As a result of The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) jmlvillas.com, the Self Catering Holiday Vacation Homes Website that has been successfully marketing holiday vacation property on behalf of their owners for over for over 15 YEARS since 2001, will no longer be offering this service for property owners from the 17th April 2018.
This site is closing down in October 2019
Thank you for your support over the years and trust you can still arrange a great self catering holiday on line.
Our insurance site and car hire excess insurance sites will still be very much in business
Friday, 18 October 2019
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Holiday home in Fréjus, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur, France
When people go on holiday they normally like to get to
their holiday destination quickly. This modern and comfortable Mobile holiday
home with a large l shaped terrace on a plot overlooking the countryside,
situated in a 4 star Park is only 45 minutes away from Nice Airport and 5
minutes from the town of Fréjus itself.
There is plenty of space for six people in this lovely home
that offers a double bedroom and 2 twin bedrooms, shower room with wash hand
basin and wc.
According to the property’s owners “It has a homely modern
interior with a large outside terrace half covered and half open, a small
garden area and parking space. There are 4 chaises longues, dining table,
chairs and parasol, a cosy aperatif area, an electric BBQ with an electric
plaque for grilling those juicy steaks!!”
The master bedroom offers: double bed, side tables with
lamps, wardrobe, overhead cupboards, dressing table with mirror
The twin bedrooms with twin beds, wardrobe and overhead
cupboards, bedside table.
Shower room with toilet, shower, washbasin, towel rail,
mirror, overhead and under sink cupboards.
In the living room there is a very comfortable settee, two
armchairs, shelving cupboard space, coffee table, flat screen TV, DVD, dining
table with seating, buffet, gas fireplace and reversible hot air / cold air,
air conditioning system.
The kitchen is fully fitted with gas cooker, four gas hobs,
microwave, electric kettle, toaster, fridge freezer and plenty of utensils and
cooking equipment.
The owners even provide bed linen and towels request – they
say that “good quality bath sheets, hand towels and bed linen are included in
the weekly rates, a second set will be provided in the case of a two week
booking. It is advisable to bring your own beach towels or arrangements can be
made to either buy or hire them for guests”
There is a washing machine for guests.
This Mobile home is set on a sunny spot, part artificial
grass and part gravel for parking purposes and is surrounded by flowering
Laurel bushes and trees. Because of its position on the park it is perfect for
joining in all the activities the park has to offer as its not far from the
swimming pools, bar, restaurant and shop etc, but on the same hand it offers a
peaceful and relaxing holiday.
Guests can enjoy their aperitifs and BBQs on the terrace or
down in the garden area.
A folder is provided for visitors to find ideas of fabulous
places to visit and activities available in the area, that includes a 5 mile /
8km drive to the beach at Fréjus St Raphael and it is only 10 minutes to the A8
motorway. The property is located 20 miles / 30 km from St Tropez. As visitors will want to do some
self catering there is a good choice of supermarkets close by.
Prices per week start at £ 350 / € equivalent in low season to £ 1100 /€ equivalent in high season
For
more information go to jmlvillas.com - http://www.jmlvillas.com/villa/843
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Great Holiday home rental at Fréjus, Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur, France
The property is described as a most comfortable Mobile home with terrace on a plot over looking the countryside, situated in a 4 star Camp site. A relaxing area some10 minutes from the A8 motorway, 45 minutes from Nice airport and 5 minutes from the center of Fréjus which has a magnificent golden sandy beach.
Prices for 2015 are listed below:
For more information contact Mairéad Barley is the person to contact on (0033) 625297220 or email annedallow@rocketmail.com
Friday, 19 December 2014
Jazz à Juan - Juan Les Pins jazz festival 2015
One of the main acts for this year will be the American jazz pianist Tigran Hamasayan.
The artist is known throughout the world as someone who mixes different influences to create his music. His Armenian roots play an important role however he also fuses elements of traditional Asian music during performances. Also performing is the New-York based Israeli jazz musician Avishai Cohen. Cohen continuously searches for ways to bend the boundaries between the different genres of jazz and was the long-time protégé of Chick Corea
.
One of the true veterans of the Jazz a Juan festival is Marcus Miller who returns year after year to delight the audiences. In 2009, Miller performed with Staley Clarke and Victor Wooten and returned the following year to play with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. All in all, Miller has been providing exciting, musical surprises since his debut at the festival in 1996.
Carlos Santana is another famous name who will be performing at the 55th anniversary of the Jazz à Juan festival. The Mexican and American musician has been exciting fans for decades and will be playing some of his classic music as well as some new sounds for the event in July.
The festival will begin on 10th July and continue until 19th."
Source: Dominic Thurlow-Wood at The Riviera Times go to site Here
Find out more about the festival over the years at the Cote d'Azur Rental website
Monday, 22 September 2014
Guide dog day in Biot south of France
There’ll be music and entertainment, a tombola and homemade cakes for sale in favour of the guide dog association.
You can find the association at 649 Chemin de Plan in Biot and can get more information at the website www.emcga.fr
Mairéad Information Services based on the Cote d'Azur With over 30 years experience helping people with their holiday and residential needs;
Translations
AdminConcierge and Taxi services
Supplying tradesmen
Importing Vehicles
House Removals etc
If you need assistance in any domaine, Mairéad is the person to contact on (0033) 625297220 or email annedallow@rocketmail.com Find out more about Biot Here
Meanwhile a little further away, just south of Grasse
Sunny
Bank still has spaces left at its information events in October on the new
residential apartments for seniors. To find out more go to the website www.sunny-bank.org
Friday, 25 July 2014
Receiving British TV outside the UK
For many years holiday home owners and "ex-Pats" have been able to watch their favourite BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 programmes from the comfort of their armchairs hundreds of miles from Britain via satellite. Then the signals became weaker as newer satellites were put into orbit and the "footprint" became narrower. Reception in countries like Italy, Portugal and Spain went completely, although this was not affecting reception on SKY TV.
In February this year the signal to France was changed, which means that viewers in the south of the country have had to buy even larger dishes.
Understandably the argument as far as the BBC is concerned is that the British public funds the BBC via the licence fee and that service is for those living in the UK. The BBC does earn good money from selling its products to other broadcasters and so will ITV, Channel and Channel 5. The BBC is now having to fund the BBC World Service Radio and cut backs have had to be made and the BBC of course require more income.
The licence fee cannot be increased without agreement with the British Government and there must be thousands of people who live in Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus and the Scandinavian countries who would watch British TV if the could. If you want to watch SKY TV (other than SKY News) you have to pay a monthly subscription.
Surely a solution to this would be that BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 and the Irish Networks RTE, TG4, TV3 etc are broadcast from their own satellite or even one of the newer ones with a very wide footprint but with an encrypted signal. This would mean no one outside the UK and Ireland (apart from an area very close to the coast) without having to pay a subscription of say £25 per month. The TV companies would have much needed additional income and no one could then claim that these "ex-pat" viewers were getting something for nothing.
Clearer large footprint transmissions would mean that the receiving dishes would not have to be nearly two metres wide as in the right hand photo, but nearer the size of a dish in Britain and Ireland like the one on the left hand side. Installation costs would be a lot more reasonable and viewing cards registered and sent to the viewer's address wherever that might be.
Commercial TV companies like ITV of course could say their advertisers are not benefiting from advertising a bedding sale in England, however many advertisers are selling products that are sold all over mainland Europe. ITV of course would have additional income from it's share of monthly viewing card subscription.
If these networks have got together enabling fewer people in mainland Europe to view British TV, they could easily get together to enable more people to view and be paid for the service.
Why stop there increased paying viewers could also be national residents of a given country. Spanish, French or Italians who want to improve their language skills and enjoying watching soaps like EastEnders, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks or Fair City, with subtitles in English available.
If anyone is interested in raising this idea with the appropriate broadcasting authorities or suggesting other forums to place this on it would be interesting to hear from you. Contact here If you wish to post this article on a discussion forum please do so.
In February this year the signal to France was changed, which means that viewers in the south of the country have had to buy even larger dishes.
Understandably the argument as far as the BBC is concerned is that the British public funds the BBC via the licence fee and that service is for those living in the UK. The BBC does earn good money from selling its products to other broadcasters and so will ITV, Channel and Channel 5. The BBC is now having to fund the BBC World Service Radio and cut backs have had to be made and the BBC of course require more income.
The licence fee cannot be increased without agreement with the British Government and there must be thousands of people who live in Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus and the Scandinavian countries who would watch British TV if the could. If you want to watch SKY TV (other than SKY News) you have to pay a monthly subscription.
Surely a solution to this would be that BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 and the Irish Networks RTE, TG4, TV3 etc are broadcast from their own satellite or even one of the newer ones with a very wide footprint but with an encrypted signal. This would mean no one outside the UK and Ireland (apart from an area very close to the coast) without having to pay a subscription of say £25 per month. The TV companies would have much needed additional income and no one could then claim that these "ex-pat" viewers were getting something for nothing.
Clearer large footprint transmissions would mean that the receiving dishes would not have to be nearly two metres wide as in the right hand photo, but nearer the size of a dish in Britain and Ireland like the one on the left hand side. Installation costs would be a lot more reasonable and viewing cards registered and sent to the viewer's address wherever that might be.
Commercial TV companies like ITV of course could say their advertisers are not benefiting from advertising a bedding sale in England, however many advertisers are selling products that are sold all over mainland Europe. ITV of course would have additional income from it's share of monthly viewing card subscription.
If these networks have got together enabling fewer people in mainland Europe to view British TV, they could easily get together to enable more people to view and be paid for the service.
Why stop there increased paying viewers could also be national residents of a given country. Spanish, French or Italians who want to improve their language skills and enjoying watching soaps like EastEnders, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks or Fair City, with subtitles in English available.
If anyone is interested in raising this idea with the appropriate broadcasting authorities or suggesting other forums to place this on it would be interesting to hear from you. Contact here If you wish to post this article on a discussion forum please do so.
Sunday, 8 June 2014
Preparing for success in holiday rental market
Just been reading an article in the May 14 edition of "Landlord & Buy-to-Let magazine" - Prepare for success in holiday rental market caught my eye.
It says that homeowners in tourist hot spots should be preparing now if they wish to benefit fully from 2014 holiday rental market according to the Overseas Guides Company -
Richard Way who is the editor of the Overseas Guide Company is warning holiday home owners that there are new rules governing holiday lets in some countries now.
Read the information below and then See the jmlvillas.com advice
The article advises some top tips:
1. Register the property as a tourist rental in Spain, Greece and Portugal. The local council requires a licence. If you don't the property owner risks a fine - €3,000 to €30,000 in Spain for example. Apparently depending on the location the owner might also have to present passport details of the paying guests at a local police station. Rather tricky if you have arranged the holiday let on line and you will therefore need a local agent to check renters in and out plus comply with local police registration regulations.
The top tips remind the property owner that you may have to collect a local tourist tax from the renters. See article at jml Villas.com website regarding Taxe de séjour http://www.jmlvillas.com/page/Taxsej
So if you have a holiday rental already that you let out check to see if you should be registering that property.
2. Declare your rental income - an area at jml Villas that we have been reminding holiday home owners about for years. However authorities in many countries now look at holiday home websites and agency sites now to see what properties are being let out. The Internet has proved very successful in creating lets for owners, but not all owners declare the income. Years ago when letting out a holiday rental in France, we declared the rental income to the authorities in France, paid tax there, however as the UK has tax treaties with many other countries the information submitted to the French authorities was submitted to the UK tax authorities so only a single payment was made. There are tax treaties with most European countries.
3. Use a managing Agent - As stated in the last paragraph of "1" above you need a local agent. We have recommended this since 2001 at jml Villas.com . This can be just for handing over keys, arranging repairs, cleaners welcome packs plus, or assisting finding holiday rentals.
4. Manage it yourself - Well that can be done as well, but not so easy if you are at a distance from the property. If you live in Spain and your holiday rental is in Spain local to you or live in England and the holiday let is not 150 miles away, easy.
5. Presenting the property for letting - on the jml Villas.com site we say PRESENTATION (for web photos — brochure) Make sure that you submit good clear photos of the property. Sun shining on it, blue skies help. Make it look more inviting. Consider having the dining table set, a bottle of wine on the table as well. Beds should be made up, leave the television on and internal lights as well (particularly lamps on tables and units that can be seen in the picture). Try to avoid having people in the photos. If you need extra ideas, just take a look at some of the property lifestyle magazines available in newsagents in most European countries. We have prepared a guide for owners of longer term letting properties and similar rules will apply for self catering vacation rentals — But they will naturally have to be fully furnished CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS The article in "Landlord & Buy-to-Let magazine" says very much the same as said above.
6. Offer a welcome pack - we say that too -"provide a "Welcome Pack" if you want to provide one — bottles of wine for example or more if the visitors are arriving late"
7. Information about what is happening in the area the property is located in - maps, brochures, restaurant cards and more. You will soon find that your guest will add to the information you provide.
8. Get suitable insurance - the article says that "your household and contents insurance policy should be to provide adequate cover for holiday rentals, including the necessary third party liability and cover for vacant periods" jml Villas says " You must make sure that your property is properly covered for holiday lettings.You should advise the insurance company that it is being let for this purpose.In some countries (France for example) the people renting must also take out insurance by law,but you must also be covered. If you are looking for a policy visit our Insurance section "
All in all very useful information, personally I think this article should have been published much earlier in the year by Landlord & Buy-to-Let magazine, but of course they might not have been supplied with it earlier and has been published in other places.
So at the end of the day if you do have a holiday rental that you want to list and not pay a lot for the listing (£12.50 for a year including UK VAT or € / $ equivallent) with a link to your personal website, then you need to visit jmlVillas Here
It says that homeowners in tourist hot spots should be preparing now if they wish to benefit fully from 2014 holiday rental market according to the Overseas Guides Company -
Richard Way who is the editor of the Overseas Guide Company is warning holiday home owners that there are new rules governing holiday lets in some countries now.
Read the information below and then See the jmlvillas.com advice
The article advises some top tips:
1. Register the property as a tourist rental in Spain, Greece and Portugal. The local council requires a licence. If you don't the property owner risks a fine - €3,000 to €30,000 in Spain for example. Apparently depending on the location the owner might also have to present passport details of the paying guests at a local police station. Rather tricky if you have arranged the holiday let on line and you will therefore need a local agent to check renters in and out plus comply with local police registration regulations.
The top tips remind the property owner that you may have to collect a local tourist tax from the renters. See article at jml Villas.com website regarding Taxe de séjour http://www.jmlvillas.com/page/Taxsej
So if you have a holiday rental already that you let out check to see if you should be registering that property.
2. Declare your rental income - an area at jml Villas that we have been reminding holiday home owners about for years. However authorities in many countries now look at holiday home websites and agency sites now to see what properties are being let out. The Internet has proved very successful in creating lets for owners, but not all owners declare the income. Years ago when letting out a holiday rental in France, we declared the rental income to the authorities in France, paid tax there, however as the UK has tax treaties with many other countries the information submitted to the French authorities was submitted to the UK tax authorities so only a single payment was made. There are tax treaties with most European countries.
3. Use a managing Agent - As stated in the last paragraph of "1" above you need a local agent. We have recommended this since 2001 at jml Villas.com . This can be just for handing over keys, arranging repairs, cleaners welcome packs plus, or assisting finding holiday rentals.
4. Manage it yourself - Well that can be done as well, but not so easy if you are at a distance from the property. If you live in Spain and your holiday rental is in Spain local to you or live in England and the holiday let is not 150 miles away, easy.
5. Presenting the property for letting - on the jml Villas.com site we say PRESENTATION (for web photos — brochure) Make sure that you submit good clear photos of the property. Sun shining on it, blue skies help. Make it look more inviting. Consider having the dining table set, a bottle of wine on the table as well. Beds should be made up, leave the television on and internal lights as well (particularly lamps on tables and units that can be seen in the picture). Try to avoid having people in the photos. If you need extra ideas, just take a look at some of the property lifestyle magazines available in newsagents in most European countries. We have prepared a guide for owners of longer term letting properties and similar rules will apply for self catering vacation rentals — But they will naturally have to be fully furnished CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS The article in "Landlord & Buy-to-Let magazine" says very much the same as said above.
6. Offer a welcome pack - we say that too -"provide a "Welcome Pack" if you want to provide one — bottles of wine for example or more if the visitors are arriving late"
7. Information about what is happening in the area the property is located in - maps, brochures, restaurant cards and more. You will soon find that your guest will add to the information you provide.
8. Get suitable insurance - the article says that "your household and contents insurance policy should be to provide adequate cover for holiday rentals, including the necessary third party liability and cover for vacant periods" jml Villas says " You must make sure that your property is properly covered for holiday lettings.You should advise the insurance company that it is being let for this purpose.In some countries (France for example) the people renting must also take out insurance by law,but you must also be covered. If you are looking for a policy visit our Insurance section "
All in all very useful information, personally I think this article should have been published much earlier in the year by Landlord & Buy-to-Let magazine, but of course they might not have been supplied with it earlier and has been published in other places.
So at the end of the day if you do have a holiday rental that you want to list and not pay a lot for the listing (£12.50 for a year including UK VAT or € / $ equivallent) with a link to your personal website, then you need to visit jmlVillas Here
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