The luxury villa agent's story

For many years Business Centre's advertising headline has been: "You run your business, We run your office.” But Malcolm took this rather more literally than most clients!

Malcolm acts as an agent for many villas of extreme luxury and his clients are, necessarily, very wealthy people or highly paid celebrities, since the villa rentals per week are very high. He sees his role in the business as talking to the villa owners, sitting by their pools in the sun, sipping champagne - or something like that!

Since 1989 Business Centre has placed Malcolm's ads, taken the responses, sent out the brochures, taken the bookings, prepared the contracts (in English or in French) and received the signed copies back together with the deposit cheques which it has banked for him. Prior to the departure of the holiday-makers, Business Centre makes many detailed arrangements, such as the menus and wines, instructions to the villa staff, and even such details as how many clothes hangers and of which types are to be in each wardrobe in the villa! At the end of the rental period Business Centre deals with any damages, telephone or other bills, and the return of the net deposits - and often, the booking for the following year.

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