Manoir du Hilguy in Brittany
There are not many investments which offer pleasure
as a ‘dividend’. The Holiday Property Bond does. As a Bondholder you can
enjoy rent-free luxury holiday accommodation every year for life. What’s
more, your future holiday accommodation entitlement is inflation-protected
and you own a financial interest in all the holiday homes. More than a
thousand of them! HPB is a British idea and one of Europe’s most successful
products of its kind. In the twenty two years since it was launched, the
Holiday Property Bond has grown steadily and now has net fund assets
exceeding £193,000,000 (as at 31st December 2004).
- More than 34,000 Bondholder families now enjoy
the holiday benefits secure in the knowledge that their holiday homes
will always be superbly appointed, scrupulously clean and rent-free.
- Your Holiday Property Bond can be passed on to
your children and grandchildren to enjoy far into the distant future.
- Your investment in HPB entitles you to an
annual allocation of Holiday Points (£1 invested equals 1 Holiday Point)
which you use to book the weeks you want in your chosen location. You
are not restricted to any time of year, size of accommodation, location
or country.
- Any Holiday Points left over are carried over
for up to one year.
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The Sound Investment
by Bondholder
Diana Levett
After inspecting Buckland Court in
Gloucestershire as potential investors, my husband John and I quickly
realised that future holidays would be in a different league. The high
standard of the accommodation encouraged us to become Bondholders in 1995.
St. Brides Castle, the first UK property we visited, with its delightful
parkland setting near Milford Haven, introduced us to the Pembrokeshire
Coast. I booked the Tower Studio with 77 steps to access it, but emphasised
the spectacular view to John when selling him the idea. The Studio Diary
revealed some rivalry between previous occupants as to who could mount the
stairs in record time. In addition to running up and down stairs, much time
was spent walking from St. Brides along the Coastal Path in wonderful
weather.
In July l999 we tried Tigh Mor, once the famous Trossachs Hotel. The view of
the stately, towered building as we rounded Loch Achray on a still evening
is one of our favourite memories. It was a wet week, which called for
warming ourselves up at the Whisky Tasting, while I got up early for Yoga
classes.
The Millenium and my Birthday were celebrated in January 2000, with a family
meal cooked in a cottage at Langton House, in Dorset, formerly a Boys’
school. During the following week we picnicked by the old swimming pool on
the cliffs at Dancing Ledge. We sympathised with the schoolboys who had once
tramped across the fields to jump into the freezing water.
That same year a short break was booked at St. Simeon, east of Paris. A wine
tasting was in progress in an adjacent apartment on our arrival. We
commented, as the noise increased, that our fellow Bondholders were taking
their “slurping” very seriously. We later realised it was frogs croaking in
the nearby pond. Hilary Renault, the enthusiastic Manageress of St. Simeon,
organises weekly trips to Paris. Lunch with her in the restaurant of the
famous department store La Samaritaine, overlooking the Seine, is not to be
missed.
In September 2001, we were among the first visitors to try the unspoilt
island of La Gomera near Tenerife. Although the island’s twisting roads are
not for the faint-hearted, we made good use of our hire car for visiting the
awe-inspiring viewpoints overlooking the plunging barrancos. The
transformation from bare site to botanical garden has been amazing, and El
Balcon De Santa Ana now ranks as the most popular venue.
Our ‘piece de resistance’ in May 2003, was Nikatsas Villas, a Tenancy in
Corfu. Its secluded position within the olive groves above the bay of
Kerasia, in the north-east of the island, gave us the true flavour of
Greece. The views of Albania from the pool terrace created plenty of
interest while sipping our evening Ouzo.
In May the area abounds with flowers, butterflies and grasshoppers, while
the fireflies at night transform the olive groves into a sparkling
fairyland.
For us, HPB really is proving to be a very pleasurable investment. |
