Lay My Hat

Thanks for all the replies If you impose a cleaning deposit I think you have to be very precise in exactly what you want guests to do, and how much they will forfeit if they don't. That's why I asked the question :lol: We've not asked for a cleaning fee or deposit in the past as I think that people ...

This is our 4th year renting our gite & never had any real problems in the past but this year we have a had a succession of guests who have left the place in a disgusting state. We don't have a separate cleaning charge & mention in the 'welcoming letter' that & we would appreciate the pl...

vrooje wrote:I wish they'd enforce the rules over here!

I agree with you, I've just returned from the US & the size of some/most of the carry-ons was staggering, I assume that none of the staff want an arguement so just pass the problem down the line..

HelenB wrote:He was probably rubbish at photographing interiors anyway.

That's what I kept telling myself but he had to be better than me.

The only clue he gave was when he gave me a camera that was probably worth more than my new car to take a picture of him & his motorbike in front of the house.

Windy wrote:I can confirm that if, for example, I stay at a hotel in my day job that costs me £117.50 (£100 + VAT), when I bill it to my client as an expense I bill them £117.5 + VAT.

That's the opposite to what I did, I reclaimed the £17.50 as Input Tax & then charged the client £17.50 as output tax.

As an owner, is none of my business who they are or why they are here. As a nosey git, th e-mail address often gives it away. I found out from his e-mail address that we had a professional fashion photographer staying for a week earlier in the summer & all week I was itching to ask him to take s...

Mountain Goat wrote:Is 1Mb at the lower end of what's available?

No, dial-up (56k) is the lower end, ADSL speed depends upon how far from the exchange, the quality of the line etc. exactly the same as the UK.

Mountain Goat wrote:Ubuntu (whatever that is), and one has to put up with their continual crowing when you report a Windows problem.

The machine I'm typing this on is dual boot Windows 7/Ubuntu & I get more security updates on Ubuntu than Windows & can crash Ubuntu easier than Windows.

katiegirl wrote:But you can have Windows on your Mac as well MG, I have for some of the programs that Apple don't do.

In that case why not just use a Windows machine ?

mpprh wrote:It is not very long, but high definition, so I need to reformat it.

Any idea what software could do that ?

Peter

XMedia Recode, although the site is in German, the software is in English.

We have a gas hob, so have Smoke, CO & Gas detectors/alarms.

Hi, I currently use Paypal for my transactions, becoming pretty expensive. Has anyone used or any info about Sagepay, it looks as if it may be a good alternative, set monthly fee. We use SagePay for on-line transactions for our software business, they took over from Protox who were very good but un...

I've just received the following from them: We don't have availability of a 5 bedded room :-) This is an automated message sent you to because one of our travel assistants found your property online and added the details of your lodging to our database. To be removed from our database, please click ...

As has been said, this has been discussed many times before. Property mater's are always subject to the law of the country the property is in. France has some very specific rental property laws & the only person who can answer questions on your specific circumstances is a French Lawyer. 4. If a ...

I'm with Musetta, use a real e-mail address, it's much more professional.

I'm still confused as to why one would forward a real e-mail address mail to gmail (or another free service) anyway, especially considering the problems that are reported here.