Booking
Villa Rental Hidden Fees to Check Before You Book
The villa looked like $2,800 for the week, and then the final invoice said $3,640.
Founder and booker
Ines spent years as a travel agent placing clients in holiday rentals before she started booking villas full time. She reads contracts for a living now, and she started this site after watching too many travellers pay deposits they never got back. She sets the standard every guide here has to clear.
Booking
The villa looked like $2,800 for the week, and then the final invoice said $3,640.
Groups and Family
You have offered to organise a friend's 40th, twelve people have said yes in the group chat, and now you need a house, a plan,...
Booking
The owner has replied, the dates are free, and now they want a 30 percent deposit by bank transfer before the end of the week.
Booking
You left the villa spotless, or so you thought, and three weeks later an email arrives deducting 280 euros for "additional...
Groups and Family
Twenty two relatives, four generations, three dietary restrictions and one aunt who will not share a bathroom.
Destinations
The first time I booked a wine country villa for harvest, a tractor started up under our bedroom window at 5.40 in the morning.