The downside of flying on no-frills flights…

Sunvil Greece fishing village

I haven’t flown on either Ryanair or easyJet for quite some time. I always avoid Ryanair because I object to the way its passengers are treated. As far as I am concerned, this airline makes a sport of demeaning its clients and of using every trick in the book to extract every last penny by [...]

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Visiting Greece, meeting up with our reps – and the Nemean Games, 23rd June!

Sunvil-GIC Seminar April 2012

Our overseas representatives are the vital front-of-line, client-facing staff for Sunvil and its sister company GIC The Villa Collection.  Many have been with us for years.  Linda on Crete has worked in Chania for Sunvil for over 25 years – Monty Don was filmed doing her job with her commenting on how well or badly [...]

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Dog sledding in Swedish Lapland

Northern Sweden Dog Sledding

February 2012 I have always been a little nervous of dog sledding; I have visions of the dogs taking control and rushing off in the direction they want to go rather than where I want them to take me. In fact, the hardest part of it is putting on all the gear you need to [...]

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Who can you trust?

Generic "luxury" Villas

I have a friend who advertises several properties that he rents out privately on some of the well-known European villa owners’ sites.  He is retired so has plenty of time to reply to enquiries and to monitor exactly where enquiries are coming from and how his – and competing – villas are selling. He tells [...]

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