Lay My Hat

Hello all, Some of you with long memories may remember me! Although I've been quite absent from this forum I am still active in the holiday rental / vacation rental sector. I'm talking this weekend at Heather Bayer's VRSS conference. As part of that talk I'm releasing the results of a survey that we...

For the first time this year's guests will get all their 'welcome' information on a dedicated site that behaves a bit like an app even though it's just a straightforward responsive site! I'm very happy with it, myself, but am really looking forward to getting some feedback from guests. That's fanta...

There are now tons of resources out there if you want to step away from HomeAway. And you can choose between a native app (app store or play store) or a mobile app (web based). Tools like Coral.life, and Pearlshare, TouchStay all achieve this. I own TouchStay so I have some bias, but they're all goo...

Hello everyone! Thank you all for the kind words and the many emails (we've tried to reply to each email individually!). To receive so much thanks for having tried is really appreciated by us all! I wish we were able to have delivered more than a couple of bookings and a smattering of enquiries. The...

Dear all I am afraid that the recent enquiry received is a scam. We have immediately blocked the IP address from accessing the site but obviously cannot prevent that person accessing from another location. The email address in question is the same one documented on the following LMH thread: http://w...

Hi all We decided to formalise this question in a very short survey. We are looking for your help as experienced owners to answer 3 really quick questions about your occupancy rates. You don't need to leave any personal information and I PROMISE the survey takes less than 30 seconds! We'll of course...

Hi all Yes we do try to listen and react! In terms of bringing enquiries and bookings, it's obviously super competitive in this market. As such the plan is to first build a site worth marketing. One with high quality content from owners that care about presenting their holiday home listing in the mo...

Hi all Yes we have indeed integrated PIMS, as well as a few others: Ownersdirect, HA Connect, Google, Date Blocker, Availcheck and Myvrzone. We do hope that gives most people an option?! We're still fine tuning some other features on the site so apologies for having been quiet. This said we've sent ...

Hello all Just seen this post and thought, as we're Getaway Earth, I'd chime in! I actually don't believe free listing sites work. Well let me clarify that, they work if they eventually become paid listing sites. It's, of course, simply not sustainable (long term) any other way. Which is why we're n...

Not if we can help it! Seriously though, we are trying to develop Getaway Earth into a site where renters can find beautifully presented listings, with clear and concise information. The response we've had in the last 2 weeks from the owners on our site has blown us away (in the most positive sense)...

Hello again everyone Yes Windy, my beady eye is indeed watching, although that sounds awfully sinister! I'm really not like that at all! Thank you once again for all of your comments and observations. And also thanks to those of you who have been updating your listings, it really does show, and we a...

Felicity - it's dead easy, there's a little trash bin next to the tourist destination or city. Just click it and you should find that the TD you entered incorrectly is deleted. Email us if you have any problems. As for what constitutes a nearby city it's entirely up to you as the owner. We added thi...

Hi Ray Thanks for having registered your interest a while back. We certainly will be opening up the site soon. But right now our focus is raising the standard of existing listings. (to avoid sounding like a stuck record I'd like to once again say that the poor listings are not generally from LMH own...

Hi all and Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate it. We have now switched the site back online. The score is now no longer public and the bugs you reported have been fixed. Thank you to everyone who posted here and gave us the much needed kick up the backside. Margaret and Zoot: Your listings h...

Hi all Quick update. We have taken the score off the public pages and it will now only be seen in your "my page" view. Thank you to Garri for suggesting that, we appreciate it. We will then work with you (and not against you) in building the quality of the listings. We totally understand t...