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by zebedee
Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:40 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Anyone take credit/debit card payment?
Replies: 46
Views: 12143

Actually I don't think I will need another phone. I've just taken a second payment by Paym (or the mobile banking app or whatever your bank calls it). The guest had not used the system to pay anyone other than with another Barclays account before and so she made an initial payment of £1 and I got th...
by zebedee
Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:38 am
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Anyone take credit/debit card payment?
Replies: 46
Views: 12143

Hello. I have been reading with interest the posts about card payments, as we do not have this facility and I cannot see that it would ever be viable for us. Last year I registered to accept payments via my mobile phone number on the Paym service which the banks had set up. This is a free service, s...
by zebedee
Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:24 am
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Huseni martin
Replies: 3
Views: 1047

Huseni martin

Bet you will all be jealous of this one! Received this morning. Hello I am huseni martin I need to make reservation in your home for a movie stars group coming to shoot film in your location on the 14th of febraury to the 28th of febraury in your country. However, they will be 10 delegates and what ...
by zebedee
Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:14 am
Forum: Just starting out
Topic: Visit England star ratings - are they worthwhile?
Replies: 14
Views: 2849

Hello Peter. Is a good 4 or 5 star rating from Visit England worth the effort? I would say yes, firstly because you are new to the market so you don't have a regular repeat clientele and it will help people to understand and benchmark the quality standards of what you are offering compared to others...
by zebedee
Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:59 am
Forum: Just starting out
Topic: Visit England visits....pre-arrival info
Replies: 11
Views: 2025

I fully sympathise with you Jester, as our cottage was build around 1750 so we cannot accept wheelchairs etc. The good news is once it is written it is done and updating it for future assessments may just be a case of amending the date! Don't forget to use a large size font though. For your handbook...
by zebedee
Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:43 pm
Forum: Just starting out
Topic: Visit England visits....pre-arrival info
Replies: 11
Views: 2025

Hello Jester, We include in our cottage handbook information about how everything works. We have an Aga style cooker, and explain how long it will take to heat up and cool down, including a diagram of the cooker and the heat transmission as a visual aid, so that no one gets a burn from the residual ...
by zebedee
Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:54 pm
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Michel et Joyeaux André
Replies: 15
Views: 3077

Yes just found this in my spam box as well.
by zebedee
Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:25 pm
Forum: UK & Ireland
Topic: Small business rate releif after March 2015. What is happeni
Replies: 7
Views: 2175

Thanks

Wow, many thanks for such prompt and helpful replies! Good news too!
Thanks again.
by zebedee
Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:58 pm
Forum: UK & Ireland
Topic: Small business rate releif after March 2015. What is happeni
Replies: 7
Views: 2175

Small business rate releif after March 2015. What is happeni

Apologies if I am asking a daft question that everyone knows the answer to, but can someone please tell me what is happening about the small business rate releif after 31st March 2015? From what I have read there would appear to be some discretion that councils can use to aply the releif and reclaim...
by zebedee
Sun Dec 21, 2014 8:41 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Let's talk carpets
Replies: 19
Views: 5038

Let's talk carpets

Another thing some might want to consider in the finer detail of your decision making would be the possibility that any of your potential guests would have a visual disability? We are graded by Visit England and have to provide an Access Statement as part of the process, as well as having the Statem...
by zebedee
Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:48 am
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Benjamin Wong
Replies: 4
Views: 616

Many thanks Kev.
We are away at the moment (preparing for our annual inspection!) but you reply is most helpful and we will get on to it when we get back.
Thanks once again.
by zebedee
Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:55 pm
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Benjamin Wong
Replies: 4
Views: 616

Hello Kev, I'm really sorry but we can't see what you are referring to. You made a comment after another post I made about our website loading slowly but there had been a problem with Microsoft at the time which affected many websites and our website was (very temporarily) one of them. After that th...
by zebedee
Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:19 am
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Benjamin Wong
Replies: 4
Views: 616

Benjamin Wong

The devil is always in the detail.......received this today Hello, My Name is Benjamin Wong from Selangor in Malaysia, I want to make inquiry on your accommodation facility for 5 guest that will be coming to your country in February for a two week business tour in your area. BOOKING SCHEDULE: -BOOKI...