I decided to do something about it, and, with the input of various LMHers, who had excellent advice and plenty of injection of doses of realism, I have formed a new company Owner Holidays Limited, and I have developed and implemented a new site at:
www.ownerholidays.com
The concept is that it would be:
- purely a listing site, not a booking site
- for owners and small or medium size agencies
- can be used with or without a third party booking system
- has iCals and more integrations with booking systems
- has a flexible pricing model
The business model is I want it to be cooperative and collaborative and commercial. I will have more news on the business model later, but the idea is to have a wide spread of equity ownership.
Most income or equity revenue would be directed at marketing costs.
At present, all listings will be free for at least the first year.