Jet2holidays has launched Jet2Villas, a new villa offer with hundreds of properties on sale.

The new proposition gives independent travel agents the option to offer their customers the freedom of a villa holiday with the benefits of a package holiday included.

The launch means that independent agents can now offer customers access to value villa holidays in one package with flights, villa and car hire included for the company’s low £60 per person deposit.

The new product offers hundreds of villas across a range of popular destinations including the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, mainland Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey.

This is the first time that the package holiday specialist has offered a dedicated villa proposition, meaning that customers can now enjoy the freedom of a villa holiday alongside all the advantages of a package through the UK’s third biggest tour operator Jet2holidays.

With Jet2Villas, customers get the same benefits as they do from Jet2holidays, including ATOL protection, great flight times with award-winning Jet2.com, 22kg luggage allowance and 10kg hand luggage – all for a £60 per person deposit; car hire is also included as standard throughout the entire holiday.

There are three types of villa available:

– Individual villas – detached properties offering total independence with self-catering facilities and private pools

– Complex villas – a community of villas on the same complex, offering  a neighbourhood-style atmosphere so that customers can take old friends and make new ones

– Hotel resort villas – providing all the benefits of an individual villa but with access to hotel facilities and amenities

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays said: “With the launch of Jet2Villas we are now giving independent travel agents even more choice, value and flexibility. With hundreds of villas now on sale, they can offer their customers the option of diving into their own private pool, with the added satisfaction that they have all the package benefits of Jet2holidays included, as well as car hire too.

“The launch of Jet2Villas is a very exciting new chapter for us. We are very confident that the freedom of a villa holiday combined with the perks of a Jet2holidays package will make Jet2Villas a huge success with our independent agency partners.”