Helena asked:


I’m going away with my mum in october half term, im 15 and we want tot go somewhere where shee could go to a spa and i could meet some new people in a club/ meeting place but we dont want somewhere really close to everyone maybe a villa where we could go to the resort in the day that type of thing also not to expensive but not chavvy etc?

Lezlie

Casey W asked:


I’m looking for holidays and i would like a holiday that invovled all of this:

Good for families
Good nightlife
Hot
Near the beach
Near the nightlife
Clean and tidy
Not too expensive
In europe

Any suggestions where i can go, and even hotels/appartments/villas in that area, much thanks! o and im from the uk if that makes a difference

Bianca

Terry K asked:


want to get away for a month in the summer with my girlfriend and young son, anybody know where we could get a cheap villa or some sort of holiday complex that we could go to, anywhere in europe? any help would be mucho appreciated

Zafar

Seb Palmer asked:


Owners of villas in France, Spain and the Algarve who come to us do so for two reasons: firstly they don’t know how to market their house, and secondly, they worry about damage to their house. Agents can help with both of those things to some extent, but are they worth the commission? The answer is it depends.

Marketing is more than just advertising. The villa rental market in Europe is now very price sensitive, at all levels. Customers do their research and know precisely what a villa is worth. Set your pricing too high and your house will stand empty: set it too low and you will be full by March and wish you had asked more. A good agent can tell you what it is worth and has a lot of data on which to base that advice. But do your research and you will know what your villa is worth as well. If you are confident in your ability to do that then you can save yourself a commission.

You might need help describing your villa to the best effect. For example, your views might be stunning, but sadly that is not worth much in the market these days - to some customers ’stunning views’ sounds like something that people say when they can’t think of anything else to say. In an oversupplied marketplace you need to make a house stand out.

Choice of tenants is the area where agents can really add a lot. Letting your pride and joy to strangers can be scary to the uninitiated. Established agencies have long lists of happy customers who come back year after year, and whom they know often personally. If you are going to let strangers stay in your house then it is comforting to know that at least they are friends of friends.

The position of agents in the market used to be controlled by marketing media. Press advertising and publishing brochures is expensive, and in the pre-Internet world it was prohibitive for individual owners. The Internet has changed the villa rentals industry for good by making maPalmerketing accessible to non-tech-savvy owners: all you need to do is make a website (most children can do that bit) and open and Adwords account: bid 50p a click for a very specific keyword that the most qualified leads will be searching on, and you will probably do OK. But probably is not good enough for some people: if your holiday villa budgeting is dependent on holiday lettings (unwise but sometimes necessary) then you need to be sure that some professional person will take responsibility for it.

If you do decide to use an agent, you can go one of two ways. Either you will make an exclusive deal with an agent who is prepared to commit to a certain number of weeks per year, or you will operate on an ad hoc basis, typically with more than one agent offering your house. Agents who are prepared to risk the former and few and far between, and the few that are around will typically offer much less than the house is worth, but it is also the worry-free option. Probably the best of both worlds is to use agents and offer yourself: that way you acquire the judgement you need and still have somebody to advise you and take an interest in achieving a good return on your investment.



Betsey

Harriet asked:


a group of us girls want to go away next summer.. we want to be near a beach, with nightlife and plenty of bars.. however there are 10 of us and we want to rent a villa and dont want to pay a fortune.. all the big clubbing islands like magaluf dont have any large villas near the centre.. so we were looking at menorca, Cala Porter.. does anyone know what its like there? or any other suggestions.. we wont have a car so need to be close to shops, bars and clubs.
thanks.

Milzie

CLAIRE S asked:


I have looked through many websites but they only appear to be for the UK ones. We hope to arrive on 1st June and stay for one week in a 4 or 6 person villa and we are going to Zabdvoort.

Any help would be muchly appreciated.
I meant I am gong to Zandvoort. That was a typo
Wow thank you so much for your help. There is either 4 or 6 of us going and we are all in our twenties.

I might try the thing on Wednesday. I have seen many promo codeos for the UK but not for any in Europe so far.

We really do have our heart set on going to that resort to be honest as well.

It was just on the off chance we could get money off.

I have found that website in English I think before. http://www.centerparcs.com and then I just select other country and then Great Britain. I might try phoning them and seeing if I can haggle.
I think I will jsut phone them. I am terrible with other languages. Ill do it now and let you know how I get on.

Carline

gemma_iscool asked:


Very cheap, in the six week holidays for two weeks.

Gwynne