“Back in 2015, my office in Cannes received a distressing phone call from a British family who had arrived at an address in the luxury area of Cannes…

They had actually booked a luxury villa from a website owner directly, and had paid out £15,000 for a one week rental in what they thought was a five bedroom luxury villa, overlooking the bay of Cannes. However, after a 40 minute airport transfer by a luxury transfer company, they arrived at the address marked on their booking contract, but found that the villa did not exist…”

 

The first of its kind…

I‑PRAC is a global verification platform that carries out detailed checks on property owners and rental agencies who offer short-term holiday and business rentals. All I‑PRAC members have been approved as legitimate rental operators following a series of thorough checks of bank details, property ownership, and the team even liaise directly with local government officials.

This helps to ensure all payments made to I‑PRAC members are 100% guaranteed against rental fraud.

To find out more about I-PRAC, including more information about our founders and the family that started it all, download the full story below.