Holiday Property Bond

There is a trend to these threads. The vast majority of HPB Bondholders say they are more than happy with what they have, and know what it is they have. Others who decide its not for them occupy their time telling us what a mistake we have made and warn others off.

I don't know the exact number, but the HPB has somewhere between 40 and 50,000 Bondholders. My bond number is under 4000 from 1987, so you can see it has grown quite substantially in 30 years for what is a niche product. What is also extraordinary is how few people cash it in, and how few complaints you hear from bondholders. So what is it they know that you clearly don't ?

I've never tried to 'sell' the HPB to anybody. Its up to them to do their research and decide if it is for them. All I will do is answer questions honestly from my own long experience with the bond. If you don't 'get it' then fair enough, its not for you. It is for me and lots of others and I'm pretty happy with it thank you for the most part. I've not had a bad holiday with HPB in over 30 years in England, Wales, Scotland,Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy and France. What more am I supposed to say ?

I paid £150 for four days camping at a Camping and Caravan Club site in Perth for three of us in my own tent a month ago (it was work believe it or not) Its a lovely camp site and all, but it makes HPB look pretty good value to me !

Tim

No,but just because the idea does not work for you, that does not make it a bad concept. I have never had money spare to put into HPB, and i doubt I would invest if I did have funds. But I have family members who are investors (long term) and I have enjoyed several breaks at HPB because of this. For them, the HPB offered an assurance of quality provision, whereas independent holiday lets had proven to be hit and miss in quality. One particular family member worked long and hard building up a business, and just wanted to know that when it was time for a break, that break would be of an assured quality. HPB is not a concept for everybody, but it is a million miles away from timeshare, and it is unfair to make such comparisons.

Online reviews can certainly be a gauge of customer satisfaction, if they are used advisedly. I have used them to check out other holiday venues. It is snide of you, in my opinion, to write that an alternative way of quality assurance checking would be to spend thousands on a poor investment. The HPB may not be for you, that is clear. I can not imagine either that I would invest in it, even if I had the funds. That is a personal choice on which we can agree. But that is a long way from your sneering dismissal of the HPB offer. I have been fortunate to holiday at several HPB properties without personal cost. I can see exactly what they offer to individuals and to their families. The apartments I have stayed in have been thoroughly clean and very well maintained, with a range of activities on offer. I can see how HPB Holiday is an attractive option for some people, even though it is not for all of us.

It is clear that you are only interested in trolling on this matter, so I will leave you to it.