[JLH]

A very good and informative post - the villa we usually book was already booked so had to find another . It was quite stressful and I nearly gave in and booked a hotel instead (which would have cost more!). I did discount all that seemed too cheap , had dated furniture (for me dated bedding is the worse) and villas that were for sale or were reluctant to give me their full name or villa address. Sadly most of the suitable dibb villas were gone as we booked quite late - have found one that has just been purchased (so no real chance of being put up for sale yet), has just been refurbished and the owner was happy for me to have all the villa details and even allowed me to put just £5 in his account as I was so paranoid that I would transfer all the deposit into the wrong account by typing in the wrong number! Still slightly worried that I may still be scammed but just have to wait and see for that.