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enid
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 Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:05 am Post subject: Cheques Vacances |
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| How easy is this to set up please? |
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Paul Carmel
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enid
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la vache!
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enid
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| Oh boo hoo - thanks Susan! |
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HelenB
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| If I could actually get Clévacances to come out and visit my property, perhaps I could take them too. I've contacted them three times now, they are always very interested, and even made an appointment, which they didn't keep. |
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HelenB
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| Just found some emailw which suggested that I need to register with the local tourist office. As they are particularly difficult about owners taking their own bookings and having websites, I am loathe to do so. |
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enid
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| If you are accepted by Clévacances are they as expensive as GdF? |
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HelenB
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| Enid, according to the email I got from them, it was 200€ for the first year, and then 80€ after that. They inspect every three years . I'm reconsidering jumping through the required hoops, as we will get a label of quality without any difficulty according to the email. |
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enid
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:57 am Post subject: |
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| Yes I stopped with GdF as they were expensive but now I am building up my publicity in France I do miss having a quality mark to use. |
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Cassis
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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I contacted ANCV a couple of years ago to find out about cheques vacances but decided not to bother as they take a 2% cut with a minimum of 5 euros (or something of the sort).
As only one guest has asked if we take cheques vacances since that time, and they booked anyway even when I told them we didn't, I'm glad I didn't bother. 
ANCV told me to contact my Gites de France office (I had told ANCV we were with GdF) if I did want to join up as I would have to go through them, not ANCV directly.
GdF fees seem to vary enormously from one departmental "relais" to another. Clévacances are similarly divided into "relais" but I've no idea whether their pricing policy is national or regional. 80€ from year two seems incredibly cheap - I would go for it!
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Cassis
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I found this while looking for info on Clévacances cotisations:
http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2008/01/28/429569-Lot-Tourisme-Clevacances-tente-de-retenir-ses-adherents.html
| Lot Clevacances wrote: | Entre 2007 et 2008, nous avons perdu 81 adhérents. Nous en comptons 300 actuellement. Cette tendance est nationale. Plusieurs facteurs l'expliquent : nous avons reclassé certains gîtes, et avons perdu ceux qui n'étaient pas au niveau. Nous avons fait le constat de cotisations trop élevées. Et de nombreux départs proviennent directement de l'explosion d'internet. Beaucoup de propriétaires ne font plus appel aux labels touristiques, et mettent leurs locations en ligne par eux-mêmes ou sur des sites marchands. Ces sites, qui n'offrent pourtant pas le même gage de qualité que les labels, constituent une concurrence sévère.
Clévacances Lot dispose de 364 meublés et 51 chambres ; le label Gîtes de France de 850 gîtes et 180 chambres d'hôtes.
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la vache!
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| enid wrote: | | Yes I stopped with GdF as they were expensive but now I am building up my publicity in France I do miss having a quality mark to use. |
I don't think having a 'quality mark' is as important as it used to be pre internet for gites. Most people can make a pretty good judgement from the photos on a website if a place is quality enough for them. I've never been asked by punters what grade my gites are (in fact two of them would be ungraded due to non conformity G de F criteria) despite the heated pool etc.
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Nessie
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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Times must be hard 60% of our july bookings have so far paided by chéques vacances
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