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You might also want to look into online booking - but then again I am biased!

Hi Sam,

You could try www.availabilitycalendar.co.uk

It's free to use.

Best, Ross

I like Richard's take on the general state of the market. Expedia/TA are squeezing the lemon from both sides and making it increasingly difficult for owners/agents to communicate directly with their own customers. They're not making many friends right now. We're seeing quite a few new subscribers fr...

Hi Clare, In PMP you should be able to add a booking solution of your choice; PIMS, Free to Book, Bookalet etc. You effectively register on one of these sites and then upload your pricing and availability. With bookalet, you are then given a line of code which you add to your own website. This gener...

Hi Charles, Insightful thoughts as always. I particularly agree with your comments about "the wish for a focused selection in the area to be visited" and "perhaps, a growing tendency for smaller agencies to survive offering high quality for guests and owner service." Right on the...

An interesting read Charles. Did I get the feeling you're not a big fan of AirBnB? ;-) The only thing I would add is a little hope. There are some really smart people out there who are building successful agency businesses through the imaginative use of social media, PR and search engines optimisati...

Hi John,

Yep, that would be fine.

best,

That'll be PIMS then!

A few points to consider: There are some excellent tools out there that help you build and maintain some excellent websites at very little cost. There are also some excellent tools out there that allow you to take online bookings with little or no technical knowledge. If you rely on the big portals ...

Hi Shar,

You might also want to check out the following:

http://www.supercontrol.co.uk
http://www.holiday-bookings-online.com
https://www.bookalet.co.uk

Hope this helps.

Best, Ross

This is really good.

In these days of the corporates taking over, I think personalisation like this is really important. Video is also the future!

Well done.

Hi,

We've just purchased a second property in Boscastle, north Cornwall and need to find someone to provide and manage the bed linen.

Does anybody know of a suitable outfit?

Thanks,

Ray,

Clearly worth the effort. Nice site.

Best,

Hi Nemo, You can use an app called iframe wrapper to add extra content. A good example is here: http://www.facebook.com/YorkshireHolidayCottage?sk=app_197936773558886#!/YorkshireHolidayCottage?sk=app_197936773558886 In this case, it's an availability calendar close to my heart but of course, it coul...

Hi folks, I've missed most of the posts here and have only just caught up. I must respond Ian's(?) post: Ross and Charles, you are both teases. Ray does not know too much about web design and now you add a load more information in front of him without too much explanation. Ross, how easy are the web...