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Do you do all your booking management yourself, or do you use a third party solution? If you do it yourself, is it pencil and paper, or on a spreadsheet or something, or on your WP website? I do all the booking management by myself using excel. After trying out a few demo versions I ended up settli...

As many have mentioned you can set the security deposit amount on both AirBNB & Abritel/HA. Our T&C's are roughly the same as yours (pay in full incl. dep 6 weeks before arrival & reimbursement within 7 days of departure). I have noticed that some bookings through HA get charged a transf...

Hey, Does anyone have any reccommendations for WP availability & booking plugins? Ive tried a few over the last few months and have never been 100% happy with them. They are nearly always geared towards hotels and B&Bs with some key options missing for holiday rentals. Ideally I would like s...

Just had a quick look and am considering adding my properties. I noticed 2 little issues - 1.) The Facebook & LinkedIn Plugin Tab linked to "Essence Property Newquay". Both from the homepage aswell as from a search enquiry. Maybe this is correct but I would have expected a facebook Pag...

Hey, looking for a discount code for HA, that would work for their german site Fewo-direkt. One listing is up for renewal next week & after numerous phone calls they havent offered me much of a discount. Ive been tralling the discount code sites for the lat few weeks and there seems to be very f...

Thanks for all the replies. Got the forms via E-mail from the local Communauté de Commune & have sent everything in. Interesting to hear how different the system is in other parts of the country. In our area it seems like the Mairie is not responsible for any aspect of the declaration or payment...

Hi Ondine, not sure where you are based but we are in the Dordogne and have received the information a couple of weeks ago. Have you looked online to see if anything has been posted there? Around here we can download the forms from the web. No need to panic (yet) you have got until the end of the y...

Hey, I still have not received my Tax de Sejour info for this year. For the last couple of years I received a pack mid-summer from the tourism head office explaining the rates with forms to self-declare. I have still not received anything to date. I've rang numerous times looking for information but...

Not tried it but I am also curious. A bit confused about pricing - it seems you pay an annual fee but presumably also commission on bookings? Hi, I use Homes and Rooms! They provide independent owners like us with everything we need to look after the management of our homes and our guests. It's not...

We clean gites for a living and charging a "cleaning fee" to your guests could spell trouble for your caretakers (or you if you do the cleaning). If guests pay a separate fee they have done their bit and why would they do anything to leave the house in good order ..... they have paid you ...

I have followed everyone in this thread - I have just merged our Google Brand page & Google Local Page so its looking a little empty.

http://www.google.com/+Maison-broche-clos-neuf

Thanks in advance

We have never had a booking with null communication beforehand. I've had plenty. Some people simply don't want to communicate. I would never take a booking without contact first but some people don't actually say anything. They simply complete the booking for and give their details. Do I decline th...

Certainly from my perspective, a holiday choice is rarely a 'Buy Now' decision. Hmmm, how do these people book their flights, car rentals, hotels, fishing license ? All of these may be holiday choice purchases. I don't think you can compare the two like for like. Booking a rental direct from the ow...

Does anyone have any good sources for visitor stats? Preferably with a break down by region & department. Ideally something that is updated month by month and not released at year end. I have received Info from our local tourist office and I would like to get an overview of the countrywide trends.

I've tried getting these stats from HA, with no success. From a purely cynical viewpoint Ondine, why would they fail to provide these stats? Surely not because they may not be as significant as they say. I was given no specific reason why they couldn't send them to me. To be fair I asked about sear...