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by Essar
Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:17 pm
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Important:You have received a new payment from HomeAway.com
Replies: 7
Views: 2031

Re: Important:You have received a new payment from HomeAway.

It's not a scam, just old people who worked at Butlins - Hi Dear Hi! :lol: I remember the old days when Butlins employed failing comedians who told jokes just like that one :lol: Was that in the 50's when you new them? I was a Disc Jockey at Butlins Filey in the mid-70's (1 night a week) just befor...
by Essar
Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:07 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Renewing HA
Replies: 17
Views: 1900

The current HAUK listing types are as follows:- Subscription with on-line booking and payments (£249 + VAT) 1. Your subscription includes listing on all HA sites (see below). 2. Your property will be higher in the listings using Best Match algorythm. 3. You are charged 1.4% No VAT (LVT) on the disbu...
by Essar
Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:19 pm
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Important:You have received a new payment from HomeAway.com
Replies: 7
Views: 2031

Re: Important:You have received a new payment from HomeAway.

AndrewH wrote:
Marks wrote:"Hi Dear!"
You need read no further than this first line :lol:
It's not a scam, just old people who worked at Butlins - Hi Dear Hi! :lol:
by Essar
Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:56 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Homeaway-FEWO
Replies: 17
Views: 3104

Since September those renewing a subscription or a new susbscription only get two choices - commission or subscription. Both models insist upon on-line payments and bookings. There no opt out on subscription any longer. Up to September 2016 those renewing could opt out but only for another 12-months...
by Essar
Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:13 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Listing accurate prices on OD for short stays
Replies: 24
Views: 1732

To help; the 122 & 133 figures are my minimum prices per night (weekday & weekend nights). You can link these positions in the formula to another cell reference where you can set your own minimums and play about with the results. The CEILING prefix determines that the resultant sum is rounde...
by Essar
Sun Jan 22, 2017 7:36 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Listing accurate prices on OD for short stays
Replies: 24
Views: 1732

If you are going to be using the big listing sites for the majority of your advertising; then it maybe time to adapt your short-break pricing to the way that their systems work, rather than trying to make their systems fit your way of doing things. In general HA et al, TA et al and AB use similar me...
by Essar
Sat Jan 21, 2017 8:39 pm
Forum: Social media
Topic: Facebook
Replies: 19
Views: 7835

You can be specific down to regions or countries, sexes, age ranges and interests. I find being to clever with the specifics limits the results. I just went for UK, both sexes, but kept to the 30+ age ranges. Mainly, because I don't want younger guests. I have always known - without real evidence - ...
by Essar
Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:35 am
Forum: Social media
Topic: Facebook
Replies: 19
Views: 7835

I have just boosted a "Book Now" post with my website link. It has now finished and resulted in the following remarkable outcome:- Duration: 7-days Daily budget: £50 Total cost: £350 United Kingdom - both sexes - 30 to 65 age groups Impressions: 288,567 Demographic: 89.52% Women - 56.23% 4...
by Essar
Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:10 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Listing accurate prices on OD for short stays
Replies: 24
Views: 1732

If you have nightly & weekly rates set up for a date period with the "do not apply for stays of 7-nights" ticked then they will prorata all nights for stays of 7+ nights based on the weekly rate. e.g.: Nightly rate: £150 Weekend night rate: £160 Weekly rate: £994 Prorata nightly rate: ...
by Essar
Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:06 am
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: English guests
Replies: 42
Views: 10941

dibbur [dib-uh l] noun 1. Also, dibber [dib-er] (Show IPA). a small, handheld, pointed implement for making holes in soil for planting seedlings, bulbs, etc. verb (used with object), dibbled, dibbling. 2. to make a hole (in the ground) with or as if with a dibble. 3. to set (plants) in holes made w...
by Essar
Thu Jan 19, 2017 10:59 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Traumatised with contact with HL/TA
Replies: 6
Views: 981

Try Andrea she always helps me with any problems.

Email: renewals@holidaylettings.co.uk

Telephone number is +44(0) 203 701 5369 press option 1 then option 2 and then option 3.
by Essar
Tue Jan 17, 2017 8:25 pm
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: English guests
Replies: 42
Views: 10941

Hells Bells wrote:My cleaning team like the bedding left on the bed so that it is easier to spot any stains.
You are of course assuming that all the bedding takes place on the bed in the first place that could result in the stains on the bedding for the cleaners to spot it! :D
by Essar
Tue Jan 17, 2017 8:22 pm
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Scam that probably isn't
Replies: 7
Views: 1858

On a complete aside and total thread creep I had an ancestor who ran away with his step mother and they lived together as Mr and Mrs B .... they were both Mr B and Mrs B they were never married :lol: My second cousin on my maternal grand uncles side of the family allegely had an affair with the unm...
by Essar
Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:45 pm
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Scam that probably isn't
Replies: 7
Views: 1858

Perhaps there are two doctors married to each other. The wife retaining her professional maiden name. Or perhaps not so much as married to each other. On a complete aside and total thread creep I had an ancestor who ran away with his step mother and they lived together as Mr and Mrs B .... they wer...
by Essar
Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:39 pm
Forum: Handling rental enquiries
Topic: Four younger renters? Should I take them?
Replies: 5
Views: 3436

I had four 17-year old youngsters stay last year; I would only accept the reservation if booked by a parent who would be the responsible adult and doubling of the security deposit. They paid the extra and the parent(2) obviously read then the riot act as they were all very polite and left the place ...