Good advice George, B+B at the La perla is currently £40. 00 per person per week if booked through the internet. Queenie posted details last week of internet sites to look at. I booked with Med Holidays.

hi guys how are you?

i hope that all is well and appreciate the advise thats been posted on here - are there any other hotels that i can book through directly which are cheap? i tried to google the regency towers etc but search results keep comming up with sites that sell units within the development and not on how to book it....

i checked out club med and a stay in el gouna is comming up to £570 / person!!! so expensive....

hotel la perla is definately looking like something that we are going to go for - thank you again for great advice..

however, an agent that i am with is offering a part-subsidised trip to el gouna as they mentioned that ancient sands is launching soon. but im not sure how this works.....i mean it cant be a subsidised trip if i dont decide to buy...there must be a catch somewhere as people would just phone for free holidays?!?!

thanking you guys once again for your help...

Amit

Dear Amit
I reccomend that you be free don't attach yourself with any agent, I think much better to come on your own to have the tottal freedom
But if its very good and you are free to go with other people so why not use it

just you coming first, Middle, or end of August?

Regards
George

When we looked into these subsidised trips some time ago, if you didn't put down a deposit during your viewing trip, you had to pay for your flights. This might not be the case now and if you do decide to take this route, remember that the agent is not going to be giving you independant advise if he's only showing you the properties of one developer. Did they give you the prices on Ancients Sands? I'm sure Jeremy will correct me if I'm wrong but I thought they were starting at over £100k. Looks like it will be impressive though.

Very good advice George. You are quite right Amit, no one gives anything for free, i recommend to all my clients they make their own travel arrangements or i help them but they pay for it. We do offer a partial refund if they buy but this takes away the potential hard sell and pressure selling, if your agents are offering this then it is a better option. You should go independently, arrange some inspection viewings and actually enjoy the experience. I have had people on the phone close to tears that have been out with other agents and not allowed to do anything themselves and feel very threatened. Be very careful, there are enough developments out there you do not need to get tied into anything.

Make sure whoever you are seeing shows you the details before you travel, have a budget and stick to it, think about what you want from it, is there a rental pool, is it close to amenities etc... Do not allow yourself to be sold something you don't want even if it is cheap, there may be a good reason why it is cheap. It is good practice to view previous developments by the same developer/builder to check finishing, quality etc...

Above all enjoy your holiday and remember to listen to your girlfriend, they are always right after all

Hope this helps.

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Re Ancient Sands pricing its not quite finalised yet but I would expect prices at pre launch will start at around $140,000 or around Sterling pounds 72k with a price increase in October at the full launch

Sorry about that Jeremy - must have got my currencies mixed up £72k seems very reasonable for El Gouna.

I have Registered for an apartment in Hurghada with one company. Now I have sent the registration fee. The first time I contacted him with an inquiry he has told me to speak to another company. I think the Developments agent!
This is a little off putting to say the least.Is this normal?
Can anyone tell me what the next steps I need to go through as this is my first purchase
Peter:

they would preare the contracts and sedn it to you for signature and then you will do first payment
Regards
George

Who is your agent Peter and on what development are you buying? Perhaps with that information other agents and members can tell you if this is the correct process.