Your Best Praia da Luz Holiday

There are plenty of reasons to book your holiday early with Luz Holidays, some are more obvious than others, but these tend to be the rule not only for us, but for any holiday trip you will make, here are some of the best points:

1. Early Booking Discounts, although sometimes you can get some savings on a last minute booking, 90% of the time its booking early that will get the best price, last minute is when most properties are already booked, so the price will go up, because there will be a greater demand;
2. Property Availability, a big part of our booking comes from recurring clients that book from year to year (recurring clients have preference on bookings), so from the start there are already several bookings made and not all properties are available for all the days you want, so booking early is a good way for you to find and get the holiday property you want, more choice means the holiday you want and not the holiday you can get;
3. Extras Availability, even though most extras like golf and excursions and other holiday activities are not affected by availability, some are, like car hire and holiday extras, so booking early avoids not having available some services that are limited;
4. Book Now Pay Later, most companies including Luz Holidays requires a deposit to make the reservation, however you will only fully pay for the holiday later, on or near the date of arrival;
5. Locked Price, after booking is done the price is locked so whatever happens you know exactly how much you will pay;
6. Cheaper Flights, yes its true, the same way as booking a property, booking your flight will make it cheaper, will also get the times and days that are more comfortable for you and the seats you want, so that’s a big saving in your pocket and to your holiday schedule;
7. Planning, because you book early you have time to do some research on your destination, what to expect what you should pack, regarding Luz Holidays, we are always available if you have any questions;
8. Peace of Mind, this one is a no-brainer (sorry for the easy pun), but by booking early you can relax and know that you and your family will have an awesome holiday, that’s the whole point of a holiday, to take some time-out, to relax, have some fun and recharge your batteries.

As a final note, and in contrast with this post, well you can sometimes get pretty good last minute holidays, even with Luz Holidays, there is always some days available in a property or a late cancellation, but the benefits of a early booking largely outweigh the luck of a last minute booking.

With the horrible earthquake and humanitarian disaster in Haiti, we decided to make a post about how you can help a little bit and what resources are online for information about this 7.0 earthquake and the aftermath.

A really good source of information is Google with their dedicated Haiti relief page, were you can get up to date information as well as trusted sources to donate to, so if you want to donate, its a good place to go, also the Wikipedia Page on the Earthquake as well as the major news sources like CNN and BBC have dedicated pages on the subject.

If you live in Portugal you can also contribute by going to Cruz Vermelha (Portuguese Red Cross) or Oikos and make your contributions there, also there are other places where you can help just by clicking on a link (the advertisers on the site pay for the contributions) like The Hunger Site (just click the big button that says Click Here to Give).

We all in LuzHolidays decided to make our contribution by donating to the Haiti funds on Unicef and the World Food Programme, in the hope things get better in Haiti.

Long term rentals can range from as little as 3 months, and can be renewed every year on an 11 month contract.  The demand for long term rentals is on the up as individuals and families planning a move to Portugal use a long term rental as a ‘try before they buy’ to experience Portuguese life before making the move more permanent.

As a specialist in long term rentals, we can source a long term rental property to match your needs.  Whether you are looking for a long winter let to escape the colder temperatures of home, or a place to call home for the next 11 months, we can find a long term rental to suit.

You can contact us by using any of our contacts.

Welcome to the brand new LuzHolidays website, this post is on our brand new news/information section were we will post about Luz, Algarve and all our news, this is one of the new exciting functions we are adding with the new site, please bear with us, as some sections and pages are not complete and pictures might be missing, please contact us or just comment and we will get right on it.

These are some of the new things on LuzHolidays ^_^

* Brand New Design, much more sunny and cheerful, just like were we live, hehehe.
* Built on top of a CMS (Content Management System), so it will be easier and more efficient to add properties and to make it easier and nicer to find things.
* Search!!!! yes, now you can search on the site
* Automatic Translation, so instead of having the site in multiple languages, we now maintain the site in English and use automatic translation system (from Google, see Google Translate ) to automatically translate the site to a lot of other languages, this does take time, but it will make the site much more accessible.

and a lot more good things to come, the site is nicer, quicker and easier than ever, any questions, problems or just anything else, please make a comment, thank you.