Private villas
Discussion
After a long time of no holidays for my and my family due to financial reasons, this year i am fortunate enough to be in the position to be able to go on holiday.
I was planning a trip to Calais in the May half term, but a couple of nights in the Holiday inn Coquelles followed by a night in the Ashford Holiday inn the whole trip is costing around £1000 with Eurotunnel crossing.
I am therefore tempted to add the extra and book a private villa in Europe with pool as this is only £2k via James' Villa's, this includes flights. This would be better in the childrens summer holidays.
Anyone know of a cheaper alternative to James's Villa's? Or perhaps someone has a villa that would let me rent it from them?
Requirements that it will need to sleep two adults and two kids (7 and 5 yrs), have a private pool and be in a nice location.
Any help appreciated.
I was planning a trip to Calais in the May half term, but a couple of nights in the Holiday inn Coquelles followed by a night in the Ashford Holiday inn the whole trip is costing around £1000 with Eurotunnel crossing.
I am therefore tempted to add the extra and book a private villa in Europe with pool as this is only £2k via James' Villa's, this includes flights. This would be better in the childrens summer holidays.
Anyone know of a cheaper alternative to James's Villa's? Or perhaps someone has a villa that would let me rent it from them?
Requirements that it will need to sleep two adults and two kids (7 and 5 yrs), have a private pool and be in a nice location.
Any help appreciated.
Edited by Ray Singh on Tuesday 11th May 09:38
We got a place a couple of years back through http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/ in Portugal. Nice little place near the beach, a short drive from Carvoeiro, and quite private with large gardens and a private pool. Villa was about £800 for the week in August and booked our own flights and picked up a rental car for the week to get around. All in for the two of us was about £1200-1300 plus spending cash. Not sure what prices are like just now but probably worth a look if you've got 2k budget for the week.
Ray Singh said:
After a long time of no holidays for my and my family due to financial reasons, this year i am fortunate enough to be in the position to be able to go on holiday.
I was planning a trip to Calais in the May half term, but a couple of nights in the Holiday inn Coquelles followed by a night in the Ashford Holiday inn the whole trip is costing around £1000 with Eurotunnel crossing.
I am therefore tempted to add the extra and book a private villa in Europe with pool as this is only £2k via James' Villa's, this includes flights. This would be better in the childrens summer holidays.
Anyone know of a cheaper alternative to James's Villa's? Or perhaps someone has a villa that would let me rent it from them?
Requirements that it will need to sleep two adults and two kids (7 and 5 yrs), have a private pool and be in a nice location.
Any help appreciated.
Hi ReyI was planning a trip to Calais in the May half term, but a couple of nights in the Holiday inn Coquelles followed by a night in the Ashford Holiday inn the whole trip is costing around £1000 with Eurotunnel crossing.
I am therefore tempted to add the extra and book a private villa in Europe with pool as this is only £2k via James' Villa's, this includes flights. This would be better in the childrens summer holidays.
Anyone know of a cheaper alternative to James's Villa's? Or perhaps someone has a villa that would let me rent it from them?
Requirements that it will need to sleep two adults and two kids (7 and 5 yrs), have a private pool and be in a nice location.
Any help appreciated.
Edited by Ray Singh on Tuesday 11th May 09:38
If you fancy Tuscany, we have a farmhouse/villa which has a private swimming pool too.
We are offering a 15% discount on our remaining weeks too.
http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p81074
This one looks nice,
http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/france/FR221.htm
there are plenty out there for cheaper too!
http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/france/FR221.htm
there are plenty out there for cheaper too!
Ray Singh said:
After a long time of no holidays for my and my family due to financial reasons, this year i am fortunate enough to be in the position to be able to go on holiday.
I was planning a trip to Calais in the May half term, but a couple of nights in the Holiday inn Coquelles followed by a night in the Ashford Holiday inn the whole trip is costing around £1000 with Eurotunnel crossing.
I am therefore tempted to add the extra and book a private villa in Europe with pool as this is only £2k via James' Villa's, this includes flights. This would be better in the childrens summer holidays.
Anyone know of a cheaper alternative to James's Villa's? Or perhaps someone has a villa that would let me rent it from them?
Requirements that it will need to sleep two adults and two kids (7 and 5 yrs), have a private pool and be in a nice location.
Any help appreciated.
We've stayed here a couple of times, excellent villa, stunning views of the Med, great for kids especially with the pool, only a mile from Mijas so your away from the booze cruise crowd, only downside is the fact that it's up a very, very steep hill. About 40 mins drive from Malaga so flights should be cheap/reasonable depending on when your thinking of going.I was planning a trip to Calais in the May half term, but a couple of nights in the Holiday inn Coquelles followed by a night in the Ashford Holiday inn the whole trip is costing around £1000 with Eurotunnel crossing.
I am therefore tempted to add the extra and book a private villa in Europe with pool as this is only £2k via James' Villa's, this includes flights. This would be better in the childrens summer holidays.
Anyone know of a cheaper alternative to James's Villa's? Or perhaps someone has a villa that would let me rent it from them?
Requirements that it will need to sleep two adults and two kids (7 and 5 yrs), have a private pool and be in a nice location.
Any help appreciated.
Edited by Ray Singh on Tuesday 11th May 09:38
http://www.mijas-villas.com/Villa.aspx?VillaID=55
We book a villa every year for our summer holiday & use either:
www.sealandvillas.com
or
www.villaselect.com
Both seem to be cheaper & have nicer properties than James Villas
www.sealandvillas.com
or
www.villaselect.com
Both seem to be cheaper & have nicer properties than James Villas
check out the usual agencies:
Gites de France
Bowhills
Chez nous
French Country Cottages
Britanny Ferries Holidays
They have lots of villas all over France; the Vendee is a good area for kids beach holidays, as is Charente maritime - both have decent weather, but not too hot, and not too long a drive.
If you take a ferry on the short crossing (Dover-Calais or Dover-Dunkerque) you should get a return crossing for less than £100 and will save a bundle on car hire costs and air fares, plus you will have space to bring back souvenirs.
If you want to drive further afield and need to stay in a hotel en-route, try Ibis or Novotel - kids often stay free and they are generally cheaper than US chains like holiday inn.
Check out www.viamichelin.com for maps and driving times.
Gites de France
Bowhills
Chez nous
French Country Cottages
Britanny Ferries Holidays
They have lots of villas all over France; the Vendee is a good area for kids beach holidays, as is Charente maritime - both have decent weather, but not too hot, and not too long a drive.
If you take a ferry on the short crossing (Dover-Calais or Dover-Dunkerque) you should get a return crossing for less than £100 and will save a bundle on car hire costs and air fares, plus you will have space to bring back souvenirs.
If you want to drive further afield and need to stay in a hotel en-route, try Ibis or Novotel - kids often stay free and they are generally cheaper than US chains like holiday inn.
Check out www.viamichelin.com for maps and driving times.
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