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HotelsOctober 20258 min read

The private villa question

When a villa is the right answer, and when the resort suite is the better one.

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Isaac

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The villa-versus-resort question comes up in almost every trip that involves a beach or a countryside property. Both are right in different contexts. The wrong choice is the one made for the wrong reason.

When a villa is the answer

Groups. Multi-generation families. Friends travelling together who want a shared base. Couples who want complete privacy without the performance of a resort. Anyone who cooks, or wants to, or who eats at different times from the rest of the world.

The wrong choice is the one made for the wrong reason.

When the resort wins

Solo travellers. Couples who want to be cared for without organising anything. Anyone who does not want to think about breakfast. Families with young children who need the safety net of a kids' club. And anyone whose definition of holiday includes other people — the bar, the restaurant, the pool scene.

We know villas in Tuscany, Bali, the Greek islands, the South of France, and the Caribbean. We also know when to steer you toward the resort instead. Tell us the trip shape and we will tell you which format serves it.

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