About

Universal Vacations have been in business since 1987, we opened our first office in New Port Richey on Florida's Gulfcoast, primarily we were offering property management services to owners who needed their property looking after whilst not in residence;  we noticed a niche in the market for vacation accommodations, so we started offering these type of homes to guests as an alternative to the usual hotel or motel accommodation, this self-catering type of vacation worked very well with the Europeans and grew at a rapid rate, we soon started getting requests from travel partners and travel agencies throughout Europe - “we had a product that worked”, then, like most business’s we felt the need to spread our wings and decided the way forward was to offer more Gulfcoast destinations to the ever increasing demand for quality accommodations along the Gulfcoast of Florida, offices in Sarasota/Bradenton – Englewood – Fort Myers and Miami soon followed suit.

To build the inventory of homes needed to fulfill our obligation to our travel partners throughout the US, Canada and Europe we started our Real Estate corp. Universal Vacations Realty & Development & Universal Team Realty.  Having a full service company that dealt with the client on all levels of the sales process, from the original “first point of Contact” at a overseas property expo, seminar through to the closing and furnishings of the home.  We have the edge over our competitors by offering the total package to our clients, our biggest asset is our after sales care, we offer full turn key interior design, property management services and of course the rental of the property should the owner require some income from their investment.

The last 2 years have been incredibly tough for Real Estate professionals especially in Florida, we have been fortunate enough to have a strong foundation to our business and have strengthened as a result, we have already started to market overseas properties in the United Kingdom and plan on increasing activity over the coming months.

We are very excited about the opening of our Miami office and look forward to bringing the high level of service to this area.

I hope I have been able to convey the foundation and strengths that Universal Vacations can offer in all areas off Real estate sales, Property management and the rentals whether they be long term or short term rentals.  Please take a look at our corporate video which gives a good insight into Universal Vacations:  
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