I think there should be some legislation some of the owners are very good and make there holiday let home from home, but there are some that are really awful renters and with awful villas / apartments who do not care.

For me they can if you let it get to you ruin what could be a really good holiday.

If the picture in the private sector is as black as you paint it then why on earth the continuing stampede away from the hotel trade ?

People quickly learn and word soon gets about regarding which lets are decent quality and good value and which ones are not and judging by the figures, the vast majority are quite happy with what they get for their hard earned cash.

Much better than relying on artists impressions of hotels then finding yourself in the middle of a building site, though I doubt very much if the Govt care a toss about that side of the tourist trade as long as they get their cut.

ahh I can only answer that from my own experience, when we have rented peoples apartments / villas it is only because for us it was in a non resort area where hotels are either limited, full or too expensive, or a low star rating.

The last one was awful, I should have asked questions before but I ran out of time, booked at short notice and regretted it massively, the good thing was it was so bad we went to Benidorm the Villaitana and had a wonderful time just by the pool.

The thing was we wanted to try that town to see if my partner liked it to live, so it did not go very well.

We have stayed in some blinders though, one in Altea that was so awesome, like a footballers pad and everything worked.

There is pro's and con's of Hotel or holiday let - my last one went bad as I did not research it properly and just went by the pictures, very unlike me but pressure of work at the time.

A good thing came out of it as I had always wanted to try that Villaitana hotel.