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Costa Brava, Spain: Not an expensive holiday at all

Not many people get to live like they are on a holiday in Spain: Time to relax poolside, enjoying the sun, lounging on the beach drinking a cool sangria, spending quality time with the family and enjoying amazing barbeques and fiestas with friends. The holiday is sacred.

A holiday trip to laidback Spain is ideal for clearing your head and charging the battery for the stressful year to come. Although for the sake of your sanity and health a mandatory yearly 2 week holiday in Spain would be perfect…….., the costs for this 2-week paradise seem really high (especially being confronted with financial distress on the news every single day).

But here is the good news: Renting a villa in Spain is not expensive at all, considering these advantages:

1a The price outside high season. The price for renting a villa in high season is highest (logically), so try to book your holiday just outside the high season. You will not believe the Low season and Mid season prices. You will also find cheaper flights.

1b The price per person per night. Renting a larger villa with more than 1 family will lead to prices per person per night under camping prices!

2 Privacy. Now that we have seen that the price is not worth staying home for: what do we get? The luxury of your own villa with privacy, a private pool for the kids to play in, sea views, easy walking distance to the beach, lovely garden. Yes, life can be this good.

3. The best food. Now you have the option to go out to a restaurant or stay home and cook up a nice dish, obvouisly saving you money. ….Save costs by buying your beers and wine in the supermarket and enjoying them poolside!

Do not forget to check out these Catalan Holidays , which might affect your stay in Spain. Many shops are closed on Catalan Holidays.

When Looking for Hotels, Follow These Tips

Choosing the right hotel room is not an easy task; in fact many consider this the most difficult task to do while sorting out a holiday. Choose hotels for holidays based on the amount you can spend for it, the amenities of the hotel itself and how far it is from the major attractions of the city or location. You will be able to choose the right hotel by following these tips.
1) Remember that the closer a hotel is to particular attractions of a city or country, the more expensive the hotel will be. Staying in an out of town hotel can save you lots of money.

2) You have to pay more for petrol or fares by travelling to tourist attractions found far from the hotel.Sometimes paying more for a hotel works out to be cheaper than paying for the petrol or fare expenses travelling to and from the tourist attraction!

3) Most lodging options come with discounts for senior citizens, members of the military and the AA or other auto club memberships.These lodging options give you a discount without any compensation on the quality of its accommodation, and are a wise option when on a holiday.

4) Booking your hotel room well in advance will help you save money on hotel expenses for your holidays. This is because most hotels offer lower priced rooms which are available on a first come, first served basis. You can get the best hotel rates by booking your hotel room well in advance; this is because hotel rooms cost more during the holiday season.

If you want to save money during your next holiday, you have to choose your hotel and hotel rooms keeping all these points in mind. Find out the lowest room rates of many hotels in the preferred locations of your holiday and choose to stay in the hotel offering the lowest or most reasonable rates.

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Holiday Renatals in Bulgaria

Recent analysis shows the following information about holiday apartments in Bulgaria. The observations were drawn from a database compiled from the top three websites advertizing holiday rentals in Bulgaria.  

1. There are close to 1000 holiday apartments for rent throughout Bulgaria. By early indications, there hasn’t been a jump in holiday apartment offers in the last few months since the global crisis began. There will, however, most likely be an increase in the offers of holiday rentals since individual investors are staring to generate investment returns from their properties.

2. Most the apartments are concentrated in three main resorts – Bansko which is a ski destination and Sunny Beach and St. Vlas that are on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. More than half of the holiday apartments available for rent in Bulgaria are in two resorts – Sunny Beach and Bansko.

3.The greatest number of offers are for one bedroom holiday apartments. These usually are designed to accommodate 4 people. Two of the guests usually sleep in the bedroom and the other two are accommodated on a foldaway sofa in the living room. About 70 percent of the available apartments are one bedroom apartments. Most of the remaining 30 percent are studios. Therefore, the offers are mostly for a single family or for a couple. Bigger groups would have a tougher time finding properties to accommodate them.

4. One bedroom apartments in Sunny Beach rent out for about 300 euro in the high season. This is July and August. The low season from May to June and then September offer discounts of about 15-20 percent.

5. Rental prices are similar in St. Vlas and a bit cheaper in Varna and Nessebar. The margin is about 20 percent.

6.The data suggest that similar apartments in the same resorts can be offered at substantially different prices levels. For example, one bedroom apartments range from about 200 euro per week in St.Vlas to about 400 euro per week. Tourists should do a thorough search and will probably find a good deal.