homelidays.com

This web site (there is very possibly more like it) is my new way of hunting for holiday accommodation. It is international accommodation to suit almost any budget (apart from dorm room budgets) but at the moment Europe seems to be where most of the accommodation is advertised. The basic idea Private house owners that want to rent their properties to tourists set up an account and can advertise as many properties as they like. So how does this benefit ...
...got back from over a month traveling through Spain. We did a lot of research on accommodation for rooms with a double bed and a private bathroom (we're a little old to be sleeping in dorm beds now). What surprised us about this form of accommodation is that it can actually work out cheaper than a room in a hostel and you get all the comforts of home. I'm talking about a washing machine, microwave and oven, dish washer and TV and DVD. If you have ...

bennyboy1_5 04.10.2006 · Read full review
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As an owner advertising my apartment on the Homelidays website, I want to assure potential renters that there is a stringent code of practise operated by Homelidays prior to your advert being accepted for publishing. I find it upsetting that an owner would mislead a potential rental regarding their property and would image that this really is the exception to the rule. May I take this opportunity to assure renters that I personally demand a high standard and as I (like other fellow) owners use the property myself that I always make sure the advert is a true reflection of the property and spend a lot of money maintaining its standard. Owner El Dorado Apartments, Playa Las Americas, Tenerife. ...

citroen2cv 26.07.2008 (24.07.2008)
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Four of us recently (0807) spent 2 nights at Ferme Prevost de Courmiere in Capelle de Hesdin, Norde de Calais, home of Andre and Annie Lombardet. We received an exceptionally warm welcome at their delightful well appointed elderly large and spacious farmhouse and enjoyed a gourmet dinner prepared and hosted by them. We highly recommend Andre and Annie for their professionalism as absolutely excellent hosts. Our memory of our time there will be one of first class dining, hospitality and understated French style. ...

stclairmossy 21.08.2007
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My wife and I rented an apartment for two weeks in Tropea, Italy through Homelidays.com. The website stated that "98% of renters satisfied with their stay." The apartment we selected had received 100% glowing reviews from previous renters. When we arrived, we discovered the description the owner had given to the website contained major misrepresentations as to location, size and features. The apartment was totally unacceptable for our purposes; we ...
...return, I wrote a negative review for the property. Homelidays, however, refused to post the review, saying the owner disagreed with it and Homelidays had no way of telling who was right. No wonder there were only positive reviews! Nothing on Homelidays' website said negative reviews were not published. After this experience, I would tell everyone to avoid Homelidays. They are clearly only interested in renting property and not giving honest feedback ...

pkinias 09.10.2006 · Read full review
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I have found this website very very good easy to use, with lots of information for all to see. If I was looking to book I would use this site. I do have a Florida Villa on there, (www.floridaletsadream.com) and the responce, from customer has been excellent, the bookings I have took have all been from Honest poeple, Who have looked after our villa. What more Can I say other than I have also reseived Excellet advice and support from the staff on the site. From a very Happy Owner Marie Bowen www.floridaletsadream.com ...

mariebowen123 13.09.2007
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Homelidays takes negative renter testimonials very seriously and following such a testimonial we contact the owner in order to gather more information on the stay in question and to give them the opportunity to reply to the renter's comments. Following the owners response and after having looked at their personal dossier (for previous testimonials, history on the site, other renter stays…), we make a decision on whether or not to publish the testimonial. ...
...all testimonials written on a rental stay and they are never deleted from an owners personal dossier. Therefore, even if certain testimonials are not published, we can refer to them in recurring cases. We ask renters and owners to justify the scores they give in their testimonials. They are not made non-validated simply because the scores are below 5, but a motive for non-validation is if the score is not justified by the renter's comments. The ...

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...those I did use was homelidays.com and I have to say that so far I am very happy with the results and fully intend to use them next year. I like too the way you can read reviews of guests by holiday home renters who have let to them previously. And I hope that our guests will add a review once they have stayed with us. We have made a huge effort to have our house as good as possible and added many extras to make it a real home away from home for ...

DaisyCottageDonegal 14.06.2009 · Read full review
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We rented two properties from Homelidays on the west coast of France, in 2008. We had not visited this part of France before but we found the site search tools to be excellent and so we quickly narrowed down candidates and contacted the owners. When we got there we found that both houses and areas matched the descriptions. We found the agent running the first property and the owner who let the second both to be very helpful. The owner of the second ...
...were not left with lots of euros on our last day (more's the pity considering the rate this year). The first owner even went to the trouble of setting up a PayPal account so I could pay although the (profitable, solvent) French banks charged him to receive the payment and I had to reimburse him. I daresay that others might have woken up packed in ice with a kidney missing but that was not our experience. Ken ...

KennyBoy123 25.04.2009 (19.05.2009) · Read full review
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What a shame this client's opinion is based upon only one stay......what made him/her choose it in the first place? ...

steadsy 19.11.2007
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Feedback from Homelidays: The publication of an advertisement begins after receipt and confirmation of the payment of the selected publication option. Homelidays offers owner members a seven-day retraction period unless the service began with your approval before the end of the said period. When owner members sign up to the Homelidays website they agree to the Advertising Conditions which state that "You may at any time request to have your advertisement ...

HomelidaysEN 08.06.2009 · Read full review
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This review is based on the experience of our family in 2007. Tunisia was the country we rented in. Homelidays is only an in-between or an agent for the rental property. They do not vet or check apartments. They have absolutely no responsibility for the apartment, the owners or any monetary transactions that take place. They are really an introducer. They do not publish negative comments about an apartment unless the apartment owner agrees to publish ...

Srimathi 06.02.2008 · Read full review
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Don't commit to advertising as there are many good sites out there. This is just NOT one of them. If you change your mind they wont refund even a percentage for the whole year and there is no cooling off period. They really are a PAIN to deal with and they are only interested in getting the dosh. They claim to be so professional but frankly the service is diabolical and the interest the advert generates is very unsatisfactory for the amount of layout. ...
...to advertising as there are many good sites out there. This is just NOT one of them. If you change your mind they wont refund even a percentage for the whole year and there is no cooling off period. They really are a PAIN to deal with and they are only interested in getting the dosh. They claim to be so professional but frankly the service is diabolical and the interest the advert generates is very unsatisfactory for the amount of layout. My word ...

phammond 23.04.2009 · Read full review
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