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by J B
Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: UK & Ireland
Topic: Registration of Holiday Lets
Replies: 3
Views: 711

Re: Registration of Holiday Lets

Jonathan wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 2:11 pm ............
My other dilemma is that to qualify as a FHL in England you have to achieve 105 nights pa, so the ninety day rule seems a bit perverse.
Whereas in Wales, we have to achieve 180 nights!
by J B
Thu Jan 12, 2023 6:30 pm
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: Insurance for UK Holiday Cottage/Annexe
Replies: 6
Views: 538

Re: Insurance for UK Holiday Cottage/Annexe

We use these folks
http://kfsinsurance.co.uk/
not a very flashy website but seem to do the job
by J B
Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:16 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Helpful Holidays
Replies: 15
Views: 1383

Re: Helpful Holidays

Just thought of a possible work-round

Go to your current bank and open another account in your name(s) and name it 'holiday account' and just use this to receive Unhelpful's monies and send them straight to the Ltd Co Account

:?
by J B
Sat Nov 26, 2022 8:07 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Helpful Holidays
Replies: 15
Views: 1383

Re: Helpful Holidays

Goodness me, what a contrary bunch.

I'd be tempted to tell them where to go! :lol:
by J B
Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:43 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Helpful Holidays
Replies: 15
Views: 1383

Re: Helpful Holidays

How are they to know who owns the property? :roll:

Just tell them it belongs to the Ltd Co .... job done! :lol:
by J B
Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:37 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Helpful Holidays
Replies: 15
Views: 1383

Re: Helpful Holidays

What a bizarre situation :shock: Can't really understand their thinking as legally in most banks T's & C's you can't operate a business from a private account. Maybe they should be renamed Unhelpful Holidays! :lol: We use STS as our agents in Snowdonia (or whatever the Welsh want to call it this...
by J B
Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:47 pm
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: Bad Review
Replies: 19
Views: 1595

Re: Bad Review

Taking into account your feedback I have revised our response below. I'm sorry to hear your stay at Rosehill did not meet your expectations. You are entitled to your own opinions however the majority of our reviews show that we keep the house to a high standard and is regularly assessed by our agen...
by J B
Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:01 am
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: Bad Review
Replies: 19
Views: 1595

Re: Bad Review

It seems some guests seem to intentionally look around for the smallest issues they can find and it’s usually on the late autumn when the weather is bad and they are stuck in the house As our agent once said to us ... The autumn guests are always the worse They wait for the seasonal price drop, the...
by J B
Tue Nov 15, 2022 5:22 pm
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: Bad Review
Replies: 19
Views: 1595

Re: Bad Review

Dear Rachel I'm sorry to hear your stay at Rosehill did not meet your expectations and hope the late autumn storms did not spoil your holiday. We have spent a significant amount of time and money on the property which was in fact completely refitted and refurbished inside and in 2016 so your commen...
by J B
Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:13 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Visit Wales
Replies: 3
Views: 327

Re: Visit Wales

Sorry, me again :oops:

Just go on their 'brilliant' website and try to find somewhere to stay.

It's *very* hard work IMHO!
by J B
Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:30 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Visit Wales
Replies: 3
Views: 327

Re: Visit Wales

We list our Welsh properties with STS, a local agent.
Part of their T's & C's was that we had regular rating visits from VW
When we moved from Porthmadog to Barmouth I dug my heels in and refused the VW nonsense as, as far as I could tell, VW had given us no benefit whatsoever.
by J B
Sun Nov 06, 2022 9:20 pm
Forum: UK & Ireland
Topic: More guest than booked
Replies: 14
Views: 1058

Re: More guest than booked

newtimber wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 5:58 pm
Ignorance is far better ..................
That's my take on it.

If they've broken the terms of their booking, they can't complain if something goes wrong.
If they leave and all is good, what's the problem?
by J B
Sun Sep 25, 2022 5:13 pm
Forum: Suggestions and technical problems
Topic: Too Many URL's in signature
Replies: 2
Views: 4000

Re: Too Many URL's in signature

B U M P

Any thoughts on this anyone?
by J B
Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:43 pm
Forum: Suggestions and technical problems
Topic: Too Many URL's in signature
Replies: 2
Views: 4000

Too Many URL's in signature

I need to change the URL's in my signature so logged in to do so and pressed 'submit' to be told "too many URL's the maximum number is one!

How come I currently have four but I'm only allowed one - have the rules changed since I joined in 2007 :oops: :oops: :oops:
by J B
Mon May 23, 2022 2:48 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Tripadvisor Update your status - business or consumer
Replies: 15
Views: 1110

Re: Tripadvisor Update your status - business or consumer

This is to do with a new EU directive known as the Omnibus Directive, this is from Tripadvisor support pages: What are the recent changes to EU/UK consumer protection law? New laws in the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) (often referred to as the Omnibus Directive or New Deal for Consume...