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- Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:53 pm
- Forum: Handling rental enquiries
- Topic: Instant booking pros and cons
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8898
- Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:52 pm
- Forum: Spain
- Topic: Energy certificates for all hotels and vacation rentals too.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2146
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 6:43 pm
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: What would you do - advice please
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1742
I think they are essentially the same reply. Yes you can re-let after you have cleaned and prepared. As you say, due to covid this is more than just a quick change of linen, clean of the kitchen and bathroom and a bit of a hoover. Given that, they are unlikely to get much of a refund if you do re-le...
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 4:42 pm
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: What would you do - advice please
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1742
They've started their stay and have now left for 'family reasons'. If that was me, I certainly wouldn't expect a refund. Last year I had to cancel a big holiday to Mexico for health reasons (it was before covid!). As I hadn't got round to taking out insurance I didn't expect (nor get) any refund and...
- Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:47 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Getting costs down while Property is empty
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1357
- Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:13 am
- Forum: Spain
- Topic: how did it go?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2153
We started 2020 with what looked like another great year with lots of bookings and then, yes, it felt like every day there was another cancellation. By about May we realised that there were a number of people who hadn't cancelled. Bookings picked up, lots of French, Dutch, Scandinavians and Germans....
- Wed May 27, 2020 4:28 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Covid-19 protocols
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6286
Covid-19 protocols
In a number of my promotional e-mails I receive I've noticed that some hotel chains are actively promoting their cleaning and check-in standards and protocols in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Airbnb have also contacted us with their cleaning guidelines and will be launching their Airbnb Enhance...
- Thu May 14, 2020 11:11 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Cancel TV WiFi? Check Insurance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2223
Although my experience is here in Spain, many of these companies are international. I spoke to our internet providers and they have put us on hold for a set fee of 4 euros a month. It meant that they haven't taken away the router and so on and we can switch the service back on at 24 hours notice. It...
- Wed May 13, 2020 6:14 pm
- Forum: Spain
- Topic: Bookings not being cancelled -yet!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3936
- Wed May 13, 2020 6:52 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Managing the changeover - sharing our thoughts here
- Replies: 55
- Views: 15215
I just wish that the 'authorities' would come up with rules and guidelines - along the lines that restaurants and any people involved in food handling have - that we would have to sign up to. Restaurants don't have to invent their own rules to prevent food poisoning and are inspected and fined for v...
- Wed May 13, 2020 6:40 am
- Forum: Spain
- Topic: Bookings not being cancelled -yet!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3936
We too have summer bookings and I think they are hoping to travel but are waiting to see what happens. As are we to be honest. One observation about the domestic Spanish market. I have found from experience that they tend to book much more last minute - especially locally. The number of call over th...
- Sat Mar 21, 2020 4:36 pm
- Forum: Spain
- Topic: chucking-out time
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1627
Just managed to wave goodbye to our last guests, an American couple who were on stage one of their European tour but ended up trapped in our apartment while they tried to work out a way of getting back to Boston. Water heater unplugged, fridge off, lights on a timer, some clothes strategically left ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:29 pm
- Forum: Spain
- Topic: Advertising on Google Maps
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1947
We too are on Google maps but don't pay to advertise. I just simply added our website that I used Promotemyplace to produce (all very easy to set up and manage). I then added photos that I have and hey presto, out of the blue two sets of previous guests reviewed it without any prompting from me. Wha...
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:41 pm
- Forum: Spain
- Topic: Building Site Noise
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7540
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:31 am
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: newbie perhaps.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2381
Agreed with above. We set out to create what we wanted when on holiday but it's also useful to talk to friends. I had no idea that a make-up mirror and full-length mirror were so essential. When choosing things you need to think about what would happen if: a cup and saucer were broken out of a set; ...