Lay My Hat

I have heard of this happening quite a bit. Their incompetence can work in your favour. So perhaps let this thread sink!

Timothy Parkes has already pissed off a lot of people, and several threads have been removed from here. You have to be on Facebook and join the closed group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/AntiOwnersDirectServiceCharge/ Unfortunately, the Facebook Anti OD Group are hopeless. It's not a forum for d...

If you are prepared to play their game and let your subscription lapse, within a few days you will get one call inviting to renew and you will not be offered a discount. WAIT, a few weeks and you will get another call offering you 25% off to renew if you can not find a discount code that works in th...

Timothy Parkes has already pissed off a lot of people, and several threads have been removed from here. You have to be on Facebook and join the closed group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/AntiOwnersDirectServiceCharge/ UPDATE: Monday 24th October 2016 Don't bother, you will face a tirade of insult...

If you are on facebook join the https://www.facebook.com/groups/AntiOwnersDirectServiceCharge/ and you will hear all about this lifting of properties without owners consent. The MD has told a lot of porkies and been posting in that group for weeks. He said a couple of days ago that one owner finding...

Some samples of the crap they are sending out shown here, and yes if the guest clicks on the App asking for directions, asking about wifi, you receive crap about that too. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210226985451571&set=o.136126249744470&type=3&theater&notif_t=like&...

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Media interest in this.

I think one spin off from the HomeAway/Owners Direct greed of taking money off guests who believe this "Book with Confidence Guarantee" rubbish, and then not paying over the rental money to the owner of the property until well after the guest checks in, is that some very disgruntled owners...

Good job, well hopefully this will help if property owners spread the word. Many are sharing such posts. Had a few calls from people recently who have seen listing on OD, we just need more of these savvy guests. So the more that spread the word the more this will assist all, except of course the sit...

All this confusion about "Request to Book" and "Enquire Now" is explained here. https://www.facebook.com/1591148397882561/photos/a.1591826037814797.1073741828.1591148397882561/1614726612191406/?type=3&theater It is deliberately confusing for guests with the much bigger "...

There is no beating about the bush in this wording: https://www.facebook.com/1591148397882561/photos/a.1591826037814797.1073741828.1591148397882561/1614726612191406/?type=3&theater Why should the guests be misled in to paying a service fee, for what? OD are deliberately misleading, and it is up ...

So I understand this as follows: Guest books a holiday using the Owners Direct Online Booking System The cost of the holiday is £460 The deposit is 25% of £460 = £115 On booking Owners Direct also whack on their booking fee which on £460 from 1st June would be 8% plus VAT = 9.6% So £44-16 hidden boo...

Disgruntled Owners, if you want to hear of more stories then LIKE the page https://www.facebook.com/Reject-Owners-Direct-Guest-Service-Fee-1591148397882561/ I believe one of the problems is that they have outsourced the payment system to Yapstone! Another tale run on the above page a few days ago wa...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07klddj 17 minutes in to the broadcast. Not at all helpful to Owners Direct. Likewise the Telegraph story on 21st June 2016. I can assure you Mouse, it is not Owners Direct/HomeAway putting these stories out. Poor woman on the radio today had £1700 taken from her ban...

There is is Community on Facebook should anyone wish to join it. https://www.facebook.com/Reject-Owners-Direct-Guest-Service-Fee-1591148397882561/ Also learnt today that Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is the highest-paid CEO in the U.S., according to a new analysis from the Associated Press and execu...