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Hi All

Been dealing with a family for a coupla weeks now.
Initial enquiry was for both houses :D so of course I gave a cheap rate[you know how things are at the mo :roll: .]
Great!!! can you tell me Airport pickup costs etc.yep
Oh thats Great.
We think we will have only one house after all. :roll:
Thats fine as well[sigh......] :roll:

Just got an email from them
Hi, thanks a lot for all your help, but we've decided to go for a package holiday. Thanks again.
Youve gotta smile havent you :) and at least they let me know.
I think there will be a lot of this going on comparing prices etc[and who can blame them]
With Pickups it was gonna cost them about £60 per person for the week[May]
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I bet that is the TV advertisement campaign by Jamesvilla ... suggesting a private rental much cheaper & better - if is a direct result of that then it proves TV advertising does work - at least they looked around!

They'll regret it being crammed into high rise with loads of other folk to save £10 each!
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Actually Tansy i thought that :) .......[Looking on the bright side :) ]
Ive also been pleased when Ive seen those James villas adverts, I do think it makes people think[does anyone advertise with them pretty pricey i think??]
As you say maybe theyre normal packet hols people but thought they check out the alternatives...
well I couldnt/wouldnt have made it any cheaper.
You can only so what you can do......and I was really helpful as well, as is the norm :wink: .
But maybe this means more Packagers will dip their foot in the private rental market lets hope so....... :)

See :wink: you cant keep a good optimist down :D
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this could be as well where all the ideas for pic nics etc have an effect!

I did post about James villas when I 1st saw the TV ad - a little thin thread started up - it looks like they are taking the whole peak season off you and paying you a % - not for us lot me thinks!! :lol:

All in all I do believe there are 3 holiday makers

package, fish & chip brigade
private rental
owners to their own property

When we go somewhere far flung like Caribbean I suppose we come under package with OUT the fish & chips - just the rum cocktail! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Or am I being too simplistic?
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Well :shock: just received this........

''are yr villas or one available from 15th to 29th april and is £295 per villa or for both per week? thank you...''

Tell yer what at that price :roll: £147-50p a 3 bedroomed house a week I think I will book it :wink: :D
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tansy wrote:All in all I do believe there are 3 holiday makers

package, fish & chip brigade
private rental
owners to their own property

Or am I being too simplistic?
If you mean for 'villa holiday' the only other group I can think of is those who get a tour operator to custom make a package.

The company my daughter works for does this & they are not seeing a drop in sales of their £5,000+ a week per person holidays this year.

If you mean general holiday makers, there are many, many other types.
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Post by Chianti »

TTP is right there are the also wealthy travellers who use specialist travel agencies to put packages together for them, accomodation, chauffered cars, guides, excursions, the lot.
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Well there we are. Maybe we should be putting together little holiday packages too!

We already do in a limited way but I think I may start trying harder with war tours, cookery courses, that sort of thing.

I know when we go long haul we usually book with a tour company and once there drop them... has worked every time in the Caribbean - I did it once to Corfu but an 18-30 group came into the accommodation 2 days after I arrived - nightmare!

:roll: Never forget the young lads with their union jack swimming trunks with blow up willies to make them look more masculine (as if!), the owner of the taverna was mortified! :oops:
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The sort of agents who organise travel for the wealthy are hand holders too, they do everything. They used to also deal with getting passports and visas for a hefty fee.
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Interesting BS. I've already turned down 2 requests because they wanted to sqeeze more people in...of course they don't say it like that!

I'm wondering if that will be more common this year - instead of renting a villa for 10, rent one for 8 and cram 'em in!

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When I get my Jewish film crew from New York staying every year... that has included visa's, transport, VIP's you name it...

OMG they are coming again this year - they make whirlwinds and a 2 year old's making demands look nothing!

Still, I can take the mickey and they laugh at themselves but I don't get anything extra in payment terms - a by line on whatever film they are making... if anyone goes to the American Cemetery in Normandy we're credited at the end of the film Letters in the visitor center.
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