Child-safe holiday villas - Telegraph My wife and I are hoping to go on holiday for a week to 10 days in July with our son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters aged three and 11. We are trying to find a three-bedroom villa with a heated pool in the Algarve. The pool must have a safety fence to protect the girls. Can you advise on websites or holiday companies that can provide this? AI think your first port of call should be Tots to Travel (0845 269 4126; totstotravel.co.uk), which was set up by Wendy Shand in 2006 after her two-year-old son fell into an unenclosed swimming pool. The company has a website giving a detailed account of each villa and its suitability - and safety arrangements - for toddlers and children, and it can also answer questions over the phone. It has several dozen villas and apartments on its books in the Algarve. If you can't find what you want there, then any reputable villa company should be able to tell you which of its properties have properly protected pools. Those with a good selection of villas in the Algarve include, for example, James Villas (0800 074 0122; jamesvillas.co.uk) and Affinity Villas (01428 727277; affinityvillas.com). If I were you, I would be wary of booking direct with a private owner. If, say, the property has not been properly described, it will be very hard to get redress or sort things out when you arrive. An agent, on the other hand, has a legal responsibility for the description of the property it lets to you. About Nick Trend Nick Trend trained at the Consumers" Association and has been an editor and writer for the Telegraph Travel section since 1995. Our consumer editor offers insider tips to make planning a trip easier - and suggests innovative ways of making more out of your holidays. Email him at nick.trend@telegraph.co.uk or follow him on Twitter: @travellingtrend