London,
21
October
2014
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09:44
Europe/Amsterdam

Introducing Villas.com

Booking.com strengthens its vacation rentals portfolio with Villas.com

Whether travelling with family, a group of friends or booking accommodation for a special occasion like a wedding, Villas.com, part of Booking.com – the world’s largest accommodation provider – has your vacation rentals solved.

Launched in May 2014, Villas.com is dedicated to helping travellers find, book and enjoy over 200,000 self-catering, vacation rental properties in close to 250,000 destinations worldwide. Self-catering is hugely important to British holidaymakers and Villas.com has unique holiday rentals covering everything from chalets, cottages, apartments and gites to aparthotels, villas and condos.

What’s New?

With new search tools and clear customer ratings, Villas.com makes it easy for travellers to explore, find and book the right property in the perfect spot – we know that people looking for self-catering accommodation are often less focussed on a particular city or town and are open to looking at larger areas or regions. Villas.com’s search function is more exploratory and helps bookers discover and identify the perfect destination.

Travellers can use Villas.com to search for cottages with pools, villas with sea views, city bolt-holes, rural idylls with enough bedrooms for everyone, or homes that welcome the whole family … including the dog[1]. The website also features useful travel information about the regions in which each holiday rental is located – so travellers can learn more about potential destinations to make the best choice, whether traveling solo, with friends or the family.

On Villas.com, all properties have guaranteed availability, meaning bookers can see directly on the website which dates are available and receive instant confirmation, immediately knowing that they have secured their property. Villas.com eliminates the hassle of the back-and-forth email exchanges typical of vacation rental booking and additional customer booking fees are never required.

 

[1] Villas.com has over 90,000 pet friendly properties across the world

About Booking.com

Booking.com is the world leader in booking hotel and other accommodations online. It guarantees the best prices for any type of property – from small independents to five-star luxury. Guests can access the Booking.com website anytime, anywhere from their desktops, mobile phones and tablet devices, and they don’t pay booking fees – ever. The Booking.com website is available in 42 languages, offers around 540,000 hotels and accommodations in 207 countries, features 38+ million reviews written by guests after their stay, and attracts online visitors from both leisure and business markets around the globe. With over 17 years of experience and a team of over 8,000 dedicated employees in 135+ offices worldwide, Booking.com operates its own in-house customer service team, which is available 24/7 to assist guests in their native languages and ensure an exceptional customer experience.

Established in 1996, Booking.com B.V. owns and operates Booking.com™, and is part of The Priceline Group (NASDAQ: PCLN). Follow us on Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest, like us on Facebook, or learn more at http://www.booking.com.

About Villas.com:

Villas.com is a new website dedicated to helping travellers find, book and enjoy hundreds of thousands of self-catering, vacation rental properties in the most popular destinations. As an extension of Booking.com, the world’s largest accommodation provider, Villas.com helps travellers looking for unique holiday rentals discover and experience stays at everything from chalets, cottages, apartments and gites to aparthotels, villas and condos.