San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

Hi Delightful44
The thing that makes booking direct pay is your ability to get a cheap flight.There are 2 options for this.
1 Early booking of a flight with a budget airline say Easyjet or Ryanair.This is not an option for everyone due to there proximity to the relevent  airport.
2 Booking a last minute flight when it is a historical fact that prices fall dramatically.
3 This year I booked 2 single flights with Thomsons for a 14 day holiday at half the price of their 14 day return.For there own reasons 14 day flights were double the price of 7 day flights.
As regards accommodation it really depends if you have your heart set on a certain hotel.In my case the Romanza has a limited number of direct booking rooms and they sell out quickly.This is the reason I book my room on my return from the previous years holiday.The problem with this is you are now limited on last minute cheap flight options.
At the end of the day you are loooking for a cheaper holiday and some people believe they achieve this with Thomsons.I have always saved cosiderably by booking direct.The price of your flight is the whole important ingredient of a direct booking, plus a contributing factor in my case is the locals get the money.
I hope this helps
Yammas
Yiannis

Returned on Monday from 2 weeks at the Romanza, where we met George and Lesley (Waspman) and Kevin and Debbie (Sellsy) who were great company. I can only concur with Sellsy, the staff provide a fantastic service to all their guests. Despite the high standard of food in the village restaurants, in our opinion Katies cooking at the Romanza restaurant takes some beating.
Beach was great as usual, the area with sunbeds has extended beyond Thomas's boats making it ideal for those of us who use the cliff path from the Romanza to access the beach. Good to see there are some more bins on the beach this year. We took Thomas's speedboat out on our wedding anniversary, which was a great way to spend the day and had an equally enjoyable evening at the Romanza.
Gavlah - think you should know that Kev developed his Y-front activities this year! The result was that Stella and Marina on reception were inundated with guests handing in y fronts they had found on their balconies. Fortunately Deb (having learnt from previous years) had had the foresight to sew Kevs name into them, so it became a daily event to see Marina wandering around clutching a pair of pants looking for Kev. He would then exclaim his bewilderment and claim they had been blown from his own balcony by the strong winds. He would maintain this even on days when there was barely a breeze!
I understand only one pair was never returned, I suspect the rather stylish Italian guest couldn't resist adding a pair of M and S finest to complement his Armanis, and decided to keep a pair.
Anyway a great holiday and will be booking again for next year, but may well book independantly unless Thomsons prices drop.

Went to delfino for my birthday , 27th July and we all had the set menu, 5 courses for 22 euros and it was fabulous from start to finish. We wore maxi dresses and guys long trousers. What a hotel! It gets better and better. Staff are wonderful, nothing is too muh trouble and this goes for mango bar and the amazing bed man.  The owner, most as is everywhere - a master clas in customer service.

we have just booked 2 weeks at kapetanios,flying out 1st oct from manchester,all in for £277 each