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- Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:28 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Listing Sites and Dynamic Pricing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 354
Re: Listing Sites and Dynamic Pricing
The Independent Cottages listing site annoys me too, particularly the fact that the property search is based on words rather than geographical location. Other sites (Airbnb, Simplyowners) have location based searches with places coming up as you type the name in / maps / distance from location etc. ...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Hive getting worse...again
- Replies: 3
- Views: 261
Re: Hive getting worse...again
Yes, it is the people -> invite option. We don't use it with guests though (who would need to have their own hive userid and the app installed). I remotely put the heating on before a guest is going to arrive and if they want to control the heating when they are there they can use the thermostat.
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:24 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Hive getting worse...again
- Replies: 3
- Views: 261
Re: Hive getting worse...again
TBH I've always thought Hive isn't user friendly. Never understood why a Hive Hub must be associated with one person (and their phone number with 2 factor authentication) making it hard for 2 people (e.g. husband and wife) to both be able to remotely control their own house. We have got around this ...
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 6:55 pm
- Forum: Personal websites
- Topic: We have a new website
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2423
Re: We have a new website
Your apartment looks lovely. I too would like to see availability before I filled in the form.
The "view testimonials" button on the accommodation page just takes you to the top of that page.
The "view testimonials" button on the accommodation page just takes you to the top of that page.
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 12:25 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Managing agent advice
- Replies: 2
- Views: 384
Re: Managing agent advice
This has been asked many times before and the general consensus seems to be that what works for one owner doesn't work for another. People have advised that you try to put yourself into the mindset of a prospective guest, google likely words, and see which sites come out near the top. Recently anoth...
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: Independent Cottages
- Replies: 1
- Views: 451
Independent Cottages
Hello, I was wondering how fellow Independent Cottages subscribers are finding it these days as I need to decide whether to subscribe to another year soon and, personally, don't seem to be getting any bookings recently through them. My stats show no one has even clicked through to my website last mo...
- Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:42 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Insurance for UK Holiday Cottage/Annexe
- Replies: 6
- Views: 577
Re: Insurance for UK Holiday Cottage/Annexe
We're not in the same situation as you - not an annexe in the grounds - and it is a broker, but I found i4me https://www.holiday-home-insurance.co.uk easy to talk to on the phone. You could give them a call, explain the situation and see if they can find anything suitable as they deal with several i...
- Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:50 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Is Dorset-uk.info a legitimate OTA?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 676
Re: Is Dorset-uk.info a legitimate OTA?
Looks dodgy to me. I've looked at a few entries and they have definitely grabbed booking.com pricing, availability and reviews but also seems to have some inaccurate info, one talked about Weymouth as the locality when the flat was in West Bay. Have you tried the Dorset-uk.info "contact us"...
- Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:45 am
- Forum: Suggestions and technical problems
- Topic: New LMH website - forum updates since last access?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 468
Re: New LMH website - forum updates since last access?
Oh I've found it! D'uh. Click on the 3 little lines and select Unread posts
- Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:43 am
- Forum: Suggestions and technical problems
- Topic: New LMH website - forum updates since last access?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 468
New LMH website - forum updates since last access?
The new website looks very smart and modern.... there's one thing that I haven't found how to do yet. I've always gone into the forum and clicked to see if there are any additions to any posts or new posts since my last log-on. Is this still possible and, if so, how do I do it? Thanks
- Sat Feb 19, 2022 1:20 pm
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: Netflix guest profiles
- Replies: 1
- Views: 812
Not 100% sure what you want to know but if you have access to the TV you can just sign out in Netflix (go into Get Help then Sign out). But if you don't have access to the TV then the person with the Netflix account - the guest - has to log off from all devices, which they can do if they log into th...
- Wed Nov 17, 2021 1:33 pm
- Forum: Handling rental enquiries
- Topic: Instant booking pros and cons
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8974
I went though a similar train of thought this spring. I bought a Wordpress plugin which provides an online booking system and got it working but I still haven’t put it live. l really like being able to check that I want to let customers book the days they have specified, and that I’ve got the price ...
- Sun Oct 10, 2021 8:39 am
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Beds
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2584
I haven't had to buy a whole bed (our double is slatted so I'm a little worried now after reading the post above) but buying a new double mattress I went with Mattison after reading quite a few posts on this forum. It was good value but I found it a little firm when we slept on it. That was easily r...
- Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:36 pm
- Forum: Personal websites
- Topic: Thinking about moving hosting provider
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3370
- Tue Aug 31, 2021 6:53 am
- Forum: Personal websites
- Topic: Thinking about moving hosting provider
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3370