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Rocket Rab
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Where did you see that, then? 
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Big Sis..
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Rocket Rab
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Rocket Rab
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he he.....never reveal my sources.. 
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fincafern
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... not too sure I am very happy with the takeover. I am a big fan of homelidays and I hate to see the little guys being eaten up by the big boys.
They mention in the article about benefits for homeaway clients with more exposure in Europe, but I don't really see how we homelidays customers, already advertising to a European market, will benefit.
They will probably increase the prices next. 
The Homelidays site is not the easiest to manage but I have grown used to its little quirks and foibles. The staff always get back to you quickly if there is a problem. They are my main provider and I hope nothing happens to interfere with that happy history. |
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e-richard
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| fincafern wrote: | | ...I hate to see the little guys being eaten up by the big boys.... |
I suspect that the (now very rich) ex-owners of Homelidays may not feel as bad as you do
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BenFrirnan
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Aye, it is terrrible news indeed.
Since HR was snapped up by Home Away they seem to have done nothing that is in the interest of independent owners. As a result we moved over to Homelidays.
At the moment, Homelidays produce excellent results for us, especially French enquiries. We love the French and don't want to lose them. I just fear that changes brought in by the new owners will be changes for the worse and again we will be looking for a new productive place to advertise.
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pepsipuss
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I am delighted to see that Homelidays is getting into corporate evasion mode (extract from today's news emailed to us by them)
| Quote: | FANTASTIC NEWS :
Homelidays has signed a contract with new partner company HACHETTE.. This well-known French editing company has chosen to publish the content of its guide « Une année d'évasion » (A year's worth of evasion) on our website. As well as the 3 events that we selected with special care and attention, Internet users will be able to discover many other ideas for holidays. These events will also come with links to holiday rentals in that specific town or region.
So your advert will have even more visibility!
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Bodes well for our future with them, I am sure... 
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Windy
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kevincohr
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Paul Carmel
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Homelidays bought Holidaylets not so long ago, I am not sure if it was included in the deal with Homeaway.
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HelenB
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| Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| Let's hope not, and we can all move back to Holidaylets then. |
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Big Sis..
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