Lay My Hat

No joy - message to reviewer sent by TA: Hello , Thank you for taking the time and effort to submit this location to TripAdvisor. Unfortunately, we were unable to complete your request. Occasionally location submissions do not meet our guidelines and cannot be used. For reference, your request was: ...

Thanks Petitbois, crossing all my fingers that this doesn't just fizzle out into cyber space like all of my other attempts! I'll keep you posted, as if this works, this is very valuable information for the forum!

Katie

if wanting a review only listing onTA you need somone to post a review for you, then you can claim the business & send a link to depsrting guests to review their stay. Oh my goodness, you are a genius - thank you so much, I've been driving myself mad trying to get this sorted! I didn't realise ...

Hello! I am also having this problem. I have a booking system on my website, so I don't want to use TA for bookings, I just want a business listing to enable me to collect reviews. I've submitted the request for a 'free business listing' 5 times over the last 9 weeks with no response. I just get an ...

Bookings are coming in! Thank you all for your advice, it's been a huge help. Very grateful indeed! x

Hi JanB, Thank you!!! Yes, that's the struggle really - getting people through the door first! Reviews will be sacred, and I'll do everything in my power to squeeze them out of people (without being a pest of course). Do book! It would be great to welcome you to the cottage. Like I said before, I ma...

Hi Newtimber, Thank you, I completely agree and I am going to change it! I thought that people might like knowing that they are getting a discount, and find it satisfying being able to apply a code to get money off, but actually, as you say - it's just confusing and a bit of a faff! Thank you, I am ...

[quote="Riponnewbie"]Hi Katie, Your cottage looks absolutely beautiful! Your website is fabulous too. Your prices are high end but inline with the quality of the accommodation you are providing. I think you have to be patient. Which listing sites are you on? (I might book a stay myself!) G...

Thank you all so much! I've made a few changes this evening based on your feedback, I'll need to work on it a little more, but I really appreciate your help, your points all make perfect sense - can't see the wood for the trees when you've been staring at something for so long so it's great to have ...

We're having a slow summer too so it's not just you. And judging by the amount of special offer emails I'm getting from the likes of Sykes and Forest Holidays it looks like even the big companies still have quite a few dates available. I had a quick look at your web site and I think you might be ab...

Hi Katie, Your place looks lovely and in the long term i'm sure you won't have a problem getting bookings. Maybe it's the time of year - a lot of people will already have their summer hol sorted an are not yet looking forward to Autumn or winter. Which referral sites are you on? Hi Jenster, thank y...

Hello everyone, I am truly thankful for this forum. I've learnt so many valuable things as a newbie. Could I please ask for some advice? I am very new to holiday letting and have invested a lot of time and money into our new cottage. I'm very passionate about it, and really believe in providing a hi...

YES JWK. This is what is needed, quality SEO driven referral sites. I'm on a few referral sites and some of them generate no traffic for me at all. I guess it's down to trial and error and different cottages are suited to different listing sites. Your booking system is great, love the idea that gues...

Hi JWK,

THANK YOU - that means an awful lot, I've just started out and set it up myself, it has taken a very long time, so that's really kind of you to say! Now I need some bookings!!!!!!

Yours is amazing too. Your cottage looks so lovely.

Katie

Hello, Does anyone have any experience with Google Adwords? If so, is it working for you? I've just launched about a week ago and trying to do as much as possible to generate some interest, although - budget is tight due to looming refurbishment costs. So, I'd rather choose the right advertising str...