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- Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:36 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Diverting homeaway enquiries
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1032
Diverting homeaway enquiries
I think it's time for a little update on what I'm up to... You already know StaySavr? If not, please look it up. It is the nemesis of homeawry and it's been around now for about 20 months. Although it works well, there are not enough people who know about it for it to make a real difference. It is p...
- Sat Jun 30, 2018 12:32 pm
- Forum: Scam email enquiries
- Topic: fraudulent subletting
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9578
As well as reporting to the Police, I think you need to report it to ActionFraud. Police don't like fraud because it takes a huge investigative resource. ActionFraud is also police, but it coordinates reports of fraud and identifies patterns. Then they go after the fraudsters who are causing the mos...
- Thu May 31, 2018 8:49 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: meta listing
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7372
that's interesting, Little Villa. I would be inclined to actually send an enquiry and see what happens. You never know, you might be able to book your own villa through a long string of intermediaries! I haven't had a single enquiry through either Everystay or Hometogo yet, as far as I know - and I'...
- Thu Apr 05, 2018 5:52 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: meta listing
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7372
Re: Hometogo
We don't list with any other big listings but it seems you can independently sign up to Everystay dot com - it appears to be the only other Hometogo partner that fits our situation. Has anyone signed up to Everystay? I've just signed up with Everystay as an experiment. The one and only reason for d...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:50 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Greedy TA
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4982
Re: Greedy TA
Are you sure that the 326 doesn't include the security deposit?Mmmbobby wrote:I got a booking request from TA this morning telling me I could earn £173.20 for two people for three nights. Meanwhile quoting the guests £326. Greedy TA
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:49 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Greedy TA
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4982
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:12 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Greedy TA
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4982
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:13 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Greedy TA
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4982
Apologies. I read it as Greedy HA, not Greedy TA. I think it's a word-association thing. I should do more reading and less writing. Much less. It's with HA that we are on commission and raise the price to cover commission etc. On TA we are on subscription. It's a big subscription but at least they p...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:59 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Greedy TA
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4982
We get the odd enquiry. Almost all have been from overseas, so we are getting presence in areas that our other marketing doesn't cover so well. We inflate our prices to cover the commission. We subtly offer about 20% off for direct booking. Of those who go on to book about 75% do it direct. So overa...
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 11:08 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Google My Business
- Replies: 38
- Views: 8331
I thought I'd have a look at what Bing does with accommodation searches. I've no idea why I thought that but I did it. It does something very similar. But it has less than half the number of places and so it's less useful. On the plus side, it seems to be consistent and it knows the difference betwe...
- Fri Mar 23, 2018 9:36 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Trip Advisor enquiry
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1786
- Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:26 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: AirBnB new cancellation terms
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2558
My first thought was that it was sensible to give people the ability to change their minds within 48 hours after making a booking. In most cases, it would do no harm. Then I saw other people's comments about this on a facebook group and see that the fear is that some will manipulate this: We book se...
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 11:06 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: OD/HA moving from subscription to commission
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4666
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- Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:23 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: OD/HA moving from subscription to commission
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4666
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:55 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: OD/HA moving from subscription to commission
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4666