Tips for renting a property for vocation

Posted by SEO Digital Team on April 3rd, 2023

You are planning to Rent a Property in Mykonos, such as a house or a villa, for your holidays, but you still have a few questions about how vacation rentals work. Here are some tips and recommendations for renting with confidence.

Before leaving

Here are some tips you might find helpful when booking Villa Rentals Mykonos for vacation.

• First of all, when choosing the property for your future vacation, do not hesitate to ask the owner for a detailed description of the premises to ensure that they correspond to your expectations and needs.
• When you make a decision and make the reservation, ask for confirmation in writing. Often landlords will send you a rental agreement to return or a confirmation letter.

What should a rental contract contain?

1. owner's name
2. the rental property's exact address
3. the nature of the accommodation (villa, apartment, house, etc.) with the number of rooms
4. the private or common equipment to which the tenants have access (terrace, garden, car park, swimming pool, etc.)
5. the duration of the rental specifying the hours and days of arrival and departure
6. the amount of the rent
7. additional charges (e.g., water, electricity, etc.), flat-rate (amount fixed at
8. advance by the owner) or invoiced according to consumption (reading of meters on arrival and departure)
9. the amount of the security deposit/deposit
10. payment terms
11. rental cancellation conditions
12. other possible clauses: tourist tax, limitation of the number of occupants, etc.
13. The contract should be made in 2 signed copies, one of which will be given to you.

To secure the reservation, the owner will most certainly ask you for the payment of an advance in the form of a deposit. If you pay a deposit, you can renounce the rental by abandoning it, whereas the owner can only renounce the rental by paying you twice the amount of the deposit.

If you are asked for a deposit, the reservation becomes firm, and you can only cancel your commitment by submitting the cancellation conditions provided by the owner. If nothing is specified as to the nature of the advance, it will be considered a deposit.

Regarding charges, make sure that you will or will not be charged and in what form they will be accounted for: lump sum included or not in the amount of the rent or invoiced at the end of the stay.

During your stay

On your arrival at the location of Mykonos Villas for Rent, with the handing over of the keys, the owner or his representative will ask you for the balance of the rent if this has not already been paid, and sometimes a security deposit or surety to cover any damage during of your stay, often in the form of an uncashed cheque.

An inventory with inventory must be signed by both parties. If this document is already established, do not hesitate to check it and report any problems to the owner! You will thus avoid surprises at the end of your stay.

Meter readings must also be taken if the charges are to be invoiced. Also, during your stay, you must behave "as a good father" on the property, that is to say, respect the premises and the neighborhood.

At the end of the stay

At the end of the stay, you must return the premises to the state in which you found them. Cleaning will have to be done unless you have paid a cleaning fee.

A departure inventory must be made with the owner or his representative with a reading of the meters if the charges were to be invoiced, as well as the payment of the tourist tax if it was not included in the rent. If the inventory is satisfactory, the security deposit/deposit will be returned to you unless the contract has provided for a return period.

For more information please visit:- Villa Rentals Mykonos