ABTA protection

With the sad demise of Globespan in the headlines, we wish to clarify the status of bookings made with Palmer and Parker Villa Holidays.

In some holiday protection schemes passengers are not protected against financial failure of their tour operator if they have not bought a whole package.  What that means in practice is that if [...]

The villa rental market: looking back at 2009 and what it tells you about 2010.

2009 was a surprising year. At the beginning of the season nobody knew what to expect.  It shaped up all right, but the established way of dealing and old habits changed.  Here are the lessons to be learnt for 2010, for owners and for holidaymakers.