Follow European Vacation Rental Owners on Twitter
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Learn more about vacation rentals in Europe by following owners and agencies on Twitter. They tweet about their vacation rentals and their local areas. It is a great way to get to know someone before booking with them. On our Slow Europe vacation rental pages we list Twitter accounts of companies.
Follow us on Twitter for European vacation rental news: @SlowEurope. Do a reply to me if you run a vacation rental in Europe and are not listed below. I will keep this page up-to-date, adding new tweeters and removing those who don't tweet or only do marketing tweets.
Note: I have listed a few family-run B&Bs with the lists of vacation rentals below.
Twitter Lists
- Slow Europe - Vacation Rentals Twitter List - All the Tweeters listed below! (reply to @SlowEurope to be on this list)
Reviews and Information
- @SlowEurope - Lists of agencies and resources for finding vacation rentals in Europe, reviews. You are on the Slow Europe website now!
- @SlowTrav - Slow Travel, community of travelers who love to stay in vacation rentals, great content and vacation rentals reviews.
Italy
Piedmont
- @AgriVerdita - Vacation rentals on a Lavender farm on the border of Piedmont and Liguria.
Tuscany
- @casinadirosa - Gloria runs Casina di Rosa, a village house (1bed/1bath) in the upper Maremma west of Siena in Tuscany.
- @PamelaInTuscany - Pamela runs Poggio Etrusco near Montepulciano, a B&B with three vacation rental apartments. Also cooking classes.
- @tuscanray - Tuscan Enterprises, vacation rentals in Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio.
Umbria
- @brigolante - Rebecca and her family offer vacation rentals on their farm near Assisi.
- @sanpotente - Corinna and her family have several vacation rentals in Umbria: Villa Rosy (a large farmhouse near Assisi - 4bed/4bath plus a separate 1bed/1bath apartment), Residence Menotre (three apartments in a 15th century tower in eastern Umbria - studio and 1 bedrooms) and Residence Vallemela (three apartments in an ancient hamlet in eastern Umbria - studio and 1 bedrooms). We stayed at Villa Rosy in summer 2007 and loved the villa and its outstanding pool.
- @umbriandream - Il Casale di Mele Rosse, a farmhouse in Umbria (3bed/3bath), north of Todi near Marsciano. Pool, internet access.
- @VecchiaCasa - Karen-Louise runs Vecchia Casa, an apartment (1bed/1bath) in a farmhouse near Panicale, south of Lake Trasimeno, in Umbria. Internet access.
- @villainumbria - Vacation rentals in Umbria.
Le Marche
- @thehideaway - Sarah runs The Hideaway Amandola, two vacation rental apartments in the countryside (1 and 2 bedrooms), with a pool.
- @vallenuova - Giulia runs Valle Nuova, a small B&B (six en-suite rooms) and two vacation rental apartments (1bed/1bath) in Le Marche countryside, near Urbino.
Sardinia
- @SardiniaVillas - Sardinia Holiday Concierge offers villas on Sardinia and does travel booking (no properties listed on the website, must phone to book).
All of Italy
- @Italy_Accom - Vacation rentals in Rome, Florence, Venice, Tuscany, the Amalfi Coast and Sicily. Office in Rome.
- @liitaly - Living in Italy, vacation rentals and properties for sale in Italy.
- @villas_in_italy - Teseotur, based in Orvieto, has vacation rentals in central Italy - Tuscany, Umbria, Le Marche and Lazio.
B&Bs
- @MadonnaDP - Letizia runs Alla Madonna del Piatto, a small B&B (six en-suite rooms) and cooking school in the hills Assisi, Umbria. We visited Letizia in summer 2007 and loved her farmhouse and location.
France
Paris
- @aptinfrance - Two apartments in Paris (1 bedroom near the Louvre, studio in the Marais).
- @HaveninParis - Erica runs the Haven in Paris agency, offering luxury apartments in Paris and vacation rentals in Provence and Tuscany.
- @ParisBuFF - Studio vacation rental apartment in Montmartre.
Northern France
- @BasseCopette - Thomas offers two cottages (3bed/2bath and 2bed/2bath) and two B&B rooms in historic farm buildings in Basse Copette, a hamlet in northwest France in Normandy.
- @champagnemanoir - Grant Endersby runs Manoir De Maffrecourt, two vacation rentals (1 and 2 bedrooms) on a farm in the Champagne region of northern France (both have internet access).
- @fl_normandie - Villa Beaurevoir, a house (sleeps 5 - 8) in Upper Normandy, near Dieppe
- @la_vache - Susan Hazelwood runs La Haute Mancelière, three vacation rentals (sleeps 4 - 12) on a farm in Brittany, near St Malo beaches. Pool, internet access.
- @NormandyGite - Le Gaillon, vacation rental house house in the countryside (sleeps 6).
Loire Valley
- @frenchholiday - Jean Brookes has three holiday cottages on a farm in the Loire Valley (2 bedroom)
- @LeChantdOiseau - Gites and a campsite in the Loire Valley.
Southwest France
- @Frenchywilson - Peyrenegre, two holiday cottages (sleep 2 - 4) on a farm in Lot-et-Garonne, in the Aquitaine. Pool.
- @gascony - Jane has a vacation rental in Gascony (sleeps 8).
- @iledere - Jenny Rogers tweets about Ile de Ré, near La Rochelle in the Poitou region, where she has four vacation rentals (sleeps 4 - 8).
- @LeMonjat - Two vacation rentals (gites) on a farm (sleeps 4 and 6), with a pool.
- @SallysChateau - Chateau in the Languedoc (sleeps up to 14).
French Alps
- @chaletlaforet - Martha has a chalet in Chamonix (5 bedrooms), in the French Alps.
- @chaletlescimes - Chalet Les Cimes, luxury chalet sleeps 12 in Chamonix.
B&Bs
- @france_normandy - B&B Alençon (also called La Basse Cour) in a historic farmhouse (three en-suite rooms) on the border of Normandy and Pays de la Loire.
- @Toulousenessie - Small B&B in the south west Tarn, near Gers and Toulouse.
Germany
Bavaria
- @MargaretBavaria and @BavarianForest - Margaret runs Bavarian Holiday Cottages, nine apartments in the village of Bayerisch Eisenstein on the Czech Republic border.
All of Germany
- @lla_german - Live like a German, vacation rentals and travel information for Germany.
Latvia
- @TheLuxPod - Two apartments in Liepaja.
Switzerland
- @ChaletChasseur - Luxury catered chalet in the 4 Valleys are of the Valais.
Spain
Barcelona
- @theurbansuites - Apartments in Barcelona.
Catalonia
- @EbroApartments - Two apartments in town of Mora d'Ebre on the River Ebre.
Coast
- @bluegreenspain - Vacation rentals in Asturias, Northern Spain.
- @costadelaluz - En Buenas Manos, vacation rentals in Vejer de la Frontera, a white village (Pueblos Blancos) in Andalucia, near the Costa de la Luz.
- @La_Orquidea - Resort La Orquidea, family holiday resort on the Costa del Sol. Apartments have Internet access.
- @TorreviejaVilla - Two vacation rentals (3 bedroom) in the town of Torrevieja, on the coast in the Valencia region.
- @Vejer - Three vacation rentals in Verjer de la Frontera on the Costa de la Luz.
All of Spain
- @spain-holiday - Rent from the owner listings for Spain.
United Kingdom
London
- @thinkapartments - Serviced apartments in central London - Tower Bridge and Earl's Court. From one night to one year.
Southwest
- @cartwheelhols - Vacation rentals in the southwest - Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset. (not tweeting often)
- @HolidayCottage - 3 room B&B (or rent whole house) near Bridgwater in Somerset.
Cotswolds and Heart of England
- @artytricia - Two vacation rentals in the Cotswolds near Minchinhampton and Stroud.
- @BagshawHall - Bakewell Holiday Apartments, suites and apartments in Bagshaw Hall, Derbyshire, Peak District.
- @BroadwayManor - Five vacation rentals (cottages and apartments, 1 - 2 bedrooms) on the grounds of a Manor House outside of Broadway. Internet access.
- @CottagesDerbys - 30+ vacation rentals (cottages) in Derbyshire (Peak District) on three different farms. Some cottages have internet access.
- @DarwinLake - 16 cottages on a farm in Derbyshire (sleeps 2 - 9), near the Peak District. These cottages are also on the Cottages Derbyshire website.
- @JigsawHolidays - Vacation rentals in the Cotswolds.
- @manorcottages - Vacation rentals throughout the Cotswolds, in and near Bath and in the Wye Valley - Wales Border area.
East Anglia
- @NorfolkCottages - Norfolk Country Cottages.
- @seasidesuffolk - Two cottages by the sea in Suffolk.
Northern England
- @grangefarm - Vacation rental house in North Yorkshire (5bed/2bath).
- @windermerelodge - Pine lodge cabins in a rural valley near Windermere, in the Lake District.
Northern Ireland
- @irishcottages - Four cottages in the Fermanagh Lakelands, Northern Ireland.
All of the United Kingdom
- @iknow_uk - Hotels, B&Bs and vacation rentals througout England, Wales and Scotland.
- @nationaltrust - Historic vacation rentals throughout England.
B&Bs
- @AugillCastle - Simon Bennett has an 11 room B&B in a castle in Cumbria's Eden Valley (near the Lake District).
Ireland
- @DaisyCottageIRL - Vacation rental cottage in Donegal.
- @HolidayIreland - Three cottages on a farm in Milford, Donegal.
Greece
- @villaghionis - Villa on Corfu (5bed).
- @visitparos - Stella runs Margarita Resorts, vacation rentals in Ambelas, a fishing village near Naoussa on Paros Island.
Turkey
- @villahelios - Villa Helios, 4 bedroom luxury villa in Akbuk, on the Aegean Coast.
All of Europe (Vacation Rental Agencies)
- @CiaoBambino - Family-friendly vacation rentals worldwide.
- @findchalets - Vacation rentals in ski areas. In Europe this includes Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France.
- @GroupAccomm - Large vacation rentals in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain.
- @holidayvelvet - Vacation rentals, hotels and B&Bs worldwide.
- @InterhomeAG - Vacation rentals worldwide, many in Europe.
- @ResortQuestEuro - ResortQuest and Interhome partner for vacatoin rentals in Europe.
- @Smithhotels - Select vacation rentals and hotels worldwide.
- @thesociety - Vacation rentals worldwide.
Rent By Owner Sites
- @ChaletsDirect
- @Furnishedhomes
- @Getawayearth
- @holiday_rentals
- @holidaylettings
- @holidaymatters
- @LodgingSlovakia
- @Otalo
- @OwnerDirect
- @rentalspecials
- @VacationHmQueen
Holiday Pad Sites
HomeAway Sites
Home Exchange
Using Twitter
How to join Twitter: Go to twitter.com, set up your Twitter profile, then find people to "follow" (i.e. read their tweets).
How to find people to follow: Start by going to my Twitter page for @PaulineK - I am following many travel and vacation rental people. Click FOLLOWING in the upper right to see the list of people that I follow. You can read more about each person in the list by hovering over their Twitter name. To see what they have been tweeting, click on their Twitter name.
Resources
- Wendy Perrin's (Conde Nast Traveler) post What You're Missing if You're Not on Twitter.
- My Melange's post Love Thursday: Twitter Travel Love.
- Johnny Jet's Twitter Travel Resource Page
- wefollow.com/tag/vacationrentals - Vacation Rental people on Twitter.
Slow Europe shows you how to find vacation rentals in Europe - villas, houses, cottages or apartments that you rent by the week.