Friday, January 20, 2012

Beach Vacations In Luxury Villas

By Philip Smith


A stay in luxury villas by the beach makes for a very relaxing holiday. Renting a villa has many advantages, as compared to a room or suite in hotels or even 5-star resorts. The privacy is incomparable, and so are the views and the personalized service.

Most luxury villas come with their own cadre of in-house or on-call staff. These will be butlers, chefs, nannies, maids and chauffeurs whose sole job will be to make the guests more comfortable and fulfill their every request. When so many staff members are solely dedicated to one couple or a family, it is understandable that the service is going to be so much better than what hotel or resort staff can provide.

By the same token, meals, facilities and other services are also much more individual oriented. For example, the villa management will arrange for an airport transfer and bring guests straight to their villa. The chef or butler will then enquire about the guests' preferences, in terms of meals.

The fully equipped kitchen will be able to provide everything from mac and cheese to pizza and milk shakes for the kids. Adults can ask for salads or complete Asian meals. The pool is exclusively for the villa guests, and pool-toys will be waiting for the kids to splash around with. Poolside deck chairs will be provided and the staff will bring tall, cool martinis by the pool.

Every room will have a magnificent ocean view, as opposed to garden views or partial views usually available in hotel rooms. Most luxury villas will offer a sun deck or patio that guests can use to soak in the sun in complete privacy. Some properties may even have private beach access.

Guests who want to visit nearby towns and see the tourist attractions can just get into their vehicle and head out, with the chauffeur acting as a tour guide. It's a good life, when a guest does not have to be herded around in tour buses and can enjoy each attraction and destination at leisure. The best part is that an on-call nanny can take care of the kids while adults hit the town and enjoy its guilty pleasures.

A large percentage of the people who rent luxury villas ending up being repeat visitors, and book the villa again and again every year. It is a chance for ordinary people to be treated as royalty, and enjoy a beach-side vacation and great service just like wealthy and powerful people do. It doesn't feel good leaving all this behind, and that is why everyone wants to come back again the following year.




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