UltraVilla

Founded by travel industry leaders Ileana von Hirsch of Five Star Greece, Marina Gratsos of Carpe Diem Luxury Travel, and Andrew Loyd of Loyd Townsend Rose, UltraVilla started in 2014 as a spontaneous collaboration between the world’s best professionals in the villa rental and vacation world.

The inspiration for UltraVilla came from the founders’ own experience of working with clients and fielding requests for recommendations for trusted experts in countries outside their expertise. “We created UltraVilla because we could see there was a genuine need for a website that brought together the very best of the world’s vacation specialists. This is not a booking website with a million listings, but a refined directory of companies we trust and who we can confidently declare are ‘the best’.”

UltraVilla only ever recommends companies and properties that match the high standards of service and behaviour it demands. As a result, those featured on the website have the ‘UltraVilla seal of approval’ and  grant you access to some of the world’s most exciting, exclusive and secret vacation experiences; be those villas, lodges, boats, private islands, resorts or chalets. Imagine lounging on the pristine sands of your own private Fijian Island; sipping on steaming hot chocolate next to the fireplace at your sprawling chalet overlooking the majestic Alps; exploring the coral reefs off the coast of your sleek contemporary Caribbean beach house, sailing up the Irrawaddy on your private teak river boat, enjoying a sundowner from your private safari Lodge as the sun sets over the savannah,  or strolling the grounds of your own elegant English country estate.

If you’re seeking authenticity,  if you like your own space, if you love your own kids but aren’t so hot on other people’s, if you want to feel at home away from home, and if you want to experience a destination like a local, then UltraVilla is for you.