We had always agreed that investing in the HPB would a great asset when retirement did eventually come along sometime in the next decade. We saw a rosy future of top-quality holiday apartments just waiting for us - at home and abroad - for the rest of our active days as pensioners.

Well it has all come a little early and we plan to grab it and enjoy it!

Living on Dartmoor at home in England, walking has always been a passion for the two of us and this has been a recurring theme in our choice of HPB holdiays enjoyed so far. Now with an empty calendar ahead and the worries of working days behind me, we have already laid plans for our next two excursions.

Our first holiday was a trip to the beautiful but little known island of La Gomera in the Canaries, followed up by a visit to Santa Rosa on Lanzarote, and then a week at Encosta Cabo Girao in Madeira. One week in each, all between February and October last year. Wow, what a start!

All three destinations quickly convinced us that the HPB credentials really lived up to our hopes and expectations. We experienced three different types of accommodation: a three bedroom vila at El Balcon de Santa Ana, a one-bedroom apartment at Santa Rosa, and a studio at Encosta Cabo Girao. All met the same exacting standards of excellence at their varying respective levels.

The comfortable, relaxed and homely feel of each HPB property hit us the moment we walked through the door. And the site facilities, pools, club room, restaurants and bars we thought could hardly be faulted.
So if you have one eye on retirement and are thinking of becoming Bondholders take heed of our experience. Don't delay. We're certainly glad we took the plunge.

Retirement may have come early for us, but it really has opened up our new world of HPB opportunities. Playtime has arrived and I feel we've earned it!”