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Kathleen we provide kettles for our guests so those who wish can make tea - we also leave a teapot but that's not essential! We've only had 1 American guest try to boil his coffee in it in 10 years! And yes we do supply a coffee machine as well. We have done a house swap with a family in Maine and a...

Personally I find the more I put my prices up the more bookings I get, but that hardly seems logical I know!

I always do the next years dates @ this years rates and get a flurry of bookings in November/December usually .

In Florida you have to have 24 cover in case of emergencies - this is part of the STR licence. If you are concerned about your management company why don't you switch? There are hundreds of companies, and there are SOME good ones! Or you could just have a caretaker oversee things for that time if yo...

My nearly 17yr old queued at midnight with 3 of her friends at the WHS to get the book. They were thrilled that the staff had dressed up, and went back for a readathon. Didn't care if it was more in WHS than elsewhere - the important thing was to have the book in their grubby mits asap! She finished...

Linda, I know my villa is not in France, but the booking procedure is the same for all of us. Do you not have a booking form? On mine I ask for the ages of all guests as I have a policy of no under 21s. Can often tell by the email addresses (particularly the American ones) or the dates and length of...

If it makes you feel any better Mimmsy all I am getting is enquiries for when I am booked! Bearing in mind I am free from 24 August onwards (except Christmas and Easter next year) this leads me to think more and more people are leaving it very much until the last minute to organise their holidays. T...

Let me add my 2 cents worth! We supply 1 bath sheet, bath towel, hand towel and flannel and a beach towel (and if there are not tons of flannels the Americans phone up demanding them) for 10 people. We had to appoint a new MC in February after the last lot let our house and lawns to rack and ruin (t...

Hi guys, another familiar name!

We are at Rolling Hills so we are all spitting distance from each other!

Anabella have you sold at Windsor Palms now?

Hi Eric We have a vacation rental in Kissimmee, Florida so not sure we can give you any advice! What I always say to prospective purchasers are the following: - buy what you want for your family - work out a budget and stick to it (!) - don't let yourself get sold up - do they sell you on guaranteed...

How you have you been getting on with Mitzi? I have 2 old english sheepdogs (bobtails) and have had dogs nearly all my life. My mother has always had westies and they can certainly be a handful but are very loyal pets. My dogs get fed later afternoon before I take them out for their second walk so t...

Hi everyone. Chris and I live in Maidenhead, Berkshire and have a rental villa in Kissimmee, Florida. I was an army brat so lived here-there-and-everywhere and Chris was born in Cyprus and brought up in Hong Kong. We have 2 daughers aged 20 and 16 and 2 Old English Sheepdogs and run a bathroom distr...