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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  |
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How to support Lay My Hat
You can help with the cost of this site when you buy things online, and it won't cost you anything. |
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Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:33 am French Cricket  |
| 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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Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:35 pm Alvaro  |
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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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Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:12 pm Rocky  |
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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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Thu May 30, 2013 8:35 pm casacampello  |
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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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Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:29 pm music man  |
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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 May 31, 2013 11:35 am barbersdrove  |
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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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Sun Jun 16, 2013 10:23 pm Annew  |
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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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Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:31 pm HelenB  |
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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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Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:11 pm Phil Schofield  |
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Social media
All that social media stuff |
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:54 pm Nemo  |
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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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Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:27 pm Unibond3  |
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Managing your garden and pool
For anything to do with the garden and pool |
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:26 pm CarolineH  |
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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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Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:23 am Bassman  |
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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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Sat Jun 15, 2013 3:30 pm Zoot  |
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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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Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:40 pm Wendy@NarrowsCottage  |
| B&Bs |
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B&Bs
For everything specific to B&Bs as opposed to holiday rentals. |
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:13 pm Nemo  |
| 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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Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:51 pm HelenB  |
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France
For topics that are specific to France, please go here. |
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:08 pm Adam1  |
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Italy
For topics that are specific to Italy, please go here. |
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Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:54 pm Lizs  |
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Spain
For topics that are specific to Spain, please go here. |
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:23 pm casasantoestevo  |
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Portugal
For topics that are specific to Portugal, please go here. |
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Sun May 19, 2013 9:25 am HelenB  |
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Turkey
For topics that are specific to Turkey, please go here. |
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Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:49 pm Bodrum, Apartment  |
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Greece
For topics that are specific to Greece, please go here. |
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Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:39 am daffy_parasite  |
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USA
For topics that are specific to the USA, please go here. |
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Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:42 pm arkvilla  |
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Alpine
For topics that are specific to mountain locations, please go here. |
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Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:28 pm kevsboredagain  |
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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 Apr 18, 2013 11:00 am PW in Polemi  |
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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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Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:48 pm nijntje  |
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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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Tue May 28, 2013 4:17 pm paolo  |
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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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Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:30 pm Unibond3  |
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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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Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:57 pm roxytoo  |
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Owner-to-Owner
Services offered by owners that are relevant to the business of rentals. |
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Wed May 15, 2013 12:36 am kendalcottages  |