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- Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:44 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: OD - Filter search
- Replies: 4
- Views: 878
Amazing.....how on earth did you work that one out? I would never have thought that placing something written in the text would trigger this. Logic, or irish logic perhaps! :wink: If there wasn't a box to tick then it had to be picking it up from somewhere! I am now going back to my 'Detailed Descr...
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:39 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: OD - Filter search
- Replies: 4
- Views: 878
Right, solved it. :D I now have free wifi on both my properties. :wink: Go to description and amend your summary. Put 'free wi-fi' in there, save it, wait a while, then go back to check your listing and see if it's changed. If not, I also added the word wi-fi in the listing headline, but not the wor...
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:53 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: OD - Filter search
- Replies: 4
- Views: 878
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:49 am
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: White or coloured bedding
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1876
Personally I use white from Out of Eden with coloured accessories. It stands up to everything the guests and their dogs throw at it. Your house style might also dictate a choice if it's more of a cottage style, but with patterned bedding you have to throw the whole set away if just one piece gets ru...
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:01 pm
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: Mail List Opt In Mail Chimp
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4165
I did exactly the same as Rosie. I had a small list of past guests, so I sent them one email giving them the option to carry on receiving a newsletter or else they wouldn't hear from me again. I obviously had lots of people who didn't subscribe but it meant everyone on my list complied with the rule...
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:55 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: The first three weeks
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4618
Well done for making it through your first few weeks Sherry. I'll add a few random thoughts. I generally buy goods aimed at the commercial market, so for example my linen comes from Out of Eden and withstands all the wear and tear that can be thrown at it. My crockery comes from Nisbets as I can gua...
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:41 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Business Rates relief removal threat
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2070
It's sad to target a particular part of the business community that is the lifeblood of tourist areas and I wonder if he has done his due diligence on the numbers involved. The only reason an FHL won't pay either Rates or Council Tax is if they qualify for SBRR and there are reasons why some people ...
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:50 pm
- Forum: Social media
- Topic: My Facebook page has disappeared - help please!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2510
If you can find a way of contacting facebook, you can request to change the personal profile you've been using to a business page. If you can still access it, you may be able to do it yourself. https://www.facebook.com/pages/create/migrate Ditto everything Rosie has said, you can completely control ...
- Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:24 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Mattisons Cosmopolitan mattress
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2008
I have the Cosmopolitan in two properties. I am very happy with them. They're cheap because they are a real trade supplier and you're buying from the manufacturer, no middle men involved. Cosmopolitan has the lowest number of pocket springs in their range. I spoke to Mattisons prior to ordering and ...
- Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:58 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Themed Holiday Ideas
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2263
Just so everyone here is clear what Sam thinks of us, here's her reply to my email, in reply to hers. I said I wasn't interested in a site I'd never heard of, where the costs weren't revealed upfront, therefore trust was broken, and that had been the subject of several threads here where only one ow...
- Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:53 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Themed Holiday Ideas
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2263
Just received the cold call from Sam. As soon as I asked the company name I knew of them from here. Yes, I got the 'we don't make money from sending people your way.' It's insulting quite frankly that she thinks we're not intelligent enough to see through her tactics! I'll be binning the email when ...
- Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:36 pm
- Forum: Social media
- Topic: Social Media Doesn't Really Work for Holiday Letting....
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7485
Facebook remains the third highest source of traffic to my website and has been for quite some time. I post sporadically in groups (I spend more time being an admin on a busy group than I do on my own posts!), and try to post reasonably regularly on my own page. There's no question it works, but onl...
- Mon Nov 06, 2017 6:32 pm
- Forum: UK & Ireland
- Topic: Proposed New VAT Threshold 26k
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4807
You need to subscribe to read it so I can't read the article or the comments. Here it is in full. I'm gobsmacked tbh.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-dail ... 3636421195
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-dail ... 3636421195
- Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:16 am
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Norfolk 2nd home/holiday rental search
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1690
I've heard of some people giving up their holiday rentals there as they've had such trouble finding good cleaners. As the north has become such a honeypot for people having second homes, the locals have been driven out. No locals - not enough people willing to do these jobs. Personally a coastal hom...
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:44 pm
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: Impact of Monarch demise
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9979
This got me thinking, as I know I haven't exchanged any euros at that rate for years. I looked back at the historical rates at the point that I usually travel in the year, and for many years, apart from 2015, when I wasn't lucky enough to buy any euros at 1.4 anyway, it was at the 1.1 - 1.2 rate tha...