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Thank you for your reply. I have bought and use the quilted pillow protectors from IKEA and I have found them very good, but I have not tried their pillows. How do you find they wash? The problem I have had with pillows bought here in the past is that they become very lumpy after I have washed them ...

Hi, can anybody recommend some reasonably priced square pillows? I would like to buy them in France and they need to be machine washable. Thanks.

Many thanks for the two responses so far. I was intending to recommend Homeaway to my friend anyway, as I think it would be a good site for him. He is Italian and has a property in the Alps, so the coverage Homeaway could offer him may turn out to be very beneficial. I just thought that if Homeaway ...

I have a friend who wishes to advertise his property. I seem to remember that if you had an account with homeaway, you could receive a bonus payment if someone you recommended advertised with them. Do they still do this and are there any other rental sites who also offer some sort of incentive? Many...

I have made quite a saving on both my HA renewal and a UK upgrade (please refer to above link), so many thanks everyone.

Oh thank you Nemo. I will keep a look out.

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It's time to renew my advert with HomeAway UK and I was wondering if anybody has an up to date discount code for HomeAway UK and/or Owners Direct? Many thanks.

I have just taken a booking from some French guests and they are asking if it would be possible for us to supply them with 'petits-dejeuner en table d'hote'. I know that gite owners are not allowed to provide meals of any sort, but would it be OK to provide the guests with bread, jam etc. and for th...

Many thanks for your replies. It is still not absolutely clear what is in included. Perhaps somebody else knows the answer?

When looking at gite adverts in French, I have noticed the expression 'tout compris'. What exactly would a French person expect to be included when reading this?

Does anyone advertise with Wimdu.com and, if so, are you happy with them? What concerns me is that if someone books say 2 weeks in peak season and then decides to cancel just before they are due to arrive, it is unlikely you would be able to rebook the accommodation and would also have 'lost' a larg...

My renewal with OD is now due and I have just looked at their website, which states that the price of a 12 month advert with them for an individual property plus one unit is £199. I have two adjoining gites (an individual property plus one unit?) and OD have requested an amount of £249. Surely this ...

Can anyone recommend anything to help cut down the number of flies, as we seem to be having a real problem with them at the moment? Many thanks.

Many thanks LV for your reply. That is really useful information.

I'm thinking of advertising on Leboncoin, but have a couple of questions before I do so. The properties advertised seem to move down the list very quickly, so is it worth paying for the property to go back to the top of the list or perhaps to be included among the highlighted properties on the right...