Best friends Alison Wright & Sheila Sager first visited Costa Rica on a trekking holiday and instantly fell in love with the country. Now, 20 years later, with their kids all grown up, they've decided to go halves on a holiday home where they can escape the British winters.Danni Menzies shows them five fantastic homes for their £300,000 joint budget, but will any of them capture the magic of their first trip there?

Mohammad and Salma Aslam from South London have family with a holiday home on Spain's Costa del Sol, and having spent so many good times there, are now determined to buy one of their own.Jonnie Irwin shows them five properties around Fuengirola for their £120,000 budget.

Paul and Maggie Meigh from Northamptonshire have long dreamt of retiring to a warmer climate and are now selling their house in the UK so they can to move to the stunning Portuguese island of Madeira full time.With a budget of £330,000, Scarlette Douglas shows them five fantastic homes along the island's dramatic south coast.