Portugal A22 motorway tolls announced

Details of how tolls will be charged on the A22 Motorway that connects the Algarve now announced.

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.

Booking a villa holiday during a recession

How to turn economic woe and uncertainty to your advantage when booking your villa holiday.

No Frills: No courtesy

I catch a lot of no frills flights and it would be good if our suffering passengers got their heads together to praise and scorn as appropriate. Firstly the big beasts Easyjet and Ryanair need separating, and that is simple. Their websites are
equally friendly, (unlike their staff) but not as good [...]