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- Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:53 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: HA'OD Changes Afoot
- Replies: 518
- Views: 41920
I have had 5 bookings from HA/OD since the introduction of the TSF. My enquiries through them have doubled over the same period last year. On every enquiry and booking as quotation has been sent to the guest, clearly showing the TSF and a link to a help page with an explanation of what it is. Of al...
- Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:01 pm
- Forum: Handling rental enquiries
- Topic: Long term discount
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2409
Re: Long term discount
Just got a request for a quote for a 6-8 week stay for next May-July, What sort of discount is normal for such a stay. Our normal rate is 600-700 euros/week, depending on the month, with a 50 euro reduction for the 2nd and subsequent weeks. So, would another 20% or so reduction be about right? I us...
- Mon Jul 04, 2016 1:18 pm
- Forum: Bookings
- Topic: Cleaning Fee - Yes or No ?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6778
- Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:52 pm
- Forum: Bookings
- Topic: Cleaning Fee - Yes or No ?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6778
How do you guys create a nightly price model that works for different length of stays without including a fixed component? I've been forced to show a separate cleaning fee on certain listing sites just to make it work. On my own website or anywhere that does not demand automatic quotes then my pric...
- Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:30 am
- Forum: Bookings
- Topic: Cleaning Fee - Yes or No ?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6778
Cleaning Fee - Yes or No ?
What is your views on the introduction of a cleaning fee ? I am hesitating on this and would like to hear other opinions. I see as advantages: - the "lowering" of the price first shown to equirers, which will probably lead people to open your add that would never do it and then, hopefully,...
- Thu May 12, 2016 4:06 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: HA'OD Changes Afoot
- Replies: 518
- Views: 41920
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:17 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Listing position in diferent european HA sites
- Replies: 4
- Views: 666
Listing position in diferent european HA sites
As you know, HA has several european sites (UK, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, etc.). In either of them you can choose an "european bundle" as an add on. Anyone knows if your position on the list is afected by your choice of the HA ? For example to get the best position in HA France (Ab...
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 11:36 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: HomeAway Traveller Service Fee
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8923
The service fee has been on VRBO for more than a month with aparently disastrous results for most owners (not so sure about property managers). At this point the same property shows diferent prices in american and european sites of HA. I wonder why it is taking so long to introduce the service fee o...
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 2:13 pm
- Forum: Personal websites
- Topic: Promote my Place users
- Replies: 145
- Views: 43600
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 1:56 pm
- Forum: Personal websites
- Topic: Promote my Place users
- Replies: 145
- Views: 43600
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:51 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: HomeAway Traveller Service Fee
- Replies: 63
- Views: 8923
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 3:59 pm
- Forum: Social media
- Topic: Post your Facebook pages to be 'Liked'
- Replies: 151
- Views: 104453
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:24 pm
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: HomeAway/OwnersDirect alternative payment method
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6168
HA/OD/VRBO have two different scenarios that are confusing. If an owner has on-line booking enabled a traveller can make a request to book; an owner has 24-hours to decline or accept the request. When the traveller makes the request their card details are taken and depending upon the owners' terms ...
- Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:21 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: HomeAway/OwnersDirect alternative payment method
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6168
Just wanted to say thanks Essar for your post.....in my haste to dismiss the HA online payment method as yet another charge on top of my annual subscription, I hadn't realised you could enable online booking using your usual payment methods. Very easy to set up and, like you said, it looks professi...
- Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:18 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: HomeAway/OwnersDirect alternative payment method
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6168
For sometime now one can only insert a reservation on the VRBO calendar by providing the email of the guest. I find it completely abusive but it makes sense under the strategy to identify bookings made through them - by crossing this info with enquirers' details - and charge both owner and traveller...