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- Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:37 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: OwnerHolidays in the news
- Replies: 1
- Views: 636
Re: OwnerHolidays in the news
www.rentaltonic.com/ownerholidays-welcome-listing-site-revolution Perusing some industry news this afternoon & came across this blog post on Rental Tonic. Makes for an interesting & refreshing read among the doom & gloom, & as Nigel is a fellow LMH member, I thought it might be nice...
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:31 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Home away / Owners direct
- Replies: 4
- Views: 971
I've had similar problems with HA. I had to stop using my password vault to autofill the login and password fields and switch from Google Chrome to Firefox. Since making those changes I had no problems until last weekend. reset the password three times but still could not log in. I was away from hom...
- Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:09 am
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: When that gut feeling proves right...
- Replies: 57
- Views: 17045
Given that you cannot claim costs in the small court, even if you win, mediation would be a good idea. Whatever you might lose out on the amount agreed will probably be less than your costs of travelling to and possibly staying in Birmingham. We found this out the hard way when we flew from Italy to...
- Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:05 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Separating damage deposits from income
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1539
Security deposit is a creditor (i.e. you owe it back to the guest) until it is refunded. Just keep a separate column or account for your security deposits. We collect security deposits separately a day before guests arrive so there is never any danger of them being mixed up with income. Even on a ba...
- Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:00 am
- Forum: Social media
- Topic: FB better late than never!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9547
I'm in the both camp ... it at all possible. When you write a blog post, pop onto your Facebook page and post a snippet of the info with a link. You get the best of both worlds, Facebook page is active and you are (hopefully) driving traffic to your blog. Depending on how your blog is built / hosted...
- Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:58 am
- Forum: Social media
- Topic: FB better late than never!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9547
I have had enquiries and one booking directly through FB - and many repeat bookings that are greatly helped by keeping in touch with past guests on FB. I also get referrals from my FB page to my website. In today's climate of of scammers offering properties that don't exist a FB page (and other soc...
- Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:45 pm
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: Never had this before!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4381
I used to do it that way but now I use PayPal - then it's refunded with literally one click. I take the deposit the week before and refund it 24 hrs after they leave. I get refunded all Paypal charges too so it's free - there is a time limit on this to be aware of, 30 or maybe 60 days? Anyway it's ...
- Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:00 pm
- Forum: Personal websites
- Topic: WordPress Availability & booking plugin
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2948
I have had a very quick look at the demo version. It seems to refer only to rooms. Can it be configured to work with houses / villas?Ondine wrote:After trying out a few demo versions I ended up settling for this Plugin - https://booking-calendar-plugin.com/
- Tue Nov 15, 2016 4:35 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: HA what counts as a booking
- Replies: 3
- Views: 730
What tees me off is if I get an enquiry via HA and I answer it and all the questions that might come up. Then eventually the guest decides to book so I send them a payment request via HA ... which they then pay. IT DOESN'T COUJT! HA only counts reservation requests not enquiries that are converted t...
- Tue Nov 15, 2016 4:34 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: HA what counts as a booking
- Replies: 3
- Views: 730
What tees me off is if I get an enquiry via HA and I answer it and all the questions that might come up. Then eventually the guest decides to book so I send them a payment request via HA ... which they then pay. IT DOESN'T COUJT! HA only counts reservation requests not enquiries that are converted t...
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 3:04 pm
- Forum: Social media
- Topic: sharing Google+ post on FB - how to?!?!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2987
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:43 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: SimplyOwners.Net a new rental listing site?
- Replies: 161
- Views: 48377
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:39 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: SimplyOwners.Net a new rental listing site?
- Replies: 161
- Views: 48377
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:38 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: SimplyOwners.Net a new rental listing site?
- Replies: 161
- Views: 48377
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:29 pm
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: Guests overstaying their welcome
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8055