14/09/09 – Offers of the Week
This weeks offers are focussing on villas Austria with many of the main resorts catering for the all year round traveller taking the opportunity to save some money on booking out of the main school holidays. It will be a good few weeks until the snow appears in the hills, the mountains are a great place to get some quality hiking in around the alps.
Annaberg Lammertal – 26/09/2009 – 7 nights Sleeps 8 – £459 Save 14%
Sotour Maltschacher See, Feldkirchen Ossiachersee – 26/09/2009 – 7 nights – sleeps 4 £375 Save 14%
Faaker See Carinthia – 26/09/09 – 7 nights – sleeps 6 – £375 Save 20%
Gastehaus Hartweger, Haus Ennstal bei Scladming – 19/09/09 – 14 nights sleeps 3 £576 Save 14%
Bungalow Bad Mitterndorf Tauplitz – 19/09/09 – 7 nights – sleeps 5 £486 Save 10%
Haus Faitl, Bad Mitterndorf Tauplitz – 19/09/09 7 nights – sleeps 8 £341 Save 14%
Sonnenblick, Silbertal – 19/09/09 7 nights sleeps 6 £324 Save 9%
Landhaus Martha, Gaschurn – 19/09/09 7 nights sleeps 4 £309 Save 9%
Ski Chalet Tirol
The Tirol region of Austria can supply you with an adrenaline filled holiday or a relaxing trip enjoying the Tyrolean streets lined with traditional wooden chalets. Containing some of the best ski resorts in Europe if not the world the Tirol’s 36 different holiday areas can cater for most holidaymakers requirements. It is be very easy to book private ski accommodation with cheap flights to Austria, once you arrive there are many transfers to get you swiftly to the resort at very low costs. The train services from the main airports run very frequently through the season and are extremely reliable visit http://www.oebb.at/ to pre book your tickets and check timetables before travelling.
The range of ski chalets Tirol are already available online for early season offers, don’t leave it too late to get the best property, yes we do display a large selection of last minute deals on the site for all areas but the you will have to get in early if you want to secure the best accommodation and dates for your holiday.
Ski Chalets Austria
Ski holidays offer a great social alternative to the normal beach or city break, large groups of friends will get together and book a large chalet for their annual get together on the slopes. Skiing can be a tiring activity and some people would prefer to gather around an open fire and down a few beers whilst exaggerating over their days performance and you thought it was just fisherman who had tall tales?
Booking a large ski chalet to cater for all of your group can give you huge savings on booking hotels and on food costs for the holiday. Why pay for expensive hotel facilities that you might not use during your trip, you will be on the slopes all day and with many of the ski resorts offering excellent restaurants and night life you could be out all evening.
Check out the early booking offers and get the best prices and accommodation before somebody else books it, some of the higher ski resorts offer extended ski seasons with the lifts opening in late November for the first snow with much cheaper accommodation for the early or late season weeks.
Guide to selecting the perfect holiday villa – Size
There are many things that you need to consider and take into account when booking a private villa instead of a packaged holiday that many people forget to check before travelling.Size of property – the size of the villa or apartment can vary depending on the country/resort. What is an acceptable sized property in the holiday destination may not be what you expect. Make sure that you have chosen a property for your needs.
If you are planning to be out around the pool all day and out partying all night then a save your pennies for spending money and rent a small apartment but if you are planning to take small children away and plan to spend most of your time in a private villa with a pool then space is what you need. Spending a little bit more to get a larger accommodation will ensure you have a better holiday.
Guide to selecting the perfect holiday villa – Activities
There is a growing trend for activity based holidays with many of the larger travel companies struggling to cater for everybody’s requirements all of the time. We have accommodation that is located in some of the best outdoor activity centres of Europe. Do not discount the main winter destinations just for ski and snow board holidays most of the resorts need to stay open all year to survive and put on many activities all year round.
There are some excellent hiking routes in the ski areas and why not rest your legs a bit and take the ski lift up to the top, you my be sharing the ski lift with a few mountain bikes on the way up as the ski runs are turned over to downhill mountain biking over the summer months. There are quite a few groups that book canoe trips down the many great rivers in France that can be booked for a great day out with a difference.
Guide to selecting the perfect holiday villa – Location
How far from the airport, beach, town centre, night life, pool and activities. Many of the larger villas will be out of town away from the main strip in quite locations which may require you to hire a car to get to the accommodation or to nip out to the shops. You may not wish to drive abroad as this can add an unwanted stress to your holiday but you may be missing out on many of the hidden treasures located just out of town.
Check for resort transfer from the airport as many low cost airlines provide a local shuttle service from the airports to the main areas including return travel to the airport timed with their departure times. It may also be good to check for the local train services from the airport as these can be much cheaper than paying for a taxi or transfer service and be much quicker as there will not be so many drop offs on route. You may be pleasantly surprised on the service of many of the mainland European train companies, the are very reliable and cheap.
Long Stay Villas
Do you wish that you could stay on holiday for longer? then why not book a long stay villa. We have a lot of properties that can be booked for up to 28 days in length for a lot less than you may think.
Fancy a month in Aquitaine? take a look at this apartment in Aquitaine which can be booked on 12/09/09 for 28 days costing only £870 sleeps 2 people.
or a month in Valle d’Aosta
Avise Valle d’Aosta – 2 room apartment with balcony 05/09/09 28 nights £1001 save 10%
This weeks offers
The summer in the UK may have turned out to be the usual dissapointment this year after all the hype from the weathermen on how great the summer was going to be. The main hot spots in the south of France and southern Spain enjoyed their normal good temperatures.
Check out the low cost flight companies and find a cheap flight to the sun to escape the UK summer blues.
This weeks choice of offers;
Spain
Vallesol, Costa Blanca - 05/09/09, 7 nights sleeps 2 – £271 Save 13%
Cortijo Nieto, Frifliana Costa del Sol – 12/09/09, 7 nights sleeps 4 – £633 Save 19%
France
Les Horizons – Le Mans, Cote d’Azur – 12/09/09, 7 nights sleeps 2 – £401 Save 10%
Villa Gentil, Bormes Les Mimosas Cote d’Azur – 12/09/09, 7 nights sleeps 4 – £495 Save 10%
Italy
Villaggio Marion San Fransisco - 12/09/09, 14 nights sleeps 4 – £455 Save 14%
Avise Valle d’Aosta – 05/09/09, 14 nights sleeps 3 – £501 Save 10%