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by pachypach
Fri May 17, 2019 10:30 am
Forum: Buying/selling your home
Topic: Beautiful thatched property for sale in Brittany
Replies: 2
Views: 2256

THANKS HAVE ADDED PRICE :-)
by pachypach
Thu May 16, 2019 8:47 pm
Forum: Buying/selling your home
Topic: Beautiful thatched property for sale in Brittany
Replies: 2
Views: 2256

Beautiful thatched property for sale in Brittany

Beautiful well renovated thatched 4 bedroomed house, loads of character, stone & huge beams etc. 4 bedrooms, in the countryside 5km from Persquen, 10km from Guemene sur scorff, 45 mins from the south Morbihan coast. Ground floor: Entrance, lounge with granite fireplace and Jotul wood burning sto...
by pachypach
Wed Jun 20, 2018 6:01 pm
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: guest asking for discount after booking
Replies: 10
Views: 5182

Love your answer ecosse ;-) Our welcome pack is generous anyway... I have ended up sending this; Regarding the cost of the holiday, I am sorry we won’t be able to offer you a further discount (the price had already been discounted by £58 when you originally booked). The prices advertised are per git...
by pachypach
Wed Jun 20, 2018 7:01 am
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: guest asking for discount after booking
Replies: 10
Views: 5182

Thanks, will do something along those lines :-)
by pachypach
Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:19 pm
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: guest asking for discount after booking
Replies: 10
Views: 5182

guest asking for discount after booking

We have guests who are coming in our gite in 2 weeks. They booked 3 months ago, and at the time I gave them a small 5% discount. They have now said instead of 5, there will be 4 people coming, and is there any chance of having a reduction... Our gite sleeps up to 8, and prices are competitive. I am ...
by pachypach
Sat Oct 22, 2016 7:08 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Holiday France Direct- give them a try!
Replies: 5
Views: 1316

Holiday France Direct- give them a try!

We rent out our house in Brittany with Holiday France Direct (Brittany Ferries arm), and for the last 3 years have done extremely well with bookings. Why not give them a try? You can either sign up on their 'quickbook' program (they take a £29 fee from the guest, then you collect the rest, or sign u...
by pachypach
Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:34 pm
Forum: B&Bs
Topic: Sign in Bathroom
Replies: 35
Views: 16078

could you fit a sani-boyeur type machine to the bog?
by pachypach
Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:49 am
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: taxe de sejour-France
Replies: 2
Views: 1065

taxe de sejour-France

Our commune in their wisdom have introduced from april this year a taxe de séjour. I know normally people staying in gites etc have to pay this. We are not going to charge our gite guests this on top (all english clients). What I want to know is, as our 'gite' is actually our main home, and we only ...
by pachypach
Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:01 am
Forum: France
Topic: Looking for a reliable cleaner/key holder in Morbihan?
Replies: 0
Views: 830

Looking for a reliable cleaner/key holder in Morbihan?

If you need an honest, reliable, mature and reasonably-priced person to deep clean, keep tidy, hold keys, do changeovers or generally be available, please contact me.

In the Morbihan area.

Thank you.
by pachypach
Tue Mar 01, 2016 7:53 pm
Forum: France
Topic: franceforfamilies.com
Replies: 5
Views: 1684

thanks, our advert with chez nous isn't up for renewal until september, I may review it them and decide to go with france for families as it is a lot cheaper than chez nous
anyone else with them?
by pachypach
Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:35 pm
Forum: France
Topic: franceforfamilies.com
Replies: 5
Views: 1684

franceforfamilies.com

Do any of you with gites advertise with France for families.com?
Had a call today, and would like some feedback first :-)
by pachypach
Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:44 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Returning security deposits to overseas guests
Replies: 11
Views: 2218

I use Uk Forex, great rates & very quick transfer.
http://www.ukforex.co.uk/?pid=2628
by pachypach
Tue Aug 18, 2015 1:40 pm
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: Our first 'public' review!
Replies: 8
Views: 2341

Our first 'public' review!

We advertise with holiday france direct & chez nous, and have rented our house since 2014. Today we received our first 'public' review (we've got loads of lovely comments in our guest book, but nothing 'online' yet (apart from on our own website). Really pleased with this first review 9.7/10! No...
by pachypach
Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:48 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Holiday France Direct
Replies: 23
Views: 3577

They were quick when I registered. Just ring them they are dead helpful.
by pachypach
Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:19 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Holiday France Direct
Replies: 23
Views: 3577

I've found about half of our guests use BF, the rest use the shorter crossings or eurotunnel