Recession concerns

[Andrena]

Mark,

I too will be laughing, but I will be laughing at you - as I would not rent my villa to you at anything other than my stated price. If you don't want it then tough, why should I care. I rent my home because I cannot be there all the time and it is better to be rented than to stand empty as I still have costs even if it is empty. But one thing I would never do is subsidise someone else's holiday. If they can't afford a reasonable rate then they should stay at home. Most people I know who have rented their homes at silly prices to people who only wanted to pay silly uneconomical prices have been sorry. They are usually the sort of people who do not take care of the property and it ends up costing more than they got in rental.

So keep laughing, one day you will find that you have booked your flights and oh dear there are no villas, or villas that you would want to stay in, available - gosh how we would all laugh when you came on this site begging for somewhere to stay - we could charge you what we liked and you would either have to pay up or sleep rough. Now wouldn't that just be wonderful- don't scoff, once all the cheapskates have been foreclosed upon that could just happen.

[FraserLynn]

My that's a lot of laughing [msnwink]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Andrena
Mark,

I too will be laughing, but I will be laughing at you - as I would not rent my villa to you at anything other than my stated price. If you don't want it then tough, why should I care. I rent my home because I cannot be there all the time and it is better to be rented than to stand empty as I still have costs even if it is empty. But one thing I would never do is subsidise someone else's holiday. If they can't afford a reasonable rate then they should stay at home. Most people I know who have rented their homes at silly prices to people who only wanted to pay silly uneconomical prices have been sorry. They are usually the sort of people who do not take care of the property and it ends up costing more than they got in rental.

So keep laughing, one day you will find that you have booked your flights and oh dear there are no villas, or villas that you would want to stay in, available - gosh how we would all laugh when you came on this site begging for somewhere to stay - we could charge you what we liked and you would either have to pay up or sleep rough. Now wouldn't that just be wonderful- don't scoff, once all the cheapskates have been foreclosed upon that could just happen.

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[Katys Grandad]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Andrena

So keep laughing, one day you will find that you have booked your flights and oh dear there are no villas, or villas that you would want to stay in, available - gosh how we would all laugh when you came on this site begging for somewhere to stay - we could charge you what we liked and you would either have to pay up or sleep rough. Now wouldn't that just be wonderful- don't scoff, once all the cheapskates have been foreclosed upon that could just happen.[/quote]
By all means disagree with another member's views but I think that's a little uncalled for Andrea.

I'd be surprised if Mark would be interested in renting your home after reading that (I certainly wouldn't).

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

Right, I think it's about time this was closed.

We'd have loved to keep the interesting discussion open but I'm on holiday trying to enjoy myself and don't really have time to keep up with this thread like I'd normally do. Please can we restore some order of decorum to things here [msnsmile].