ABOUT US

Prime vacation rental properties in Italy, France, Germany, the United States, and more.


OUR STORY

Commendable Rentals is a highly-personalized, service-oriented Vacations Rental business and web-site for Vacation Rentals and Boutique Hotels, with a carefully-chosen Portfolio of high-quality, character properties for short-term rent for holidays and vacations in Italy, France, South Africa, USA, and beyond. Properties are found in cities like Rome, Florence, and Venice, seaside resorts on the Tuscany and Lazio coasts, Puglia, and the Cape in South Africa, and hill towns and country escapes, in Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, le Marche, in Italy, and Provence, and the Cote d’Azur in France.

Susan Doull has many years of professional experience in service and  hospitality industries, as well as in international real estate, and cultural and human resources, in Europe and North America. She has a BA and MA in The History of Art from Wellesley College and the University of Toronto, respectively. She worked for Citibank in New York, and was a Pension Fund Portfolio Trader in Toronto. She later founded a successful Relocation Consulting business, Settler Services of New York, and subsequently founded and operated the Chateau de Remaisnil in France with her husband Adrian. She has lectured on various History of Art subjects in Canada, the USA and France, and also written a book. She founded Commendable Rentals in 2005

In addition to serving on a the Board of VRMA for the last 7 years, she has on a number of International Association Boards, she has played an active role in MPI (Meeting Planners International) and SITE (the Society of Incentive Travel Executives) and was President of SITE France from 1995-97. She has served on Boards of the American Woman’s Association of Rome, and The American International Club or Rome

Adrian Doull was born and educated in South Africa, and has lived and worked in 6 countries. After reading for the Bar in London, he worked in mergers and acquisitions in London, and then for the Anglo American Group in Johannesburg, where he was the Personal Assistant to Mr. Harry Oppenheimer, in Toronto, where he was the Chief Financial Officer, and in New York, where he was the Chief Operating Officer of the principal North American operating businesses of the Group.

Subsequently, he and his wife, Susan, created a hotel and conference centre at the Chateau de Remaisnil in France which they owned and managed for 15 years. He was thereafter Senior Director – Europe, Africa & Middle East, of the leading energy research and consulting firm, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, in Paris and Rome.New Paragraph

He consults and lectures on commodities and energy strategies, He has served on the Boards of more than a dozen publicly-owned companies in various countries, as well as on the Board of a number of not-for-profit organizations.New Paragraph

He enjoys organizing and leading small group tours to Southern Africa.

At the same time, a high level International clientele has found the Commendable Rentals properties and service ethos an excellent match for the holiday aspirations. Their repeat business, referrals, and recommendations have provided an excellent base for future growth.


If you would like to discuss listing your property and working with Commendable Rentals, please contact us by telephone or email.


Email: susan@commendablerentals.com


USA / Toll Free: +1 (888) 567-6948

France: +33(0)675530340

Worldwide: +1 (843)548-4213


Contact us:

Email: info@commendablerentals.com

Phone: +1-888-567-6948

 OUR MISSION

To advise and assist  owners  of high quality properties of  character maximise their asset value  appropriate  rental clients  We stand out from the rest with our standards of  expertise, sophistication., and integrity. We care about your property and the people we put in it.

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