Holiday Villa Rental Destinations

Looking to get away over the winter months or book a holiday for next summer?

As the nights close in and the weather takes a turn for the worse, you may be looking to escape for some winter sun or ski holidays. Or maybe you are already planning next summer’s break?

For many of us, this will mean going to the old favourites such as holiday villas in Spain or holiday accommodation in France.

When you rent villas you can make massive savings by booking direct with the owner meaning you don’t pay any third party fess. In addition, you can book flights on the low-cost airlines such as Ryanair, easyJet or Flybe which go to the vast majority of European destinations at a fraction of the cost of a package holiday. When staying in holiday villas or holiday apartments you have the total freedom of being able to do what you want, when you want and to take in the local life. Imagine the difference in being able to go out and sample the local restaurants every evening or even have a couple of nights where you cook for yourself or enjoy an evening barbecue. Compare this to the mad rush of a hotel canteen where you can be eating the same food in the same location night after night.

When staying in holiday accommodation there are no ties to have to be back by a certain time. This means you don’t have to plan every day around your meals, events, etc. and be in certain places at certain times.

Choosing Holiday Accommodation

With lots of holiday homes available and flights going to endless destinations at reasonable prices now, choosing holiday accommodation can be quite daunting. The world is a small place with a vast choice of locations, all having their own advantages over other detinations. There are no standardised ratings with holiday villas or holiday apartments and the standard of holiday accommodation can differ vastly from country to country. That is why it is always a good idea to speak to the owners of the holiday villas to ensure that the property has exactly what you are looking for. For example, if you rent villas in Italy, you will get a totally different type of property compared to if you book holiday apartments in England. When you are looking to rent villas off a website, you are only receiving a sneak preview of the property and the surrounding area so make sure you do a bit of research to ensure it is exactly what you are looking for.

So, if you are looking at booking holiday accommodation for your summer holiday next year, ask some searching questions before committing and paying for your holiday apartments or holiday villas. Write a list of what things are important to you when staying in holiday homes and then make sure the holiday accommodation you book ticks all of the boxes. Things you may want to consider are: Do you want a beach holiday and, if you do, how far are the holiday villas away for the beach; Are you hiring a car for the holiday and are the holiday homes in close proximity to shops and restaurants; Is the airport a long way away; How large to you need the holiday accommodation to be and how many bedrooms are needed; Does it have all the amenities required; Do you want to rent villas where you have all of the space and the land to yourself or are you happy booking holiday apartments where you could have people walking on the floor above you and staying on the floor below; Do you want holiday villas with a private pool or is this not important to you? These are all important factors to take into consideration.

Find out exactly how near the holiday accommodation is to local facilities and amenities, and decide how important it is for you to be near these. Will your holiday accommodation mean a long transfer from the airport, for example? It's also important to decide exactly how many bedrooms your party needs, and whether you will get a discount on your holiday apartments if you are not using all the bedrooms.

As well as the popular countries, such as Spain, Italy, France, United States and Portugal, you may well want to look at groups of Islands such as  holiday villas in the Canary Islands or holiday accommodation in the Balearic Islands. You can then normally rent villas on the island of your choice and then visit the other islands during your stay either by boat. If you feel really adventurous, you can even try an island hopping holiday where you rent villas on a number of islands for, say, four days at a time and then hop from island to island for your holiday.

Also, check the check in and checkout times of the holiday villas and make sure this ties in with your flight time. There is nothing more annoying than having to check out at 10am if your flight is not until 11pm that night. This is where booking holiday homes direct with the owner has advantages as they will quite often allow you to stay in the holiday accommodation until your flight time if nobody is in immediately after you.

And, of course, all holiday villas have different rules in terms of deposits, deadlines for final payment and bonds you have to pay in case of any damages. There can also be local taxes applicable in instances like when you rent out holiday villas in Florida so just make sure you are comfortable and completely understand all costs on the booking form before committing 100%.

So, there is quite a lot to bear in mind when you look to rent villas but the good news is that they offer excellent value for money and allow you total freedom for your stay.

Holiday Accommodation through Perfect Getaways

Through our website, we at Perfect Getaways aim to give you all of the information you need to make a decision on which holiday homes will work best for you. We offer you the best possible choice of holiday villas and holiday apartments in many countries around the world. Whether you are looking to book holiday homes in Portugal or rent villas in Cyprus then we should have exactly what you are looking for on the website. If you can’t find what you want then please don’t hesitate to let us know.

Because all of our holiday accommodation bookings are made direct with the owner of the holiday homes, or their chosen agent, you pay far less for your holiday villas as there are no travel agencies taking a cut. So, whether you want to book holiday accommodation in Turkey or take out a specific type of activity holiday such as golfing holidays in Spain or ski holidays on the piste, you should find that Perfect Getaways has all of the holiday accommodation you need.

We're a family-owned business, as well as being holiday home owners ourselves, and we pride ourselves on the quality of the holiday homes we have on offer.

Information on Your Holiday Villas

For all of the holiday homes advertised, the owner clearly details the location and how much it costs to rent the holiday accommodation for holiday purposes, either on a daily or weekly basis. A large number of pictures of all holiday villas are allowed to give you a good insight into what the holiday homes look like both from the outside and the inside. We give unlimited text to the owner to allow comprehensive information about all our holiday apartments. This means that all of the information about your holiday accommodation is at your fingertips to make an informed decision. There is also a full up-to-date availability calendar that each owner keeps updated the current year and the next year ahead meaning you can look to rent villas up to two years in advance and see when each property is available or not.

As we don’t own any of the holiday homes advertised, we always advise you to do your own checks before you rent villas off our website.

We also run a blog on the website with topical information about holidaying in different countries and different locations around the world.

We also have a Late Availability section which is extremely popular when making a last minute booking. All properties can advertise special offers and late availability on this section as long as they give a discount on the normal rates. If you book the right property at the right time you can quite often receive discounts of up to 50%. Get a cheap flight and it has been known for a family of four to rent villas and book flights for less than £100 each.

Advertising Your Holiday Accommodation

If you own holiday accommodation and you are looking to advertise your property to people who are looking to rent villas then we have the perfect solution to you. Whether you have holiday villas or holiday apartments, or even holiday homes such as cottages or chalets we are very successful at driving traffic to your property pages. When you advertise you holiday accommodation with us, your property appears on all of our part websites as well including The Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The Independent giving your holiday apartments a reach that it can’t enjoy through any other offering. We can promote your holiday accommodation by email to our opted-in database of holidaymakers and we also advertise our holiday homes in the national press and via our television advert. In addition, our Google ranking means Perfect Getaways quite often comes up in the first page when people type in terms such as ‘holiday homes’, ‘rent villas’, ‘holiday apartments’, ‘holiday accommodation’ and ‘holiday villas’. We also allow you to advertise your holiday villas and holiday apartments for late availability with unlimited special offers allowed as part of your subscription.

So, whether you are looking to rent villas this year, or want to advertise your own holiday apartments, we should be your first port of call for anything to do with holiday villas.  Have a look around our site, and email us or give us a call, and see for yourself why more and more people are turning to Perfect Getaways as their preferred route for rented holiday accommodation.

If you are looking for a property in a specific location, Perfect Getaways now operates a number of microsites dedicated to areas.  These include Villas Near Disney Florida, Villas Canary Islands, Villas Rent Italy and UK Apartment Breaks.

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