ABOUT US
Astro-holidays.com

I became Internet aware in the early nineties and was convinced it was a passing fad. So whilst dismissing the whole concept as hype, I watched cyberspace developments with a certain skeptical interest. In 1996 I realised that this fad was here to stay and a powerful marketing tool for any company if worked correctly. The Internet will never make a poor sales department sell more, but it will assist a good sales organisation to really soar!!

After 20 years plus in the motor trade in 1997 I had a major career change. I purchased my first computer for £350.00 and set up an Internet marketing company. I spent the next year teaching myself web design, HTML and selling the knowledge I had learnt the previous day to companies who wanted web sites! Thank goodness in the early days my clients had a sketchier knowledge of the Internet than I had. But something must have worked because during 1998/99 one travel site averaged 90,000 hits a week!! I sold the company name, and the website was quietly absorbed over a short period into another company's site.

Paul Davis

50 may not seem the best age to up sticks and relocate to Kefalonia, Greece. But always
up for a challenge, and seeing an opportunity, Judi & I are off.
 

I developed my love of Greece during the early seventies when I set off by bus from London for a year of travel. Corfu was going to be the "first port of call" in a year of traveling to see the world. However, the world had to wait! Corfu was like finding a "paradise on earth", it was long before mass tourism took over the island and I stayed for about 5 years instead of the planned week!!

On returning to the UK I then had to set about earning a living. After a spell of working in various office environments, I set up my own sunbed hire business which I ran successfully for about 9 years. I also became involved in the residential letting's sector, managing my own properties.

During this time, I visited Cyprus frequently, having made my first visit in about 1991. I found myself involved in building a couple of web sites for local businesses and it was there that I also gained experience in buying and renting out villas, plus the pitfalls to look out for.
 
Determined to one day make Greece my home, I went to college to learn the Greek language (properly!). Being able to read and write Greek is vital to any contracts we agree with our landlords, it also helps to gain their respect, as most of the time they assume no one English can ever speak Greek let alone read and write it!!

Judi Hunt

I met Paul and discovered we had so much in common especially our love of Greece! I am sure there is a grand plan for us all somewhere, as it seems the last few years everything I have learnt and been involved with has been leading up to this fantastic venture with Paul!