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16 January 2010 by Margaret Longes With the increasing number of both scheduled and charter flights to the Greek Islands, and the advent of a generation of travellers increasingly more confident about making their own holiday arrangements, many tour operators are now offering ‘accommodation only’ options and more flexible rental periods and changeover days. However, few, if any, can offer the same degree of flexibility and range of options as specialist operator Travel à la carte, which is now also able to offer special interest holiday courses, and skippered and bareboat yacht charter add-ons for as little as two days. Travel à la carte, a small family business that has been taking visitors to the Greek Islands for more than 30 years, believes that the key to success lies in moving away from the rigid structure of the traditional one-or two-week package holiday to offer clients the chance to put together their own flexible and varied itineraries, with whatever level of assistance they need in order to do so. Travel à la carte made this decision back in 2007 and for Summer 2010 is offering an expanded selection of hand-picked villas with pools, village houses and apartments, mainly on the Ionian island of Paxos but also on Corfu and other Greek islands. And not only is the company offering the maximum degree of flexibility by making most properties available for rent from as little as two nights, but on certain dates it can also arrange for clients on Paxos to join creative writing, painting, photography, self-development and yoga courses run by special interest holiday operator, Paxos Life Activities, through which skippered or bareboat yacht charter is also available all season for as little as two days. Transfers, car hire and other services can be booked as required and, although Travel à la carte does not book flights, experienced staff are always on hand to offer advice. So, with regular scheduled flights to Corfu from London Gatwick, Manchester and Bristol, and charter flights from many UK airports, there are enormous possibilities for putting together extremely interesting variations on the traditional Greek holiday on Travel à la carte’s main destination of Paxos. And of course it is also possible to travel to Paxos via the international car ferries that run between Italy and Greece: from Venice, Ancona, Bari and Brindisi to Corfu and Igoumenitsa. So it would, for example, be possible to spend a week on Paxos followed by a week or a weekend on Corfu; or a week on Paxos simply relaxing followed by a week learning new skills on one of Paxos Life Activities’ special interest holiday courses. Or you could arrive on Paxos on a Friday to spend the usual one or two weeks in your favourite villa but then, instead of returning to Corfu by hydrofoil at the end of your holiday, charter a spacious Sun Oddysey 52.2 that offers real luxury and style for eight complete with skipper. You could then leave Paxos on the Friday morning to sail via Parga or Sivota on the coast of Epirus, or the idyllic bays of North East Corfu and arrive at Corfu Town or Gouvia Marina on the Sunday evening or Monday morning. With a longer charter from either Corfu or Paxos, you might explore the idyllic bays on Paxos and Anti Paxos, the coast of Epirus and Lefkada, and perhaps even venture as far as Ithaca and Kefalonia. A Bavaria 41, which can be chartered with or without a skipper, is also available and is ideal for smaller groups or for anyone wanting to enjoy sailing for just a couple of days, while retaining the comfort of their own villa. Travel à la carte’s ‘accommodation only’ prices on Paxos start from as little as £249 for a week in a studio for two with shared pool in early May, and rise to £14,318 for a week in a luxurious villa for 18 with pool in August. Prices for Paxos Life Activities’ special interest holiday courses range from £225 to £345 for ‘course only’, or from £645 to £925 for the course plus accommodation in one of the villas featured in Travel à la carte’s Summer 2010 programme, transfers from Corfu and some meals. Charter prices for the Sun Oddysey 52.2 and Bavaria 41 are available ‘on application’ but the guide price for a week’s charter of the Sun Oddysey 52.2 with skipper is £5,000 - £6,000 and for two days’ charter £2,000 - £2,500. The guide price for the charter of the Bavaria 41 is £350 - £450 per day, or £500 - £600, if a skipper is required. For details of Travel à la carte’s villas and apartments in Greece, visit www.travelalacarte.co.uk or contact Chris Griffiths (email chris@travelalacarte.co.uk or tel 0030 26620 31207). For details of Paxos Life Activities’ Special Interest Holidays in Greece and Flexible Yacht Charter, visit www.paxoslife.co.uk or contact Chris Griffiths (email chris@paxoslife.co.uk or tel 0030 26620 31207) or Margaret Longes (email margaret@paxoslife.co.uk or tel 01444 258048).
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