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New French Holiday Park in Brittany Coming Soon 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We have a new family holiday park coming soon, final adjustments are being made to the web pages and then it will be published. This one is a typical French
family orientated holiday park that overlooks the sea. A nice relaxed feel in a pleasant part of Brittany
.We have three types of self catering accommodation on the park all of the very highest standard. We'll let you all know when it's LIVE on our site, should be by the end of the week.Brittany FocusAs we have so many parks in Brittany and it's a very popular holiday destination we have decided to write up a couple of pages about the life and culture of Brittany and what it is that attracts millions of holiday makers every year - details coming soon..October Half TermIt's your last chance to book a October half term holiday with us, we recommend Vilanova park, Barcelona, Spain. Spanish holiday parks details hereUntil later, Abientot Read more:Holiday
New Holiday Park Now On 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In the earlier post today, seen below - it was mentioned that the new holiday park would be available to book by the end of the week, well we have just been informed that it is now ready 2 days early which is great news.Have a look and see what a great park this is www.williamsholidays.com/le_grand_large.asp Read more:Holiday
Holidays France, Spain & Italy 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Williams Holidays
only sell holidays in the most popular holiday destinations in Europe. Our parks are situated all by the beach because 89% of families prefer to be near a beach. Why do families wan to be near a beach? that's easy, it's because of the added fun factor for the children (and adults).When customers search on the web for a holiday they want to get info on the park as quick as possible without sifting through loads of parks that aren't what they want - Williams holidays have the best parks in the best resorts so customers know that they are getting quality in proven holiday destinations. Some of the parks are even exclusive to Williams Holidays customers which is an added highlight for a lot of families. Read more:France
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Family Holiday Newsletter Example 1970-01-01 00:59:59 AcknowledgementThank you to everyone who has commented on our newsletters, the holiday team find them a joy to create. Obviously we look at our competitors email newsletters and we have come to the unbiased conclusion that ours are streets ahead in the way of colour, information, special offers, Williams Holiday
s updates and also the renowned Williams Holidays photos.If you want to see a typical Williams Holidays newsletter see here - check out a family holidays newsletter Read more:Example
, Family
New Park in Rome 1970-01-01 00:59:59 New Park - Now available for 2007As mentioned in an earlier post, we are now proud to present another new family holiday park in Rome. Set on a beach side lake this park is truly stunning. A fantastic holiday atmosphere within the park and ideally situated for the fantastic sights of Rome. For full information and a some brilliant pictures of this park see here - new family holiday park in RomeInterest is highWe have added something in the region of 10 new family holiday parks in France, Spain and Italy all now available to book for your 2007 family holiday. This now makes a total of 28 fantastic parks for you to choose from. These new parks are already generating a lot of interest and early booking is advisable - just so you don't miss out, especially on the holiday parks that are exclusive to Williams Holidays.As much information as possible is on the parks individual parks pages but if you do have a question then please don't hesitate to contact us - we are here to help.RegardsThe
Last Couple of Days 1970-01-01 00:59:59 A Few Days Left to Book your Family HolidayOctober 1st is the date that prices go up, so as they say "don't delay and book today"Control PanelOnly a few weeks left and we'll be testing the new customer control panel - results will be published here
Newsletter 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Join our newsletterIf you haven't already, then do join our family holiday newsletter located here http://www.williamsholidays.com/e-newsletter.asp there is an excellent source of holiday information, special offers, latest Williams Holidays news and many more items of interest.In July and August you get last minute holiday availability newsflashes delivered to your inbox, a very handy extra for you.Holiday ToolbarDownload our toolbar at http://www.williamsholidays.com/holiday-toolbar.asp here you can read up about all of the special holiday functions that the tool bar has such as weather report, holiday links including car hire and Brittany ferries and of course instant access to the Williams Holidays website.RegardsThe Williams Holidays team
10% deposit 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Great ideas from Williams HolidaysThat's right, all of our holidays can be booked with just a 10% down payment. This is a breath of fresh air for customers who want to book their family holiday early but just don't have the funds at present. A holiday costing £1600 only requires a payment of £160 leaving £1440 to pay ten weeks before.Another park coming soonWe are just about to publish another new park onto our website, this park is called "Roma Flash" and is situated just minutes from Rome itself - ideal for families who want fun in the sun but also want to show their children some of the very best historical places of interest in the world.Further updates to followThe Williams Holidays team
Keywords for Italy Holidays 1970-01-01 00:59:59 If you are searching for a family holiday in italy you might want to try these keywords, Our holiday keywords for our Spanish holidays and French holidays will appear soon.Keywords
for Italian Holidays
family holidays italy, italian holidays, italian holiday destnations, self catering italy, villas italy, mobile homes italy, holidays for families italy, holiday rome, almalfi coast holidays, sorrento holidays, italy holidays Read more:Italy
Family holidays in Spain 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Family holidays in Spain
keywordsspanish holidays, holidays to spain, barcelona breaks, costa brava holidays, costa dorada holidays, spanish villas, spain holidays, beach holidays, holiday for the family spain, hot holidays spain, cheap holidays spain, holiday parks spain Read more:Family
Park of the Month 1970-01-01 00:59:59 A new feature for Williams Holidays 2007 is our "Park of the Month
" it will offer discounted prices for selected accommodation, highlight the parks facilities and give you some more background information on the local area. This feature will be on the home page of our website.For the remaining days left in December and all of January the park of the month is Village Roma....check it outNew ParksWe have just taken on 2 more parks in France, one in North Brittany called Les Mouettes and one in the Aquitaine called Sen Yan, both are fabulous and are four stars..details to follow shortly.
Cheap Family Holiday Insurance 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Holiday InsuranceWe are pleased to inform customers that we have just secured a new online holiday insurance facility, this will supercede our existing policy which you used when booking your holiday with us.So What's the Difference?Well, it will be up to 50% cheaper but still will have all of the cover than you could ask for, the only difference is that it will take you 3 minutes to order rather than us do it for you.A full detailed page on our holiday website will be published soon, but like always we endeavour to keep you updated as much as possible about all changes within Williams Holidays.This is again great news for our consumers as we are providing the highest standard of holiday insurance at the best Internet prices around.Keep your eyes peeled.RegardsIain Williams (MD) Read more:Cheap
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Self Catering Accommodation Overview 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Because we have so many types of self catering accommodation in France, Spain & Italy we thought it might be a good idea of to show you an overview page, this will give you an idea of the standard of the accommodation that we have all on one page. Once you have seen the overview then you can have piece of mind that whatever park you choose you will be allocated the very best in self catering accommodation.On the park page that you choose, you can obviously then go to the accommodation page of that park to see exactly what you will get for your hard earned money.Go to the cheap self catering accommodation overview pageRegardsThe Williams Holidays Team Read more:Accommodation
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Holiday Booking Contol Panel 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We are pleased to announce that the holiday booking control panel will be ready and LIVE this coming week.There have been many additions to the Williams Holiday
s website this week including some more useful pages such as the Holiday Expert page - this page gives you details on the background of Iain Williams (CEO) and the Ops director + info on the ever important holiday advisers.Further useful pages published recently will be shown here also in the forthcoming week.Christmas is nearly upon us, so have a very merry Christmas.Regardsthe team Read more:Booking
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Holiday Control Panel 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Great ValueGood news for our holiday customers, great discounts are being offered for the lead up to Christmas, all parks have £200.00 OFF.New parks have £150.00, which is an amazing introductory price, this isn't including the new parks reduction that we always offer when we add a new park to our portfolio.Book online and you will save a further £20.00 as well.ControlPanel
Our control panel is now being tested and version one will be out by Mid December, this is great news for our customers as they will be able to manage their details by a click of a mouse.New ParksWe have some more parks in the pipeline so stayed tuned - just keep coming back here for an update or join our newsletter and we'll let you know.RegardsThe Team Read more:Holiday
More and More 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Hi everybody,Our phone line upgrade has been completed successfully we are pleased to say, the booking online system has been updated so that it can cope with our increase in online bookings.We have taken on more holiday advisers and receptionists.Already we have had an increase in bookings for 2007 compared to previous years.Our Williams Holidays merchandise is now available to you if you would like some, we have in stock - car stickers, key-rings, pens and fridge magnets, they are brilliant.it's been a while since we last wrote on here so keep an eye open and we'll start writing more posts.regardsThe Team
£100 Slashed of all holidays 1970-01-01 00:59:59 New holiday parks£150 per week is deducted from all new holiday parks for 2007, whether you are thinking of having a holiday in France, Spain or Italy you can rest assured that we have got a holiday for you at a very competitive price.£100 off all holiday weeks for 2007That's right, all parks (excluding the new parks) have £100 off all weeks. Even though our prices are some of the lowest in the family holidays market we can still extend some great offers to the public. High quality accommodation in European holiday resorts has never been such good value.ComparePlease have a good surf round the web and compare our prices, you won't beleive the savings you can make when you book with us.
Our family holiday parks 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Our main objective is to provide quality holidays for families in Europe, we want families to have fantastic self catering accommodation on fantastic holiday parks - but what is a fantastic holiday park? To earn a 3 or 4 star rating isn't enough for Williams Holidays, we expect more from a park than a decent pool and restaurant.What do Williams Holidays expect?A park has to be clean and tidy, no litter on the paths or roadsFriendly staff who can offer you advice or recommend places of interest to visitMaintenance men that will rectify a problem quickly should one ariseGrounds well looked after by gardenersSwimming pools checked on a regular basisPrices not too expensiveWell stocked grocery shopInternet accessSafe for children on the playgrounds and on the internal roadsGreat holiday atmosphere (very important)All of this sounds the norm, but we can assure you that even this small basic list is rare in many cases, holiday parks can be badly run, they can be dirty and have a terrible a
Technical enhancement 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Upgrading Network SystemWilliams Holidays are upgrading their computer and networking systems from 16 october to 3 November, this will dramatically improve our working system and assist us in dealing with the busy automated booking system.All bookings can still be made online and the upgrade will not effect our customers in anyway.Telephones will be un-operational during this period but any calls to our reception will be logged and forwarded onto our bookings staff where they will return customer calls once back on track.Remember, book online and save a further £20.00Dates for you once again are 16 October - 3 November 2006 Read more:enhancement
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October Holidays Sold Out 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Booking UpdateVilanova park in Barcelona and our Italian holiday parks Villagio nettuno and Santa Fortunata are all sold out for the October
half term.The top 5 holidays parks for 2006 are already selling well for 2007 and the new parks La Plage in South Brittany and Roma Flash in Italy are selling fast aswell. If you book early you can save upto £200 and you only need to leave a 10% deposit - why wait? Read more:Holidays
Cheap Holidays in France, Spain & Italy 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Well the title says it all, our policy of providing cheap family holidays in Europe is proving as successful as ever before. Our upgraded and extended fleet of self catering holiday mobile homes are selling fast. We have a bigger and better selection of holiday parks than ever before and the mobile homes are going like hot cakes. Book early with just a 10% deposit and get the pick of the bunch whilst they are available.Les Mouettes and la Plage are selling extremely well so early on, check them out on our french map www.williamsholidays.com/french_parks.aspSpain
is on the move as well, Vilanova Park in Barcelona and Cabopino near Marbella are going quickly also, check these out and our other Spanish parks here www.williamsholidays.com/spanish_parks.aspIf you have any questions regarding our holidays, just give us a call.The Williams Holidays
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, France
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Cheap Holidays Spain, France & Italy 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Cheap Holidays
EuropeOur cheap holidays to Spain
, France
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are real value for money, we've some of the best self catering accommodation in Europe and these are at the RIGHT prices.As January is the start of the traditional holiday booking period, we are sending out two holiday newsletters a month at present. These newsletters will have special offers, park of the month spotlights and many more holiday offers that you can benefit from.Only 10%We know we keep highlighting the fact that ALL holidays can be booked by leaving just a 10% deposit but we do know how hard it is to book a holiday after such a expensive month as December. Customers are taking advantage of this low deposit and you should as well, you'll find it hard to find a company that offers such high class of accommodation and only asks for a low deposit at the time of booking.Vilanova ParkAs usual this park is going faster than ever before now, we say it every year that it's selling well, but this year it's bea Read more:Cheap
Half term & Easter Holidays 2007 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In this months e-newsletter we will be advertising our popular low price half term holidays in Spain. French & Italian holiday parks aren't open but Spain is already in nearly full flow.Special prices will be out in a couple of weeks, so hang around, check out your budget flights and get ready.This is a popular quick break getaway so it's going to be busy.Keep an eye open here and on our website or subscribe to our newsletterThe Family Holidays
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Williams Holidays Expanding 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Company NewsIn the next couple of months WilliamsHolidays
will be revamping their booking online system, at present you can only book your holidays online to arrive on a Saturday, but soon you will be able to choose mid week arrival days also. The customer control panel will be upgraded from the standard control panel to a very easy but advanced one, it will have a massive amount of functions for you to play with.NewslettersLet us know if there are any features on our newsletters that you would like to see, or are we hitting the spot - let us know, we love customer feedback.New CustomersEvery new customer will receive a Williams Holidays welcome pack, this will be our merchandise that you can stick on the fridge or have dangling in your car, check out the Basset Hound on the car sticker - she's great.Taxi Pick-upIf you are fly-driving to one of our parks and you need a taxi to pick you up then contact us a couple of weeks before your holiday, we'll be able to arrange a taxi at a low
Holiday Parks in France, Spain & Italy 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Rennes ExpoWilliams Holiday
s are flying out all of their holiday advisers to the Tourism de Salon in Rennes on the 2 Feb. This is the 11th year the Expo has been running and it's proving to be an excellent source of information for customers and business's. We generally meets with park directors, other holiday advisers, the French tourist boards and many other holiday linked companies. last year our CEO (Mr Williams) made a small presentation to a number of holiday companies about the way forward in self catering holidays, purely of the back of this speech Williams Holidays received a substantial number of business propositions from Holiday companies throughout Europe, some interesting, some laughable and a small minority that were worth following up.Only a few partnerships were taken up by Williams Holidays as it was thought that it would be prudent to keep specialising rather than expand into different areas and not offer the level of expertise that we are currently offering at th Read more:France
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