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Air travel restrictions due to volcanic ash

You will be aware due to the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland all flights in and out of British airspace and northern Europe are grounded or severely restricted until further notice.

There is only one thing worse than a crisis and that is lack of information and if you’re one of the many clients affected by cancellation or delayed flights, you will want to know how your Staysure policy is affected;

1. Let us know if you have bought a single trip policy but haven’t yet travelled and your trip has been interrupted by volcanic ash, as we can change the travel dates on your policy.

2. If you have bought a single trip policy and are already in resort or your return travel is delayed, let us know and we will extend the travel dates on your policy.

To make these amendments call Customer Services on 0845 508 1318.

Due to the enormous amount of calls our telephone lines are extremely busy, so if you would like further information we request that you visit www.staysure.co.uk/ash to get the latest update on the situation and how it affects your cover.

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Buyers beware: Local Estate Agent trading under our name without agreement in Skopelos Greece

It has recently come to our attention that our copyrighted company logo ‘Angels’ has been reproduced and is being used to sell property and land on the island of Skopelos without our permission.

Angels Greek Island homes is a separate company and has no affiliation with ‘Angels’ For Sale – Homes and Land’ operating locally on the island of Skopelos by Angelo. We therefore can take no responsibility for any property sales or transactions carried out with this real estate agent.

Please see how our copied and reproduced Angels logo looks in the sign below. It does not contain the words ‘ Greek Island Homes’  like our logo

Warning: We do not work with the Estate Agent (Angelo) trading under this name

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Our Angels Greek Island Homes Logo looks like this:

N.B. Please be aware of the difference between the two logos as Angels Greek Island Homes can take no responsibility for any property sales or transactions carried out with ‘Angels’ FOR SALE HOMES & LAND. This is not our company and is not in anyway affiliated to us.  Please see: First report

If you need any further advice or have any queries please contact us

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Provided by holidaylettings.co.uk and angelsgreekislandhomes.com

Increase bookings on your Greek property with a special offer from holidaylettings.co.uk

For a limited time only, any new advertiser joining the holidaylettings.co.uk website quoting promotional code 45922 will be entitled to either Offer Credit bundles worth £50, a 3 week Spotlight worth £70, or 15 months for the price of 12 to use during their first 12 month subscription.

What’s an Offer Credit bundle?
Offer Credit bundles are two Late Deals and one Early Bargain, or two Early Bargains and one Late Deal. Advertisers can use Offer Credits to promote special offers to holidaymakers at which point their advert also appears on the relevant Late Deal or Early Bargain page on our site.

What’s a Late Deal?
Late Deals are a highly effective way for homeowners to fill last minute vacancies through a dedicated Late Deals search section, which attracts in excess of 100,000 searches per week in peak periods.

What’s an Early Bargain?
These are a great way for new advertisers to kick-start their first year’s letting income by promoting the offer of a discount to those who book early.

What’s a Spotlight?
Displayed on rotation, Spotlights are seen over 100,000 times a month on the left hand side of every search results page, providing an extra marketing boost

With Greek homeowners enjoying on average 37 booking enquiries each year from their Holiday Lettings advert, can you afford to miss out?

If you would like to take advantage of this special offer now:

Just register here and quote promotional code 45922.

Home 91126  |  Peloponnese, Greece June 2009  “We are very happy with the website. Thank you. Over all I am impressed with Holiday Lettings because so far we have received more enquiries from your site than from any other sites we advertise with. Keep up the good work!”

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It has recently come to our attention that our company logo ‘Angels’ is being used to sell property and land on the island of Skopelos without our permission.

Please be aware that Angels Greek Island homes is a separate company and has no affiliation with ‘Angels’ ‘For sale Homes and Land’ operating locally on the island of Skopelos by Angelo. Our logo is currently being reproduced and used without out consent.  We therefore can take no responsibility for any property sales or transactions carried out with this real estate agent.

If you need any further advice our have any queries please contact us

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Provided by holidaylettings.co.uk and angelsgreekislandhomes.com

If you own a second home abroad you could make on average £10,000 each year by renting it out as a holiday home according to holidaylettings.co.uk. They currently advertise the rental availability for 583 properties in Greece.

On average owners of holiday homes in Greece can expect approximately 35 serious booking enquiries per year on their property via the Holiday Lettings website (This varies from property to property obviously.)

By advertising with holidaylettings.co.uk you would be joining more than 20,000 holiday homeowners who advertise in excess of 33,000 properties on the website. Each day the UK’s number one holiday home website attracts more than 60,000 holidaymakers to the site searching for self-catering holidays, who then go on to book directly with you, the owner. They deliver more booking enquiries per advert than their nearest competitors with the figure currently standing at between 80,000 and 110,000 each month. An impressive 90% of their advertisers renew each year as a result of these figures.

In addition to this, they advertise in over 25 publications each month in the UK and overseas including in-flight and consumer magazines and airport lounges and have a marketing budget of £1.5 million for 2009 ensuring that your property gets maximum exposure. They are a Top 100 spender in Europe with Google ensuring consistently high search visibility, they bid on several thousand keywords and appear on page one of Google for half a million organic search results.

holidaylettings.co.uk takes no commission on your bookings, so the income you generate is entirely yours. When setting up your advert you can include up to 24 colour photographs at no additional cost and you have space for an unlimited amount of text to describe your property, the local surroundings and interesting things to do. You have 24/7 access to your advert so you can easily update your availability as and when you receive bookings. You can also opt to receive free SMS text messages to alert you to enquiries when you don’t have immediate access to your emails.

When setting up your advert, there is a multi-lingual team of holiday home experts from 15 nationalities to help you every step of the way. They will advise you on your advert and ensure it looks its best so that you benefit from your share of the estimated £300m that holidaylettings.co.uk will generate in 2009 for its customers.

Special offer in your first year…

As a valued customer, Angels Greek Island Homes has negotiated a special offer for all of its clients.

Advertise with holidaylettings.co.uk now and in your first year get 15 months for the price of 12, that’s an extra 3 months, worth over £45.

To advertise your property in Greece with holidaylettings.co.uk and receive 15 months for the price of 12 in your first year. Click: http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/whychooseus.htm/from.45922/ or quote promotional code 45922 when registering.

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This article is brought to you by holidaylettings.co.uk

Would you like to rent out your Greek Island villa?

Early indications from holidaylettings.co.uk show that there is a definite trend towards last minute bookings this year. Already May has matched January for the number of holidaymaker enquiries sent to owners, a 52% increase on May 2008.

This trend has gained momentum during June with record numbers visiting the site including in excess of 100,000 searches a week for late deals. July looks set to do the same, if not more, so now is a great time to get your property online and generate bookings for the summer.

By advertising your holiday home in Greece with holidaylettings.co.uk you’d be joining more than 20,000 holiday home owners who advertise in excess of 30,000 properties on the website. Every month they attract more than 2 million holidaymakers to the site searching for self-catering holidays and booking directly with you the owners.

holidaylettings.co.uk take no commission on your bookings, so the income you generate is all yours. When setting up your advert you can include up to 20 colour photographs at no additional cost and you have space for an unlimited amount of text to describe your property, the local surroundings and interesting things to do. You have 24/7 access to your advert so can easily update your availability as and when you receive bookings. You can also opt to receive free SMS text messages to alert you to enquiries when you don’t have immediate access to your emails.

In addition, we’ve negotiated a special offer for all of our clients….

Advertise with holidaylettings.co.uk and in your first year get 15 months for the price of 12, that’s an extra 3 months worth over £45.

Click: http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/whychooseus.htm/from.45922/ or quote promotional code 45922 when registering.

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By HPGoodchild

Stafilos Skopelos is a very popular bay, although, often, very crowded in high season as the beach is only 4 Kilometres south of Skopelos Town, you can have it to yourself out of season! It is easily accessible by the public bus or car.

Stafilos Skopelos Greece

The first settlers to the island were the Minoan race from the Island of Crete. The leader of the settlers was named King Stafilos and the area that was first inhabited on the island still bears his name. A sword handle was discovered in a tomb believed to of the King himself, on the promontory of Stafilos.

Stafilos bay has two beaches – Stafilos and Velanio. Velanio is quieter as it’s the farthest to walk and it is also Skopelos’s nudist beach. Both beaches have sunbeds and umbrellas. By the entrance to and above Stafilos beach is a lovely traditional taverna with spectacular views across the bay offering fresh fish. Steps lead down to the lovely pebble/soft shingle bay and crystal-clear waters making it very safe for youngsters.

HPGoodchild’s ready to live in five bedroom house is near Stafilos and is for sale. The whole property is in good decorative order throughout. It is a good opportunity to purchase a fine home just a short walk from Stafilos beach and local tavernas. Anna runs the family owned local supermarket in the area which is less than 2 minutes walk from the house.

This beautiful, large, marble floored house is on 2 floors and can either be used as a substantial family home or, 2 self contained properties or, business (Rooms to rent).

The olive grove of 19 olive trees and working well complete with pump-house is also included in the sale. The property falls within the town boundary and therefore building an additional dwelling in the olive grove with its own access from the “Old Stafilos Road” is an option.

The house is set back from the Stafilos Road with a vine covered driveway leading to the house. The front garden consists of an orchard of apples, pears, apricot, cherry and janero fruit trees. In addition to the vines lining the driveway there are also vines along the side wall producing abundant grapes. The rear of the house has ample space for outside entertaining under the shade of mulberry trees.

Connected services include electric, telephone, town water and free spring water from the well!

It is priced at:  Euro 350,000 and is near Stafilos Beach on Skopelos – Mamma Mia Island, Greece.

For more information on this house please see:

House for sale in Stafilos, Skopelos Greece

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This story was provided by holidaylettings.co.uk

Mamma Mia, the hit film featuring ABBA songs, has prompted a surge of interest in property in Greece. PropertyIndex.com says that interest in the Greek islands from British investors is up 120 per cent year on year.

British buyers are “intent” on finding Villas for sale on Skopelos where Mamma Mia was set, and the other Greek islands, according to the property portal. Its figures show that interest in the Greek islands has surged since Mamma Mia hit the cinema – viewings of properties on the islands jumped from 9,812 in March 2008 to 24,852 in March this year.

“British buyers are clearly captivated by Mamma Mia’s idyllic portrayal of life in the Greek islands and are intent on finding their own island hideaway,” said Lee Bramzell, the company’s chief executive. “The cost of living is low and property prices are affordable.”

Bramzell highlighted the potential for owners looking to rent out their villas in Greece:

Do you have a holiday home to rent? Click to advertise on-line

Greece offers a fantastic climate with mild winters and 3,000 hours of sunshine a year, resulting in a long rental season from April October…With second home owners looking not only for value for money, but also the opportunity to recoup some of their costs through renting the property out for all or part of the year, Greece is a top performing destination.”

Not only property investors, but also holidaymakers have fallen under Mamma Mia’s spell. easyJet has reported a 13 per cent increase in sales of flights to Athens since the film’s release last summer.

Getting to Skopelos Greece is even easier now. Monarch Airlines has started a direct route from some UK airports to Volos on the mainland. From there the direct ferry takes two hours to Glossa

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By Jonathan

As the end of the year approaches I was going to write a straight forward season greetings to wish you all a very happy New Year from Angels Greek Island Homes.

I thought that now as it is winter and cold, Skopelos would be a pleasant memory far away in most of your minds as you rush around preparing for the festivities.

Just as I started to relax in front of a roaring fire with a glass of hot mulled wine, an article on Mamma Mia the Movie making money for the Aegean Island of Skopelos appeared in the Guardian newspaper.

The way I found out about it was by the many people who emailed us links saying ‘have you seen this?!!’ Or ‘wow! Check this out!’

It seems that the success of Mamma Mia the Movie could not have come at a better time for Greece, a country that has experienced anti government rioting on the streets of Athens and other cities. Tourism may now be down prompting the Greek government to announce emergency measures, but Mamma Mia has also managed to lighten the mood of the people.

The ‘Mamma Mia effect’ means that that people from all over the world want to come to Skopelos, The Island where the movie was filmed.

Some people want to get married in Agios Ioannis the small church perched high up on a rock (see photograph above). Some people want to dance on Kastani Beach or hire it for a party.

There are also people interested in buying land on Skopelos to build their dream Greek Island Home. Now there are good opportunities to invest in land.

In my Blog dated 30 November 2008 Roger Fox from Glossa Houses and I discussed investing in land to build on in Skopelos. We said that it is the one thing they cannot make more of”. This certainly holds true for today’s property market in Skopelos. Once you own land you can decide when to build on it and how you would like your house to be built.

We also mentioned that because of the current economic downturn and the slowdown in the Greek property market there are bargains to be had. We wrote that It is possible to snap up an 11,000 sq metre property with good views across rolling countryside to the sea beyond for as little as €82,000 whereas a similar size property with breathtaking 180 degree sea views can be had for around €150,000. And for those happy with 4,000 sq metres, bargains are there for the taking from €45,000.

People want to experience a piece of heaven, the rugged and beautiful Skopelos, Greece’s greenest Island.

We wish you all well over the festivities and a happy New Year

Angels Greek Island Homes

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By Roger Fox – Glossa Houses.
Photographs are by Jonathan of Angels Greek Island Homes.

Skopelos, the greenest Greek island, is becoming the place of choice for those in the know. Last summer’s filming of Mamma Mia The Movie has put the island with its dramatic scenery and lovely beaches in the spotlight.

Skopelos Town is a lovely place to have a holiday home. It has small tranquil squares, quaint churches and a waterfront with taverns, bars, restaurants, upmarket antique and jewellery shops. The old town is a designated preservation area as its traditional architecture is unique amongst Greek islands. New buildings must retain the old style.

For those who love the idea of owning a house in a year-round working Greek village, Glossa may be ideal. Plenty of opportunities exist to renovate traditional houses or to buy fast disappearing plots of land for building inside the town plan. There are also houses for sale that are ready to live in; some are furnished, some sell with household items.

The architectural style of the village is similar to that found in northern Greece, white-washed buildings with wooden balconies and terracotta roof tiles. Around 1400 people live here throughout the year with the usual amenities open to serve the local population. You can get quite breathless walking the steep pathways and stairs but the magnificent views make it all worthwhile!

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