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I have to say that Richard at HolidayRentalManagement is very helpful. I have heard nothing but praise about him and his product, PIMS. I have just had a lovely telephone conversation with him because I have been meaning to sign up to PIMS for a long while. My holiday house was closed for a while be...

We have had a Saniflo in one holiday house bedroom for seven years. When it goes wrong, it is a nightmare as the cost of a new one is £800. It has only been blocked when guests have put inappropriate things down it. A major problem is that the engineers cannot come out immediately - they usually nee...

I have been going for over five years. At first, I was worried about notices and avoided them. Now I do have selective laminated notices where they are useful e.g. recycling information next to kitchen bin etc. Guests appreciate being informed. So, after having to foot a bill of £800 for a second ti...

Thank you, 7 Aspire, for such a quick response.

Thank you to those who have analysed their bookings. I use an agent for all my lettings. But I am interested in knowing from where you all get your bookings when you do not have agents. What are the abbreviations for the ones below? HL - Holiday Lettings OD - Owners Direct FK - Flipkey AB IK HT BC B...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... s-oil.html

An article written in December 2012 by Nigel Lawson (former Chancellor of the Exchequer). It makes interesting reading.

Essar wrote:Man: What day will the Sunday papers be delivered on this week?

I can understand what this man means. In the part of France where I stay, the Sunday papers are not delivered until Monday.

Nisbets is where I get my white china. It's durable and easily replaceable. You can get lots of it as they are always having offers. It's better to offer too much than too little. http://www.nisbets.co.uk/ If you are near their showroom in Avonmouth, Bristol, they have a showroom with lots of bargai...

Thank you for the link to the article. The problem with this fraud is that it is international. This case was a Belgian couple, a French house, a British owner, an American internet company and a German bank account. Who is responsible? My friend says it seems that the problem came with the HomeAway...

I shall check with my friend. Thank you for the advice so far.

A friend, who has a holiday house in France, has just had a shock. A family contacted her about coming next week for their 2-week holiday but she had not received the booking. The family had booked through HomeAway in January, paying 6000 euros. But it appears that hackers had got into the HomeAway ...

A German friend of mine told me off for not putting the loo lid down (I used to keep the seat down and the lid up) and not closing the bathroom door. She said it was bad feng shui and that because bathrooms and loos leak energy, lids should be down and doors closed.

Does anyone know of a good make of kettle that is robust? Is there such a thing as a commercial kettle? At the moment, I am replacing a kettle every 6 months. My holiday house sleeps 14 and I provide 2 kettles for guests. I have searched for this on the Forum and found recommendations for toasters (...

Great tip. Tried it and found out that I was a large number of holiday sites, some of which are different names belonging to my agents. Thanks so much.

I use Sykes Cottages and am very pleased with them indeed. They are very efficient and effective.

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