EUROPEAN VACATIONS
CENTRAL
Vacation
Home Rentals
Time
Magazine, Oct 2006, "Settling down in a short-term rental--rather than
dashing around from hotel to hotel--is gaining ground as a style of
travel."
Hi,
I'm Pat Campo your host on European Vacations Central.. Click
on James Villa Holidays or Belvilla to book thousands of apartments,
cottages, and castles all over Europe or on Dale's Holiday
Cottages for quaint cottages throughout Great Britain including the
Cotwalds, Cornwall and Scotland. If you want to learn more,
read
about the Advantages of European Vacation Home
Rentals below*.
*
NOTE: These are the three European
Vacation Rentals suppliers
I'm comfortable recommending. I personally don't
like to
book with property owners directly because there is a risk of
misrepresentation of the property and potential issues about
the
security of your deposit. You are at the mercy of each individual
property owner's ethics and scruples. Although the vaste
majority are honest, I like the assurance that my
suppliers stand behind their European vacation home
rental. These three suppliers are known reputable
firms.
Advantages of
European Vacation Home Rentals
You
don't have to spend your European vacations
following someone else's list, doing a two-hour drive to visit a
'must-see.’
Spend a week in a vacation home rental
and see what is near you. Slow down, immerse
yourself in the local culture and avoid the fast pace of rushing from
one
guidebook "must-see" to the next.
Using
European vacation home rentals, you experience a
deeper type of travel by staying in one
place longer.
Live like a local: shop at the local stores, go to the same cafe every
morning,
and take the time to see the things that are near you.
European
Vacation
Home Rentals
are great for all tastes and budgets:
-
Stay
in a cottage on a Tuscan
farm to experience the countryside;
-
Rent
a house on the
coast so your kids can run around and have fun;
-
Save
money by not eating
every meal in restaurants;
-
Cook
with ingredients from
the local markets;
-
Splurge
and save costs by
renting a chateau or high-end villa with some of your friends;
-
Settle
in so you’re not
on the go all the time.
Tips for Using Vacation
Home Rentals on European Vacations
- Spend
at least one week in one place on your trip to Europe or base
your trip around one or more weekly stays in vacation home
rentals
instead
of hotels.
- If
you decide to get 2 rentals, get one in the country side and one in the
city in the same country. You'll get an in depth understanding and
establish a familiarity and comfort zone with the country that will
maximize your enjoyment. The experience will also help you adapt more
effectively to other countries in your future European vacations. It's
also a great personal growth experience for your kids.
- Rent a car for the time you spend in the country side and
use
public transportation when you are in the city. If available, buy
packets of tickets for metros and trains. You might have to buy them at
the
stations in Europe. They are convenient and save you money.
REMEMBER: The fewer countries you
visit:
- The less expensive it is;
- The less time you lose on empty travel days;
- The more time you have to enjoy activities;
- The more time you have to relax.
Learn more about my three recommended suppliers below. Nothing is
more fun than visiting these websites and browsing around for your
vacation
home rental. Enjoy!
Euro
Relais/Belvilla
Click
on picture below
to choose and book your European home with Euro Relais!
Euro
Relais is a leading supplier of holiday vacation homes
since 1980. They
have been averaging over 24,000 reservations a year. Euro Relais Homes
are desirable because of the quality and variety of their
homes.
Each
home is personally inspected by a member of their staff and graded from
1 to 5 stars based upon the rating system of the well-respected ANWB
(Dutch Automobile Association). Their homes range from modest Austrian
chalets to luxuriant Italian villas and historic French Chateaux and
everything in between. They have a very user friendly website on which
95% of their clients surveyed said it was easy to book through their
webite. You
can book with Euro Relais with confidence. Euro Relais is a very
reputable firm and stands by their services.
Euro Relais holiday homes
– 6,000 character homes all over Europe (click here to
book on-line!)
Dale's Holiday
Cottages
Established in 1982 Dale's Holiday
Cottages is a leading
provider of holiday cottages, specialising in the North
of England and Scotland.
Dales
Holiday Cottages has over 600 cottages available to book online
throughout the
Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire Coast and Wolds, the Derbyshire Dales, Northumbria, the Northern Dales, the Lake District, Cumbria and Eden Valley,
the Scottish Borders and the
Highlands of Scotland. At
Scotland Cottages they have a range of almost 100 personally inspected
holiday
cottages located in some of the most scenic areas of Scotland. From the Borders to the Highlands; from rugged mountains to lush
valleys; Scotland has much to offer you. All
of the properties featured in their portfolio has been personally
inspected and approved by them, so that you can choose your holiday
accommodation with complete confidence. Click below to choose and book
your cottage:
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