The rise in direct booking websites has seen a boom in owners advertising their own properties, and as a result holiday makers are seeing a similar rise in villa holiday nightmares.

With the huge amount of concrete gone into building villas in Europe in the last 10 years competition is fierce for holiday rental income and owners have decided to take matters into their own hands to get bookings.

Very often they will be available for a cheaper weekly rental than similar properties with professional management companies or letting agencies.  The disadvantage to booking direct however is you have no guarantees of the standard on arrival or indeed how professional the owner maybe. 

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