If you are already dreading the thought of the imminent onset of those dark and dreary autumn and winter days, try to bring a little sunshine and relaxation into your life by planning your summer holiday 2009 whilst the memories of this years holiday are still fresh in your mind, or better still, how about booking a short break away during the next few months to find some much needed winter sun?
Had enough of the British weather, fed up of the seemingly never ending talk of " credit crunch" and the "impending recession" or just fancy a nice relaxing break away from it all with the chance of catching some much needed winter sun?
So once you have drawn up your shortlist of suitable countries where the amount of sunshine and average daily temperature is significantly warmer than Margate or Skegness in January or July, the next most important decision is where to stay. What type of holiday accommodation will be most suitable for you and the family?
With the growth of the internet, the advent of cheap and plentiful flights especially throughout Europe, there is so much choice and flexibility when it comes to booking a holiday break whether it be a weekend in Paris to a full two week break with all the family in Spain... With the advent of cheap flights from an increasing number of UK airports to dozens of resorts around Europe, there has never been more choice and flexibility in terms of when and where to go!
From apartments to rent in sunny Spain,villas in France, Cyprus, Turkey,Portugal or Italy, vacation rental properties in Florida, beautiful holiday cottages in Ireland,Scotland,Wales or England or even ski chalets in the French Alps, the Austrian Tyrol or Italian Dolomites, today the world really is one's oyster!
However despite all of these wonderful choices of destinations, the wrong choice of holiday accommodation can put a real dampener on what should be a time of carefree relaxation under foreign skies, a time to relax and distress from the daily grind in the UK.
Anyone with a growing family of at least 2 children will know just how difficult it is to find suitably priced hotel rooms which also offer enough space for a growing energetic young family. This is where the private holiday rental accommodation comes into its own!
More and more people are now aware of the many real benefits in renting a holiday home, apartment or villa directly from the owner.
In order to make the most of their investment, many holiday property owners are keen to let out their properties as often as they can in order to generate that all important extra revenue.
Renting your own holiday apartment in Tenerife or Lanzarote, a holiday villa in Majorca or Menorica or a holiday cottage in Scotland or Wales, gives you so much more flexibility in terms of privacy, sleeping arrangements, and quite simply, being able to do what you want when you want! No more rushing down 6 flights of hotel stairs each morning to make sure you don't miss breakfast!
It has never been easier to locate holiday apartments and holiday villas to rent and all manner of self catering holiday accommodation anywhere in the world!
If you are not sure how to start looking for suitable accommodation and destinations, just switch on the computer and start "surfing the internet". There are dozens of reputable and high quality " online" holiday property rental websites which will be advertising holiday homes of all types and sizes in countries and regions all around the world.
The choice of accommodation and the countries where these self catering rental accommodations can be found, is limitless. There are villas or apartments to rent in Florida, Spain or even the Caribbean, with private or shared pools on or near golf courses, quaint country cottages in France, England or Ireland, townhouses in Tenerife, Lanzarote or Fuerteventura with shared gardens and pool complexes, mountain chalets in the French, Italian, Austrian and Swiss Alps, suitable for self catering, walking , skiing and adventure holidays.
So whatever your budget, you will find a good quality and reputable holiday property rental website can provide you with rental holiday and self catering accommodation to suit your every need whether its a golf holiday, a weekend city break or some form of exciting activity holiday or that relaxing beach holiday.
Renting self -catering accommodation including holiday villas allows you to make the most of what each country has to offer.
From coastal villas, apartments, townhouses, studios or rustic fincas you can take advantage of wonderful sun drenched beaches, fabulous golfing resorts, or if it's rural tranquility which you seek, then accommodation set against a backdrop of soaring mountain peaks, lush green valleys and quiet rural retreats will be just for you.