When travelling around the world, the need for VIP accommodation comes top on the list of requirements, along with privacy, exclusivity, comfort, and the authenticity of experiences on offer. Amidst the overwhelming plethora of options, it is no surprise that many tourists find it difficult to choose which online booking tool or website to trust for their exclusive property or beach house rental needs. Below are five of the best-reviewed platforms you can refer to when wanting to book luxury accommodation.
Kinglikeconcierge.com
An elite and top-rated platform (4.9/5 from verified users) featured on several popular travelling and hospitality sites, such as ELLE Decor and Conde Nast Traveler where travellers can find a constantly expanding collection of the most elite and exclusive villas in a wide variety of destinations across the Mediterranean, especially Mykonos island, Greece and Tuscany, Italy. The luxury rental villa experts behind the platform work directly with the property owners, while offering the option to choose from an exhaustive list of concierge services that you can narrow down per your specific desires and requirements. The platform also enables visitors to filter their searches according to the specific location they wish their luxury accommodation to be, as well as other details, such as the total number of visitors and whether they have a particular request (i.e., villa with a private beach, guest house, or party facilities). Kinglike Concierge also features a blog offering insiders’ tips, handy guides, and useful information related to one’s visit to the selected destinations.
Plumguide.com
A stellar booking platform that matches travellers with their dream luxury accommodation from a list of 17 destinations, including Australia, Canada, the UK, Malta, Thailand, and more. Plum Guide enables visitors to book a vacation home by sorting their searches by date, number of guests, and destination. Some people refer to this vacation rental website as the new alternative to Airbnb. The London-based curated marketplace of peer-to-peer vacation rentals also allows travellers to find a property according to their budget, displaying from low-cost options to high-end, luxurious homes. Where it differs from Kinglike Concierge described above is in the fact that Plum Guide does not manage any of the properties on its platform whereas Kinglike Concierge is also the manager of the displayed villas. This potentially enables visitors to have a more all-around holiday experience, as they can add the concierge services they wish to the overall adventure.
Thetopvillas.com
A team of luxury vacation rental experts have created this platform, spoiling travellers with nearly 7,000 holiday rentals in almost every major country in this world (100 in total at the time of this writing), including the USA, Asia, and some Mediterranean countries, such as Malta. Their goal is to offer the most elegant villas in top destinations while also providing custom-made services and experiences similar to the ones a visitor would expect from a 5-star hotel. Also featured in esteemed publications, such as Forbes and The Times, The Top Villas has a rating of 4.0/5 on Trustpilot and also gives travellers the opportunity to choose their luxury vacation rental according to their specific requirements (i.e., villas for couples, villas with bowling alleys, hot tubes, etc.).
Airbnb.com
A widely known peer-to-peer vacation rental marketplace, Airbnb allows travellers to search for a chic property across several countries, including the USA, Greece, Italy, and the UK. Connecting guests with vacation rental private owners, the platform comes as both a website and a mobile app to speed things up and make booking easier and more convenient. In doing so, the company gets a service fee for every booking made through its two platforms. What started as an Airbed & Breakfast options provider has now become one of the most popular vacation rental property source that also informs its users about details like the host’s ratings and property reviews while incentivising hosts by awarding the best ones with a Superhost badge.
Tourradar.com
From the Amalfi Coast and France to Greece, Iceland, Egypt, and Spain, Tour Radar is not a typical luxury rental villa booking platform per se. Instead, it matches adventure seekers with the right type of adventure from a long list of options, alongside with key details, including where to stay and when to visit the selected destination. Browsing through the Tour Radar platform allows you to book private, tailor-made or group organised trips and experiences since the website collaborates with more than 2,500 operators in over 160 countries. If not the first, it is definitely among the first Adventure Booking Platforms in the world that enables travellers to organise all aspects of an upcoming trip from a single platform, provided, of course, that their trip involves adrenaline-packed moments.
Of course, this is merely a comprehensive list with the luxury accommodation rental platforms you could turn to. However, all five of the above mentioned sources are reliable and trustworthy to use. For more information or clarification about any aspect of your upcoming trip, you are strongly encouraged to contact the websites’ customer services and have all of your questions answered before completing your booking process with them.
