Condé Nast Traveller Awards
Voted Best Villa Rental Company in the World 10 times
Winners for an unprecedented 10th time
In October 2025, we were delighted to be voted Best Villa Rental Company in the World for the 10th time at Condé Nast Traveller's Readers’ Choice Awards.
A summary of our accolades at the awards
• Best Villa Rental Company in the World: 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025
• the only villa rental company to achieve Top 3 rankings in these awards every year since 2011
• specific recognition for having the ‘best range of villas and facilities, the ‘best presentation of villas’ and the ‘best on the ground support’ (three times).
Winning these Condé Nast Traveller awards means so much to us, as it constitutes a direct and very public vote of confidence from our clients, the very people who have entrusted us with their precious holiday time, experienced our villas, drawn on our local knowledge, and tested our thoughtful service. To have won so many times is an unprecedented achievement.
Condé Nast Traveller Top Travel Specialists
On numerous occasions, including in 2025 and 2026, our founders, Rossella and Huw, have been included in Condé Nast Traveller's prestigious UK and US lists of the world's Top Travel Specialists.
The UK edition defines Travel Specialists as experts who can "create the bucket list trip that doesn’t just exceed your expectations but explodes them, leaving you transformed." The US edition lauds Travel Specialists' ability to "pull off the impossible and spare you the logistics."
The Thinking Traveller is noted for its "sublime villas across Italy, Corsica and Greece, matched with best-in-class service and local knowledge."
