing the Internet, streaming music and movies, communicating and interacting with the online world, you can perform all these jobs anytime and anywhere. These are sufficient reasons for you to consider buying new laptops instead of a desktop computer. Well, there are some other reasons which you must consider to buy these high tech gadgets online. Convenience: You can sit in your comfort of your home and proceed to buy laptop online. You need not rush over the entire town to find out the reliable supplier and brand of laptop model. Sit in your living and browse the rich selection of laptops. You will have greater convenience, freedom to choose and satisfaction. Selection: The selection range you will get at online stores is much larger than the physical stores. It is relatively easy to configure a laptop online. Also, you need not depend on the sole advice of the sales representatives. You can check the product ratings and reviews to know about the laptop you want to buy. Go through the third party review sites and online guides to dive deep to learn about the laptops. Pricing: The best part is you can get the best pricing when buying laptops online. You can choose to buy the laptop at the cost you can afford to buy. You can do some serious comparison across the comparison sites for the costs of laptops and save money. You can even save tremendous money with the help of coupon and promotional codes. Some common things you must pay deep attention when buying laptops online: You must try the laptop before buying. This means that when you have selected a specific laptop model to buy online, you can visit the physical stores to try hands on it. The brick and mortar stores offer laptops for test driving. You can fiddle with the keyword, touchscreen, trackpad and other parts. After you have got hands-on experience with the laptop, you can consider buying it online. Make sure you buy laptops from suppliers who have a strong return policy with money back guarantees. Take a look at the size of the laptop. Size is the most important factor which makes laptops highly portable. No doubt bigger screen sizes give you a wide and expansive viewing area. However, the portability is reduced. You can determine the laptop’s size depending on the size of the trackpad and keyboard. You must even select the size depending on the usage. If you are a frequent traveler, you can buy the small ultrabooks. But, if you need it for office work a standard laptop with 13.3 or 14 inches would be ideal. And if you need laptops for home and don’t carry them along with you, a 15.6-inch model would be perfect. You can even consider buying laptop hybrids which offer space and power for keyboards. Some people assume laptops, 2-in-1s, and tablets the same things. However, it isn’t. If you need gadgets for multitasking, running complex apps and quick web searching, laptops are the ideal choice. Tablets have some confinements which are conquered by laptops. You shouldn’t make assumptions about what the machine can do. Instead get the proper features and specifications and then buy the right laptop. The Internet is a warehouse where you will find an extensive range of laptop models. You will definitely find laptops which are suitable for your needs and budgets.

At first sight, the comparison between Samsung Galaxy S3 and Samsung Galaxy S7 seems to be somewhat of a joke after all, we're comparing one of the current giants from the Samsung stable (even though it released a year back in March 2016) to one of Samsung's older, albeit great phones that released way back in May 2012. This article sheds light on some known and some not-so-known differences between the two Samsung Galaxy phones. Physical description S3 is available in two colors white and blue while the Galaxy S7 is available in silver, gold and black. However, the S3 (133g) is around 12% lighter than S7 (152g). However, Galaxy S7 is around 8% slimmer than S3, which makes it easier to slip the S7 in one's pocket. The S3 doesn't feature a Gorilla Glass display (while an S7 does), and the screen size are slightly different (S34.8 inches, S75.1 inches) with different screen-to-body ratios as well (S365.84%, S772.33%). Also, the S7 has an IP68 water and dust-resistant rugged rating (much like the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, Samsung S6 Edge, etc.), while the S3 does not. Also, S7 is a dual SIM phone, unlike the S3. One area where S3 scores is that its battery is removable, which is not the case with the S7. Software S7 has a TouchWiz UI which runs on Android Marshmallow v6.0, while the S3 runs on Ice Cream Sandwich v4.04 and lacks a UI. S3 features a quad-core processor and a 1GB RAM, while S7 features an octa-core Snapdragon 820/ Exynos 8 Octa 8890 and runs on a powerful 4GB RAM. S3 has an internal memory of 16/32/64GB which is expandable up to 64GB, while S7 has 32/64GB internal storage and has expandable memory up to 2TB. Moreover, the S3 features an 8MP rear and 1.9MP front camera, while the S7 features a 12MP rear and a 5MP front camera. When it comes to Bluetooth technology, S3 features v4.0 while the S7 features v4.2. Extras One of the biggest differences where S3 scores over S7 is the fact that S3 features a radio and the S7 doesn't. S3 features proximity and accelerometer sensors as well as NFC, whereas S7 features all the above plus fingerprint, barometer and heart-rate sensor.