Online Holiday Rentals

Western Europe holiday rentals

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No more time wasting for waiting for answers on your booking enquiries .... Use this search box for 1000s of holiday homes to rent directly from the owner.
All accommodations have an always up-to-date availability calendar through which you can book online and pay by credit card with Rentalsystems.
You can read reviews from previous guests who booked through the Rentalsystems booking system.

Asia travel

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Asia that can be booked online.

USA travel

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout the USA that can be booked online.

Latin America and Caribbean travel

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout South and Central America and Caribbean that can be booked online.

Some featured Caribbean lodging:

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Asia travel

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Australia travel

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Australe and Oceania that can be booked online.

AFRICA travel

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Africa that can be booked online.

All Eastern Europe holiday rentals

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Malta holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Malta that can be booked online.

Croatia holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Croatia that can be booked online.

Germany holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Germany that can be booked online.

Bulgaria holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Bulgaria that can be booked online.

Greece holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Greece that can be booked online.

Austria holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Austria that can be booked online.

Switzerland holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Switzerland that can be booked online.

Canada holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Canada that can be booked online.

Dubai holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals in Dubai that can be booked online.

Thailand holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Thailand that can be booked online.

Florida holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Florida that can be booked online.

United Kingdom holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout the UK that can be booked online.

Cyprus holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Cyprus that can be booked online.

Turkey holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Turkey that can be booked online.

Ireland holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Ireland that can be booked online.

Italy holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Italy that can be booked online.

Portugal holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Portugal that can be booked online.

Spain holiday rentals

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Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout Spain that can be booked online.

France Holiday Rentals

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France, being the first holiday destination in the world, has much to offer. You can go either for a romantic getaway in Paris or rent a lovely cottage in the country. Or you can go for the Côte d'Azur, the playground for the rich and famous. After Paris, Nice in the french Riviera is the most popular place to be in France, therefor Nice has the second biggest airport of France after Paris.
France is a big country with beautiful regions to discover. You can go for culture, activity or just relaxing (in France they call this a laissez-faire lifestyle).

Use the search box below to find your holiday apartment or villa in France. All rentals can be booked online and paid for by credit card. You can read reviews from previous guests.

Below you can find some featured holiday rentals throughout France that can be booked online.

Holiday Homeowner? Sign in for free!

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Holiday Homeowner?
Click the banner below to join VillaRenters!

A step-by-step Guide to making your Holiday Rental Easy to Book with the help of VillaRenters

And turn those Vacancies into "No Vacancies"

You probably know that there are literally hundreds of thousands of Holiday Rental Properties worldwide, and the competition is increasing all the time as standards rise. If you already have your own website, you are on the right track. Every year, more and more holiday-makers (a BBC survey says up to 75%) are using the internet as their sole method of searching for holiday homes. Glossy brochures are yesterday's news.

If you do not yet have your own website, you can still utilise the VillaRenters system, but if you can build one it is recommended. Where else can you show off your property to its full potential?

If you don't have your own website yet, VillaRenters will help you build one – free of charge.

Once you have found her, never let her go!

This line from Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific sums it up. You have made great efforts to get your customer (and it is quite likely to be a "her") to your website, so now comes the crunch - how to turn her from a potential customer into a real-life booker. The best way to start is to:

Join VillaRenters

VillaRenters is a British-owned company, but its facilities are valid throughout the world. Don't be fooled by the name - it's equally suitable for apartments and cottages.

Joining VillaRenters is completely free of charge. I use it myself and it has helped transform my marketing effort. It gives you the following marketing facilities:

List your Rental Property!

You can list your property on VillaRenters free of charge. If they find you a booking they charge you a commission of 10% - and that includes the cost of payment by credit card. This commission is only 2% if a customer books on your own website using the VillaRenters availability calendar. No bookings, no charge - it's as simple as that. And there's no charge for putting your own bookings through the system.

If you are less than enthusiastic about paying commission for a booking in, say, August, which you expect to fill anyway – no problem. Just mark the dates unavailable on the calendar and no VillaRenters customer can book. Of course, if you still haven’t rented those dates by June, you can open them up again.

Or you could up your website prices by 10% to cover the cost. But always remember that 90% of something is a lot better than 100% of nothing!

Will they actually get me bookings?

VillaRenters has about 10,000 properties throughout the world, and processes over 30,000 bookings annually. The more you use them, the higher your index becomes and the nearer you get to the top of the list in their search engine. And the nearer the top you are, the more bookings you get!

As an added bonus, France and Britain, which we are concentrating on, have been neglected in the past - so there are a lot of prospective customers looking at a small number of properties. Not a bad time to join!

You will get some bookings, although it is difficult to quantify them. I tend to regard bookings from VillaRenters as a bonus - I am much more interested in how they help convert my own enquiries into bookings. All of the following features help:

Accept Credit Cards!

You are in the travel business; that means that many of your customers come from abroad – at least they should! Yet how many websites do you see in Britain that demand a sterling check as a deposit? They won’t be seeing many French, Germans, Americans and so on. VillaRenters let your customer pay by credit card, and charge you 2% commission - the customer also pays a 2% surcharge and a booking fee of €20 from the VillaRenters site and €12 if a booking is made from your own site using the VillaRenters availability calendar.

I admit I was sceptical when they first brought this charge in, but customers seem happy to pay it for the convenience and security of using a credit card. In fact, although we offer our UK customers the facility to pay by cheque, 90% of them opt to use a credit card.

This is probably the single most important benefit I got from joining VillaRenters. It certainly boosted my bookings tremendously.

If you are still asking people to send you cheques, you are losing business - particularly from abroad - your customers will go somewhere else.

Get verified testimonials from previous guests!

You are looking for a holiday cottage or apartment. You find two you like the look of. One has no testimonials. The other gives you a verified list of comments from satisfied guests. You are spending a lot of money on your holiday. Which one do you follow up? Right!

VillaRenters allows guests who have been through the system to add their comments, thereby ensuring that the comments are genuine and not just your friends saying something nice! And people do read them.

If you have no testimonials on your website, you are losing business - your customers will go somewhere else.

Add an online availability calendar!

You are looking for a holiday cottage or apartment. You find two you like the look of. One asks you to fill in a form to find out if the dates you want are available. The other has a calendar that shows you that your required dates are available. Which one do you follow up? Right! VillaRenters gives you an online availability calendar free of charge.

Click here to look at my availability calendar and see how it works. Note the high occupancy rate! If you want to embed it in your own website, it could like this

If you are still asking people to call you or email you for availability, you are losing business - they will go somewhere else.

Accept bookings online!

You are looking for a holiday cottage or apartment. You find two you like the look of. One asks you to fill in a form to make a booking. The other lets you book online – NOW! Which one do you follow up? Right!

If the availability calendar shows the dates are available, your customer can make an immediate booking - subject to any restrictions on length of stay or day of arrival you may have specified. You are then sent an email or text message telling you of the booking and you email back to accept it. In the meantime your calendar has been automatically updated, so no-one else can book the same period. If the customer has been directed from your website, the only charge you incur is 2% for payment by credit card. If the booking has been generated by VillaRenters you pay 10% commission which includes the credit card charge.

This is probably the second most important benefit I got from joining VillaRenters. It certainly boosted my bookings tremendously.

If you are still asking people to fill out a booking form by hand, you are losing business - they will go somewhere else.

Activate instant confirmation online!

As a further refinement you can activate the Instant Confirmation option. In this case the customer gets immediate approval for his booking without waiting for you to come back to them. It's a nice feeling to wake up in the morning and find out that overnight somebody in Australia has made a booking and paid the deposit!

This is a very powerful tool, but it depends on you keeping your VillaRenters calendar up-to-date at all times. Since you will have accepted the deposit automatically there are penalties if you cannot honour the booking because you were already booked.

If customers can't book immediately, you are losing business - they will go somewhere else.

Manage your bookings!

VillaRenters has a "robot manager" that will send out emails chasing payment, giving arrival details etc. The following management functions are included:

Fully customisable online holiday home booking system

A rental business model suitable for one property or thousands Contract template with customisable terms and conditions Automated emails chasing payments

Arrival instructions automatically sent to your customers Automatic cancellation policies

Central booking calendar that integrates with Villarenters.com that can be integrated with your own website, making double bookings a thing of the past

Access to your online member account means you can track the status of your bookings from anywhere at any time

All booking details, customer information and communication stored centrally

With RentalSystems you can update property details in seconds

Create your own extra pricing models

Create your own automatic discounting models, last minute long stay or early bird discounts are calculated instantly

Credit card authorisation for breakage deposits, damages can be claimed online.

If you are still doing all this yourself manually, you are wasting a lot of your time.

How financially secure is VillaRenters?

VillaRenters will be collecting money on your behalf so you'll want to know how financially stable they are. The VillaRenters and RentalSystems businesses were acquired by the Daily Mail & General Trust PLC in August 2006 for the group's travel subsidiary Teletext Ltd, so they should be a pretty good bet financially!

Are there any downsides?

VillaRenters still has a few gremlins which are rapidly being sorted out. The only downside is that in order to receive your credit card payment from them in full, you have to wait until your guests have completed their stay. If you can't wait then there is an "Early Payment" charge of 1 - 1.5%. You can always regard it as paying 3% rather than 2% commission, which is still competitive given there are no set-up or monthly charges.

If you can live with this - and it's not particularly onerous - the the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages.

So what are you waiting for? It's a win/win situation!

Click the banner below to join VillaRenters now!

Provence - Côte d'Azur holiday rentals

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The french Riviera is one of the most beautiful locations in the world. Azure blue sea views, mountains, beautiful villages attracted the upper class to come to the south of France. Nice and Cannes are a must see.

Use the search box below to find properties to rent in the Provence - Côte d'Azur.
The vacation rentals can be booked online and paid for by credit card. The availabity calendars are always accurate. You can read reviews from previous guests.

Search in the Alpes Maritimes for apartments or villas in Nice, Cannes, Antibes, Menton, Saint Paul de Vence, Vence, Biot, Carros, Golfe Juan, Guan les Pins, and Mougins.
Search in the Alpes-de-haute-Provence for accommodation in Digne-les Bains and Seyne-les Alpes.
In the Bouche-du-Rhône region you can search for Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Fuveau, Istres, La Ciotat, Luberon, Marseille, Martigues, Mouriès, Saint-Remy-de-Provence, Avignon, Trets.
In the Hautes-Alpes one can find Serre Chevalier.
We have many holiday homes in the Var region: search for Saint Rafael, Toulon, Fréjus, Draguignan, Lorgues, but also for Bargemon, Brignoles, Callian, Cogolin, Fayence, Flajosc, Gorges du Verdon, Grimaud, Hyères, La Croix Valmer, La Garde Freinet, Le Beausset, Le Lavadou, Le Pradet, Le Rayol Canadel sur Mer, Ramatuelle, Saint Paul en Foret, Tourrettes.
In Vaucluse we have vacation rentals in Avignon and Orange, but you can also search for Althen-Les Paluds, Ansouis, Bonnieux, Cavaillon, Lourmarin, Menerbe, Pertuis, Saignon, Saumane-de-Vaucluse

Below you can find some featured holiday rentals in the Provence that can be booked online.

Cannes France Holiday Rentals

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Cannes is a middle large city on the French Riviera. During 2 weeks in May, the international film festival in Cannes attracts many visitors. You have the possibility to watch great movie stars from close. La Croisette is the famous sea-side avenue with all glitter and glamour. The most famous hotel is the Carlton. Also nice to visit is the old harbour of Cannes. When you decide to stay in Cannes, you will join the rich and famous!

Use the search box below to find rental properties in Cannes: search for Alpes Maritimes --> Cannes.
The vacation rentals can be booked online and paid for by credit card. The availabity calendars are always accurate. You can read reviews from previous guests.

Below you can find some featured apartments that can be booked online.


View Details	The luxury residence, 99 rue d'Antibes, Cannes		Rating 69
	Superb luxury 2 bedroom apartment, situated on Rue D'Antibes, Fully air-conditioned, 100m from La Croisette & 300m to the Cannes Convention Center "Palais des Festivals et des Congres"
	Sleeps : 4	Private Pool : false	Pets :true
The luxury residence, 99 rue d'Antibes, Cannes	/Cannes /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	apartment sleeps 6 in center of cannes		Rating 92
	2 min walk from the beach and the congress center....apartment in famous shopping street of Cannes
	Sleeps : 6	Private Pool : false	Pets :false
apartment sleeps 6 in center of cannes	/Cannes /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Villa Clara- Cannes/Vallauris		Rating 428
	Very quiet villa on the heights between Cannes and Antibes, breathtaking view, private pool, at the heart of the Riviera
	Sleeps : 7	Private Pool : true	Pets :true
Villa Clara- Cannes/Vallauris	/Cannes /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Luxury 1 bedroom apartment - Cannes French Riviera		Rating 469
	Highly recommended luxury one bedroom apartment with all the facilities to make a great holiday.
	Sleeps : 4	Private Pool : false	Pets :true
Luxury 1 bedroom apartment - Cannes French Riviera	/Cannes /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Luxury newly built 3 bedroom @ 90 Rue d'Antibes		Rating 469
	Fully air-conditioned, 3-bedroom apartment, right on Rue D'Antibes, 100m from La Croisette & very near the Cannes Convention Center
	Sleeps : 7	Private Pool : false	Pets :true
Luxury newly built 3 bedroom @ 90 Rue d'Antibes	/Cannes /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Luxury 2 bed apartment with A/C - 1km fm Palais		Rating 469
	Modernised & recently refurbished two twin-bedroom apartment in Cannes centre, 1km from the beach. Ideally located for conference, conferences, festivals, vacation rental, seaside, beach, golf.
	Sleeps : 7	Private Pool : false	Pets :true
Luxury 2 bed apartment with A/C - 1km fm Palais	/Cannes /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

Nice France Holiday Rentals

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Nice is an excellent destination for all: beach, sun, metropole... Coming by plane, you arrive directly on the longest and most beautiful sea-side avenue in the world: The Promenade des Anglais. Built by the English in the 19th century, from that time renown for its mild winter climate by the aristocracy. In the old town of Nice, you can see the Italian influence. Nice is still the place to be for the rich and famous; many of them stay their night in the world famous Negresco hotel. Nice is located in the most beautiful part of the Cote d'Azur. Lovely villages such as Villefranche, Eze and Beaulieu can be reached in a couple of minutes. Monaco is only 15 minutes by train. So, when you rent one of these holiday apartments or villas in Nice, you definitely can count on a delightful vacation.

The apartments below can be booked online and paid for by credit card. The availabity calendars are always accurate. You can read reviews from previous guests.

Nice Promenade Holiday Apartments
Superb 3 double bedroom holiday apartment for up to 6 to rent on the Promenade des Anglais in the centre of Nice with terrace and Mediterranean view

"This is the second year we have stayed at this apartment as it is very good. It is ideally located with wonderful sea views and is spacious and well appointed. To have lunch on the balcony in warm sunshine in February takes some beating. Access to buses for trips in or out of town is easy and walking the Prom is a "must". We hope to stay there again in future."


View Details	Self catering Villa Central Nice		Rating 69
	5 bedroom, 5 bathroom luxury art deco villa in central Nice sleeping 11. 1km to the beach and 10mins walk to train station and the tram into the old T
	Sleeps : 12	Private Pool : false	Pets :false
Self catering Villa Central Nice	/Nice /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Luxury beach front split level Villa		Rating 71
	On the edge of Nice Old Town. The first sea fronted private house on the Bay of Nice and easily accessible to all the beauties of the Cote d'Azur.
	Sleeps : 6	Private Pool : false	Pets :false
Luxury beach front split level Villa	/Nice /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Apartment Hugo Park 103		Rating 132
	This charming one-bedroom apartment has everything you need to make your stay comfortable and homey. 100m to shops & restaurants and 400m to the beach
	Sleeps : 4	Private Pool : false	Pets :true
Apartment Hugo Park 103	/Nice /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Apartment Meyerbeer- Nice Carre D'or		Rating 250
	2 bedroom apartment, 70 m2 Located 90 seconds from Promenade Des Anglais and 100m from the Pedestrian district. Very central location with ocean view from own balcony. 10% early booking discount
	Sleeps : 6	Private Pool : false	Pets :false
Apartment Meyerbeer- Nice Carre D'or	/Nice /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Apartment Hugo Park 102, Central Nice, France		Rating 346
	Still available for EasterRecently renovated 1 kingsize bedroom contempory apartment in a beautiful Belle Epoque Building in central Nice, 400m to beach, 200m shops & restaurants
	Sleeps : 4	Private Pool : false	Pets :false
Apartment Hugo Park 102, Central Nice, France	/Nice /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Les Palais des Fleurs		Rating 664
	Luxury Bourgeois 2 bedroomed, 4th Floor apartment, 3 Balconies with lift - Palais des Fleurs , Musicians Quarter, Centre Nice near lots designer shops bars & restaurants
	Sleeps : 4	Private Pool : false	Pets :true
Les Palais des Fleurs	/Nice /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Lux. Apartment - Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice		Rating 1033
	Lge new luxury two bed apt., sleeps 6, air-con., two balconies. Centre of Nice - Promenade des Anglais, beside rests., bars, designer shops.
	Sleeps : 6	Private Pool : false	Pets :true
Lux. Apartment - Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice	/Nice /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

View Details	Residence Gibbings - Messina		Rating 2649
	Modern furnished apartment with superb central location. Beach only 400m. Main street shops cafes and bars are less than a minute walk.
	Sleeps : 4	Private Pool : false	Pets :true
Residence Gibbings - Messina	/Nice /Alpes-Maritimes /Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur /France /Europe /

Use the search box below to find more properties to rent in Nice: search for Alpes Maritimes --> Nice.

Travel Review by Jennie Davies from Birmingham, England

Nice is a wonderful venue, ideally located on the Cote D'Azur. It is vibrant, has something for people of all ages and has easy access by air, rail or road. It has a great climate all year round. Its transport system is second to none yet everywhere seems within walking distance. There are fabulous panoramic views from the heights of the citadel yet also the narrow streets of the old town. It has an impressive square with Parisian style shops but also boutiques in the pedestrianised area. You can eat at a bistro bar or dine at a beachside restraurant. If you like colourful spectacles, there is a fantastic 2 week carnival in February. The local people are courteous and friendly. What more could you ask of a holiday venue?