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Notes on how to use the forum, whether you just want to read it or contribute too. If you have never used an online forum, this is the best place to start. |
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Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:45 pm paolo  |
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Forum rules
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Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:50 pm paolo  |
| Marketing your rental property |
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Bookings
Up, down, could be better? How to get more bookings is our number one obsession. Talk shop here. |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:47 pm pambon  |
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Personal websites
Everything to do with using your own website to advertise your rental property. Design, usability, hosting, getting listed on the search engines, optimising your site, pay-per-click, etc, etc. |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:05 pm ccazes  |
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Website reviews
Get some feedback on your site or ad from other rental owners and techies. Also a library of online resources so you can make DIY improvements to your web presence. |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:27 pm e-richard  |
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Rental listing sites
Rental listing sites where guests rent direct from you. How to do it, which are good, which are bad, which are just plain ugly. |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:09 pm Normandy Cow  |
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Non-internet marketing
Using press and magazine advertising, brochures, mailings - old hat or still cost-effective? |
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:34 am Mountain Goat  |
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Handling rental enquiries
How to communicate with your potential renters - how to turn site visitors into enquiries, and enquiries into bookings. |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:14 pm LaVilleauTady  |
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Scam email enquiries
Post scam emails to warn other rental owners, or if you are not sure if an enquiry is genuine, put it up here and see what others think. |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:24 pm jaxdon  |
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How to build your own personal website from scratch
Tansy hasn't got her own site and doesn't know how to make one! So anyone who can is contributing to building her one. Here you can see how to do it, step-by-step, or pitch in with your comments too. |
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Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:23 am MyVRzone  |
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Managing your property
Agencies and other headaches, keys and cleaners, running costs and contracts...in short, all the things we spend so much of our time doing behind the scenes.
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:45 pm esentziak  |
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Managing your garden and pool
For anything to do with the garden and pool |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:16 pm Mouse  |
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Managing your guests
From the moment they step through the door your bookings become guests, and their experiences determine whether they ever come back. |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:00 pm Normandy Cow  |
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Buying/selling your home
If you're buying or selling, tell others about it here. Or ask other owners for advice. |
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Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:53 pm frogslegs  |
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Just starting out
If you are planning to buy a rental home, or you're thinking about what to do with one you have just acquired, this is the place for any questions about starting out in the rentals business. |
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Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:24 pm holidayloverxx  |
| B&Bs |
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B&Bs
For everything specific to B&Bs as opposed to holiday rentals. |
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:42 am wendyandchris  |
| By region |
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UK & Ireland
For topics that are specific to the UK and Ireland, please go here |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:02 pm casasantoestevo  |
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France
For topics that are specific to France, please go here. |
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 12:59 pm wendyandchris  |
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Italy
For topics that are specific to Italy, please go here. |
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Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:22 pm Don Ciccio  |
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Spain
For topics that are specific to Spain, please go here. |
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Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:32 am Big Sis..  |
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Portugal
For topics that are specific to Portugal, please go here. |
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Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:23 pm Mamacats  |
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Turkey
For topics that are specific to Turkey, please go here. |
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Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:52 am paolo  |
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Greece
For topics that are specific to Greece, please go here. |
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:03 pm Eileen2  |
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USA
For topics that are specific to the USA, please go here. |
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Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:15 pm Mountain Goat  |
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Alpine
For topics that are specific to mountain locations, please go here. |
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:01 am Austria  |
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Rest of World
For topics that are specific to a country not covered above, please go here. |
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Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:21 pm Stefann  |
| Over to you |
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Rental home exchanges
Swap weeks with your fellow rental owners - stay for free anywhere in the world.
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Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:53 am elfcontrol  |
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Suggestions and technical problems
To suggest improvements and additions to the forum, or ask about technical difficulties using the forum. |
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Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:28 pm Paul Carmel  |
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The Cafe
Come for a relaxed chat about anything at all and meet your fellow rental owners. |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:59 pm Don Ciccio  |
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The Workshop
The place to discuss anything to do with computers, software, hardware, no matter how basic or technical. We all use this stuff, but we don't always understand it! |
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Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:18 am HenryG  |
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Owner-to-Owner
Services offered by owners that are relevant to the business of rentals. |
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Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:30 am HelenB  |