reputable villa rental sites

snagglepuss16

just wondering if anyone can help. we are planning our first family holiday this year, my 2 year old son, my OH and myself. looking at prices for a package holiday i realise it may be cheaper to rent a villa for a week, but i was just wondering if anyone can recommend a site to use that is reliable and affordable, we arent set on where to go but it will be in eurpoe for the sake of taking my son on the flight.
thanks in advance

peachyprice

Try these, they're all reputable.

www.homelidays.co.uk
www.holiday-rentals.co.uk
www.villarenters.com
www.holidaylettings.co.uk
www.ownersdirect.co.uk

HTH

eslick

have a look at vrbo.com as well

one thing to note, in many cases you deal with the owner direct so unless they accept credit card there are no come backs. vrbo however lets you pay for insurance in case something happens but as always look at small print.

One otherb tip, haggle, you will get a better deal that way and most will knock money off. We saved a $1000 on a 3 week rental in the US this year and the year before last got a much bigger place than expect just by pushing them.

glh50

Hi

I actually advertise my disney villa on most of the sites you mention and can recommend them. They requests are sent direct to the owners such as myself and they will then sendyou back a quote for your stay and hopefully a website link to their villa so you can look at the details of what you will be booking.

They then normally pay a fee (or should I say its taken from the amount you pay as a %) and that goes to the website as the advertising cost.

Gail

spiro

For villas/apartments in NE Spain, Costa Brava north of Girona I use http://www.torrent-api.com/index.asp?idi=3 They are a local estate agent that also rents villas etc. Good service, prices about average.

somebodysfool

This one verifies the existence and quality of the properties they advertise. yourholidaymatters.com

claire16c

Ive used vrbo a lot.

sarahjayne1977

I know someone mentioned this site, But as my mam and dad have used it a few times and never had one problem thought i mention it again
http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/

poe.tuesday

if you are looking at france then this is a good one

http://www.clevacances.com/EN/index.html

davidmaynerd

If you like villas with nice sea views and private pools try typing 'villas with sea views' into Google and oceanviewvillas uk will come up

melb

we booked villas in Javea spain for many years using many of the above rental sites but when the prices started going up we moved to apartments and actually prefer them. The good part is with a 2 year old there would hopefully be other children of the same age and although they obviously won't be playing together unsupervised it gets you chatting to other parents (if that's what you want of course). In javea in particular there are lots of apartments with communal pools (which have never been busy when we've been there even in August) that are also within an easy walk of the sandy beach called the Arenal (god I sound like a travel agent!)