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by carolb
Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:15 pm
Forum: Managing your guests
Topic: Wet bed - how to phrase response to guests?
Replies: 26
Views: 11185

Why return all the deposit if its clear the kid wet the bed AND the parents knew? Surely you'll need to buy a new mattress? Maybe they cleaned everywhere else as a sweetener. If you want them back don't mention anything (If I was mrs guest I'd not return due to embarrassment) if you don't want them ...
by carolb
Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:34 pm
Forum: Spain
Topic: Ryanair Cuts Madrid By 35% & Barcelona By 23%
Replies: 3
Views: 1812

I have a ryanair cash passport which effectively expires tomorrow. I like many used it to avoid the £6 per person per flight cost. My understanding is that debit cards should be free to use as there is effectively no charge to the company and that is what the OFT were trying to do. Other airlines ha...
by carolb
Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:31 pm
Forum: The Cafe
Topic: Smart phones
Replies: 16
Views: 1964

Yes they definately don't come through. But that has got me thinking. When I set the phone up originally I set it up so that I selected 'Fetch New Data' - 'Manually' on the email settings. Maybe I'll switch it to every 15/30 mins next time so they come through automatically. Oh dear, no excuse to go...
by carolb
Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:20 pm
Forum: The Cafe
Topic: Smart phones
Replies: 16
Views: 1964

Yes on an iphone your emails don't come through unless you either switch data roaming on OR access free wifi somewhere.
by carolb
Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:14 pm
Forum: The Cafe
Topic: Smart phones
Replies: 16
Views: 1964

Yes I agree with Felicity - I had a Blackberry before the iphone and I liked the fact that emails just kept popping into my inbox. When I first got the iphone I was a bit annoyed that they didn't do that. However, as time went on, I became happier as I wasn't constantly looking at my emails, and wou...
by carolb
Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:11 am
Forum: The Cafe
Topic: Smart phones
Replies: 16
Views: 1964

I have an iphone and I am with O2. Every time I go abroad I get a message telling me what the charges will be for texts, calls and data. O2 now have a cap on data charges of £1.99 per day, so if you forget to turn your data roaming off you will only be charged a couple of pounds a day. If you want t...
by carolb
Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:38 pm
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: No Wifi.....a good thing?
Replies: 107
Views: 19295

Thanks Pepsipus, very useful information. I don't want phone so that's not an issue. I'd spotted the 50/100 connection fee depending on if you go for the holiday package. Not realised the monthly fee was plus IVA (!). It is really a holiday home for us, with a few weeks rental in the summer - you kn...
by carolb
Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:57 pm
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: No Wifi.....a good thing?
Replies: 107
Views: 19295

My holiday home is in Palomares Almeria, I've been looking at Next Communications in Turre, and they have an offer where its €25 per month, reducing to €2.95 (ish) for the months you don't need it so ideal if you want to switch off for the winter, or odd months etc. Has anybody used it? Any good or ...
by carolb
Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:34 am
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: Steam floor cleaner
Replies: 32
Views: 12669

Thanks for the recommendations, I've just bought the vax one from amazon.
by carolb
Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:38 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Hold me back someone! I'm so tempted to discount!
Replies: 12
Views: 2079

Well it's only a week away so if you want to shift it how about offering what you might offer to a repeat? I would say 10% might be a good reduction. And that email was very nicely worded too. A bird in the hand and all that! If mr guest really wants to stick to budget fifty euros off won't shift hi...
by carolb
Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:00 pm
Forum: The Cafe
Topic: Help! Hair dye on carpet.
Replies: 5
Views: 1264

I had hair dye on my toilet seat my hairdresser suggested baby wipes hairspray and nail varnish remover - elbow grease a green pan scrub and the nail varnish remover did it!
by carolb
Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:49 pm
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: No Wifi.....a good thing?
Replies: 107
Views: 19295

Oh no! Your Prices look good! Oh well back to the drawing board - anyone in Almeria?
by carolb
Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:28 pm
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: No Wifi.....a good thing?
Replies: 107
Views: 19295

Can I ask Marks and Roxytoo which companies you are using and would you recommend them? This is something I am just about to investigate, we are in Almeria.
Thanks, Carol
by carolb
Fri May 18, 2012 8:34 am
Forum: Just starting out
Topic: How many en-suites are too many?
Replies: 20
Views: 7095

I'd like to go for en-suites for all bedrooms. You don't have to use any of the bedroom windows for them either - hotels certainly don't. Also looking at the potential re-sale value, as a B&B or for a large family it would help to sell. Alternatively, have two ensuites on the first floor for two...
by carolb
Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:11 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Rentability
Replies: 27
Views: 5939

I had my one and only enquiry through this site a couple of months back, and they booked - three weeks in the summer! I did however figure out how they found us, they had stayed on the complex next to use a year ago and wanted to stay in our complex so they had searched for the complex by name. I ca...