After hours of searching for a hotel for a party of 4, we settled on Avanti International Resort for serval reasons. When we arrived to the hotel, I was able to see an open room before making the decision to book. The front desk staff was kind, welcoming, and answered all my questions about the property. The hotel offered Queen size beds, decent room size with microwave and mini fridge, food optionsand starbucks coffee, heated pool, hot tub, and bus/shuttle transportation. The property does provide a free parking pass and there is plenty of parking around the property. The ******* booking allowed us to get daily breakfast vouchers for an additional $7-8/night, which was good for 2 people. The selections on the vouchers were pretty decent for the price as well. The other food options at the cafe were reasonably priced for the quantity and everything was cooked fresh.
I do feel that the housekeeping could be improved. Although the rooms were pretty clean, they could use a deeper cleaning from time to time. The mattress and pillows were way too soft. We were able to get extra towel sets by calling to the front desk but housekeeping only cleaned our room 1x during a 3 night stay.
Overall I would stay at this hotel again and give it a 3.5 rating. Not sure how different the sister hotel is (Avanti Palms). The location is walking distanceto a lot of restaurants and shopping and less than 10 minutes from Universal Studios parks. 15 minutes to the premium outlet mall as well.