Friday 27 May 2011

What are the prospects of a good summer?

A return to gales and rain in the north, sunnier in the south
but what about some guaranteed sun this summer!

On past experience you could be thinking that we've already had our summer. Unless you want to risk spending another summer break watching the reservoirs fill up, take a look at the villas from the Holiday Villa Company.

A foreign holiday is not just about the weather, there's also culture, food and wine, breathtaking sights, your own swimming pool, as well as sun filled days and balmy evenings dining outdoors.

Remember - we know the villas personally and offer advice based on our first hand experience!

• ABUNDANT FLIGHT OFFERS 

Take a close look at those flight offer mails being sent out at the moment, there are some fantastic deals available that could give you a great summer holiday for less. We've found great value fares for travel in June, July and August from £29 each way and on our changeover day!

Jet2 serve the north of EnglandScotland and Belfast
Ryanair and Easyjet take care of most of the nation.
Ryanair get bad press but if your expectations are reasonable you'll have a good flight.
TOP TIPS - Use a good flight search tool - Skyscanner.net is fantastic, shows flexible deals, alternative airports, finally there's a useful tool. Lists Jet2, Ryanair, Monarch, Easyjet, Thomson etc etc.

Where possible travel light, 10kg of hand luggage is usually free, what more do you really need for a week in the sun. All our villas have washing machines and your clothes will soon dry outside in the sun! Check-in online so you just turn up at the airport, do passport control, duty free and board the plane.
FLORIDA Already selling fast for Easter 2012, in most locations March is booked but there's still availability over Easter, for the first 2 weeks of April. The stronger pound is also helping make the USAattractive. Contact me for prices and availability. 0845 052 0660

We have villas in Orlando near the theme parks. If no prices are shown, the villas are on request so call or email for prices. At the Gulf Coast we have some amazing villas close to fabulous beaches and top class resorts.

In 
Naples there's 20% OFF Villas, all dates from now until October, discount applied after booking!
Superb villa with pool on Lake Marlin, Englewood, Florida

MALLORCA We only offer the northeast corner, around Pollensa and Alcudia, it's beautiful with beaches perfect for children of all ages.

Every booking gets 
FREE CAR HIRE

Check our website for available dates this summer, if you can't find what you want give us a call (local rate) on 
0845 052 0660. We have lots of new villas and not enough time to get them all on the website. Advise us of your dates and the number of bedrooms you need and we'll send you a selection to choose from. 

ALGARVE 
Stunning coastal scenery, fabulous beaches, even more wonderful villas and resorts with world class sporting and leisure facilities to enjoy in the sunshine.

This detached villa has stunning sea views, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, walk to beaches, restaurants shops and bars. Located in the pretty Carvoeiro, where you can enjoy a different beach every day of your 2 week break. <<<<Villa Silvana details>>>>
Book July now and save over £400 with 15% off
Villa Silvana in Carvoeiro

Bourreiras, 2 bedroom villa with pool in the Dordogne
FRANCE I must admit to being perplexed by France this summer, we have some fabulous villas in beautiful countryside, well priced but UKbookings are slow.

Look at this 2 bedroom villa, quaint, rustic, fabulous pool, far reaching views, no neighbours and easy walking distance to a beautiful village. Cheaper than James Villas too.

£866 to £1566 a week, what are you waiting for?

We're also just adding villas in Brittany, many peak dates already booked but there is some availability and it's not expensive.

In ITALY, we have a wonderful selection of villas in TuscanyUmbria, and the Rome countryside known as Lazio.
For off season stays in May, June and September, take 10%off the published prices on most villas. Contact us to confirm your chosen villa qualifies. The discount is applied after booking.

You could holiday near Rome and be neighbours with the Pope in this classic Liberty-style villa in Castel Gandolfo, on the shore ofLake Albano, with dates also  available in August.

Click picture for details.

 
Bella Vista on the shores of Lake Albano, Italy
 

• PEAK SEASON AVAILABILITY

We Brits may be biding our time but the rest of Europe is busily booking the best holiday villas,leave it too late and you will miss out on the perfect villa for your family - Again!  

• FINALLY

If you want more information than is shown on the website - give me a call 
0845 052 0660

I know the villas personally and if you have questions I can answer them - Villa Solaria in the South of France
even provide missing prices.

Availability is as up to date as it can be, so confirm the villa before you book flights, I'll hold the villa for you until everything else is in place.

If you can't understand the website call me or look here. It has been designed to give customers lots of information at a glance and what you put in helps with what you get out.

I look forward to helping you book a fantastic holiday villa 

• View all our Special Offers here 


With warmest regards

Why do people book with James Villas?

I run a holiday villa company called the Holiday Villa Company as you can see from my blog.

Over the years I've worked with several big organisations including

Sunmed Holidays, ops manager in Corfu
Something Special Holidays, marketing and overseas director
Thomson Holidays, marketing specialist holidays
French Life, marketing project specialist

It's amazing how people move between large organisations, which large companies buy others and how the actual product (the villas our customers rent) move around from company to company.

Something Special were one of the fastest growing and best respected villa operators ever. We recognised the fact that everyone in the supply and demand chain needed to be happy and I had this theory I called the virtuous circle. We attracted property suppliers who were happy with the personal relationships we built with them, honest and fair, we treated our customers with integrity and reinvented personal service, our profits were reasonable, savings we gained from suppliers were passed onto customers and our dealing were pretty transparent so that everyone in the transaction was happy. Word spread, bookings from recommendations were high and we were very successful.

Unfortunately Thomson Holidays made a bid for the company and once under their control things went awry. This is when people with knowledge moved away and started their own companies or took their contact lists to others willing to pay. Invariably the virtuous circle was lost as one or other parts of the relationship were squeezed to improve or maintain profits on dwindling sales, ie you pay more or get less.

So the Something Special product base went to Thomson, went to French Life, went to the VillaCentre, went to the Villa Company (which became the Holiday Villa Company) and even to obscure operators like Hammonds, Premier and Villas du Monde. The product also turned up at James Villas, recently taken over by the same group that owns many well known holiday brands as they try once again to take back market share and remove the opposition. I'm surprised the monopolies commission haven't investigated this latest aquisition.

So, if you're looking at a renting a villa in France, Italy, the Algarve, northern Mallorca, Orlando or the beautiful Gulf Coast of Florida and value the honest opinion of someone who's been to these villas;  and value a truly personal service and want better value for money, then pick up the phone and see how we can help you.

We look forward to hearing from you.