Other options include condo hotels and residence clubs where you own a hotel room or a percentage of a property and you can book the amount of time you want to spend.

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Among the Colorado mountains in the Vail Resorts family (Vail, Beaver Creek and Breckenridge) Keystone is known as being especially family-friendly and affordable, with a wide range of condominiums and condo-hotels offering more space at lower prices than its peers.

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Vail offers a huge range of lodging choices, from condos to condo-style hotels to small inns.

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