As we near the end of our 3-week stay working (read: cleaning, fixing and organising!) to get Galathée ready for guests, I stop and think about what makes our clients come back time and time again?
![Hallway to our luxurious French holiday rental](https://i0.wp.com/www.iledereholidayhouses.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/GALATHEE_HOLIDAY_HOME_ILE_DE_RE_02.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1)
Here are some of the special touches we include to make our French holiday rental feel as luxurious as possible:
- The house is cleaned until it sparkles
- We use soft French linen, new mattresses and anti-allergen pillows and duvets
- The shower-rooms are white tiled with white grout. The white silicone has recently been redone around the shower trays (I have a hatred of dirty, old silicone!)
- The cutlery is complete with mugs for tea and coffee, with new wine glasses and white china
- Our rugs are washed and smell deliciously fresh
- Cushions are renewed or added to as necessary
- We’ve just gone through the (painful!) process of upgrading our internet to superfast fibre
- The lighting is a mix of contemporary and vintage (all the bulbs were checked and replaced on this trip)
- Every season we repaint areas of wear and tear
- The garden is my obsession, and I replant, prune, feed and trim so that guests can enjoy the small slice of heaven in the sunshine, surrounded by climbing roses, honeysuckle and Solanum
![Living room of our luxurious French holiday rental, Galathee](https://i0.wp.com/www.iledereholidayhouses.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/GALATHEE_HOLIDAY_HOME_ILEDERE_FRANCE_SALON_08.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1)
Galathée is our home and we care for it as it if was our primary home, not just a rental property.
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