San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

Ever since we have been going there from when Thompson's first got their noses into S S, they have used their financial bullying tactics!
Some years they left Apartments empty, and sent holidaymakers elsewhere, to the detriment of the village in general.
They even made it difficult to book!
But the big problem in a recession is that more people will default to the smaller private owners in S S!
This makes the vulnerable owners who need guaranteed cash-flow to survive, sitting ducks for Thompson's, and who can blame them for that!!
Overall - it will cost us all a bit more each year, especially as S S is now more popular, with return visitors -
Thompson's must love it!!

Well you have been to two great resorts now - Zim!
Trouble is that for you - it will be downhill from now on!! LOL

Chris - not stayed at the Fedra before - hope it's OK. I don't know Don, other than thru' here. I do buy a round....honest!!

Zimmer - 11 days because Ejet from BTL gives us the option of a Monday to Friday stay...and yes you're correct...another 11 days later...in September, in another one of your favourite places.....Carvoeiro on The Algarve! That's our regular haunt of the last 8 years.

Jules - i'm afraid Portland priced us out of a return visit to Terezas! It's far too expensive now and as much as we loved it this year in June it's not worth £1100 for 2 weeks for the two of us!

Yeah I'd put Carvoeiro on a par with SS as far as my hols go, nice enough I enjoyed there too, but where we stayed, Colina, was, while very nice, up some pretty tough hills, ok walking down to town but we needed a taxi each night to get back, at laest it has a recognisable local feel ,that I think is the big difference and far more variety in the shops, some nice restaurants ...thinking of trying Alvor at some point that looks nice too...but, as the great man once said, "Dont look Back" Ive never been anywhere twice - except when I was a kid with the folks, and that was in the days before foreign hols, so I shant be changing that personal rule in the future