A phone call away from your dream vacation in Greece
Posted by White Key Villas on Fri, Jul 02, 2010
I was reading Travel+Leisure’s very interesting article “7 tips for villa rentals” and was happy to see that one of the first three tips was “Get on the phone” (and ask questions). After more than five years of renting luxury villas in Greece, we believe that this is the most important thing that someone interested in renting a villa should do and we strongly encourage our clients to.
We don’t think that renting a villa is something one can ‘shop on the internet’ simply because this decision requires a lot of information that cannot be given online. A villa is a destination in itself and we pride ourselves for being able to advise which destination and which villa is the ideal match for a guest, based on various factors like the composition of the group, children and their age, the vacation preferences and many more. The more information we get, the better able we are to propose ideal matches. This is what distinguishes locally based agencies, which know their villas and destinations intimately, from “super-market” agencies, where it is impossible for reps to have visited all the villas they represent.
We try to spend a night or two in each villa we represent and we thus get to know much more than how many bedrooms a villa has, or which is the closest town… And this kind of knowledge makes the difference. There have been many cases when by discussing with a client, we convince them to choose an entirely different resort than the one they were originally contemplating and they are always thankful afterwards.
So next time you are thinking of renting one of our luxury villas, give us a call (or let us call you) and give us as much information as possible. We will feel happy to know that you are going to the ideal villa for you and after all, there is nothing sweeter for us than that email when you get back home telling us that you had a wonderful holiday.