Villas Worldwide is five years old today and here are five reasons why we have grown every year and are looking at a bumper year for bookings in 2011.
1 Our villas, ski chalets and luxury ski apartments are carefully chosen to meet our client’s requirements and our prices are lower than our competitors.
2 We offer a highly personal, knowledgeable and efficient service to our clients.
3 We don’t get any complaints. I think it’s because we match expectations.
4 We maintain a genuine interest in what our clients think of their holiday and our service.
5 We treat our owners and overseas agents as if they were our clients.
The world of most UK based villa holiday companies is one of great upheaval, corporate takeovers, uncertainty and a drive for profits to keep the stock market happy and the result is that there are now very few really good, independent, small, experienced specialists left.
I’m please to say that there are now many clients who have tried our services, know what they can expect, come back year after year and recommend us to their friends, they want security which our bonding provides but also great properties and real personal service.
It is no accident that the most important holiday we sold this year was for two weeks in a luxury ski chalet in Courchevel, for four people, costing £32,680. The client loved the holiday and wants to book again.
Confidence is important and our clients have faith in us, so do our owners and overseas partners. We are honest and comprehensive with our property descriptions and show as many photographs as possible so our clients know what to expect. We build on the solid foundations of recommendations not extravagant marketing which inflates holiday prices.
I urge you to at least look at, if not try, one of our holiday villas if you haven’t already done so. We have a marvelous range from a modest 1 bedroom villa with a private pool in Andalusia for £430 to £710 per week depending when you travel, to magnificent chateaux and the ultimate luxury ski chalets in some of the best holiday destinations in the world. Most of our properties sit in the £1000 to £5000 per week bracket and there are over 1,500 to choose from, over 30 have private tennis courts as well as a pool.
We thank the travel press for their support and growing interest in Villas Worldwide Ltd, recognizing that it’s not easy to recommend and back a smaller company, so a big thanks to those that have, particularly Jeremy Gates (Press Association), the Telegraph and the Times.
We are looking forward to the next five years and I can tell you it is an absolute pleasure to run a business where by and large everyone is happy.
Peter Horrocks (Managing Director)