Friday, September 9, 2011

Reviews, reviews, reviews on the Amalfi Coast vacation properties


So...you are considering a holiday on the beautiful Amalfi Coast.  Do you want to experience the Luxe Life?  Why not rent a Vacation home !  You will get far more space than a hotel room.  Not to mention privacy, and many amenities.

With a full kitchen you and your Family will be able to immerse yourselves in the true Italian experience.  Go to the little shops, buy fresh, local food, take it "home" and cook a delicious feast.  Maybe you will dine al fresco and drink a toast of limoncello in the moonlight.  Not only a memory making evening, but a money saving evening as well.  With a washing machine available at most rentals you can pack lighter and wash clothes as you need them...even take clean clothes back home.  Ensconced in your Italian residence you will experience real neighborhood culture.  You can meet the merchants who serve the community, dine at restaurants which are not frequented by tourists.  Discover the little bars which the locals favor.  Taste the wines of the region, perhaps have recommendations about paring particular Italian cheeses with wines, or enjoying little tasting plates proudly presented to showcase the delightful foods of Southern Italy.  

We will be available to be of aid to you while you are on holiday.  You can inquire about anything in this remarkable Region.  Whatever type of travel you and your Family choose, hikers or high-end shoppers, we'll make you aware of every opportunity available.  We have feedback from an amazing host of prior visitors which we can access to meet your every need.  

Many vacationers have a propensity for checking reviews on vacation rentals more and more often.  We have recently added client reviews to our web site.  As a company with a select array of rentals on the Amalfi Coast exclusively serving this region, we are not in a position to post properties on either Tripadvisor.com or Flipkey.com websites.  It is simply too expensive to keep vacation rentals on these sites to be reviewed by clientele. These websites are in no way unbiased.  If they had no bias, they would accept a property review if a traveler made a request.  They do not work this way; they charge a high monthly fee for presence in their portal but we believe we need our own access to client reviews for two reasons, first, it's a minimal cost to maintain this section of our website and second,  because only real people, authentic travelers  who have stayed in our rentals can write these reviews.  

While Tripadvisor and Flipkey allow anyone with an account to post a review about any establishment, we will only allow our guests to do so.  Only the travelers who booked the rental can write the review, after their stay.  We are of the firm belief that those owners/agencies which can afford to pay such a high price may feel that they could take liberties with reviews.  They could be unfairly edited to serve those paying for the service or even going so far as to create 'fake' reviews.  Obviously there is great incentive to publish good reviews.  We believe that Tripadvisor and Flipkey only allege to be a user generated site.  On our website if you wish to and another guest agrees you can even speak to him/her via email.  So, feel free to ask the opinions of past Guests.  We feel certain that you will be pleased by what you hear and that you will want to share with others as well.