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by marsh frog
Thu May 11, 2017 11:37 am
Forum: Bookings
Topic: May bookings
Replies: 40
Views: 9941

May was definitely harder to fill this year. Until just over a week ago I still had 3 midweek short breaks left. I discounted them a bit and promoted that fact on Facebook. All 3 remaining breaks were booked in just over 24 hours! Have to say though, I have never had to discount them before
by marsh frog
Mon Dec 05, 2016 12:07 pm
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: Duvet tog rating
Replies: 29
Views: 3907

10.5 tog all year round (south coast property) Never had a complaint whatever the season
by marsh frog
Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:34 am
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: Ikea cutlery
Replies: 16
Views: 3331

Dragon here too
by marsh frog
Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:32 am
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Changeover day
Replies: 16
Views: 5215

We have Friday changeovers and I wouldnt do it any differently now. I was worried when we started out, but now we can offer Mon-Fri and Fri-Mon short breaks too and we are rarely unbooked.
by marsh frog
Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:56 am
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: Richard moore
Replies: 4
Views: 741

Me three!
by marsh frog
Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:17 pm
Forum: UK & Ireland
Topic: Flood Insurance for Riverside house - any recommendations?
Replies: 19
Views: 5383

Schofields wouldnt touch us as we are 400m from the sea and also quite near a river. We went with Intasure who just charge a higher excess
by marsh frog
Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:58 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Owners Direct - has it improved?
Replies: 30
Views: 5695

Jan-April this year was excellent for enquiries and bookings via OD but since the change we have not had one single enquiry. The telling thing for me is comparing the number of views for the same period last year. We have around half the number of views compared to June 2014. The graph at the top of...
by marsh frog
Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:28 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: How many of your guests are from outside your country?
Replies: 42
Views: 7381

Mainly UK then Netherlands,Belgium, Germany but only a fairly small percentage are from outside the UK
by marsh frog
Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:43 pm
Forum: Just starting out
Topic: Your tales of 'going it alone'...
Replies: 19
Views: 4424

We have always done it alone too. We live 70+ miles away from our property but have a reliable band of local 'helpers' [cleaner, window cleaner,someone 'on call' to guests,someone to clear rubbish,help with welcome baskets etc etc] We started with HL but have changed to OD and a handful of smaller m...
by marsh frog
Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:09 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Friday or Saturday changeover day
Replies: 17
Views: 10236

When we were starting out the cleaners we were using could only offer a Friday clean as they were already full on Saturdays. We were disappointed initially and hoped to change to Saturdays asap,but now we are very glad its Friday. It has not affected our week long bookings at all in the peak weeks a...
by marsh frog
Sun Jan 11, 2015 2:52 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Busy day for bookings and enquiries
Replies: 24
Views: 6078

8 bookings since Boxing day from a variety of sources
by marsh frog
Sun Jan 11, 2015 2:50 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: OD no longer able to see the viewings
Replies: 14
Views: 1794

I am having the same pujols. I actually find this information to be pretty accurate and it helps me to know if I am getting more/less/the same views as similar properties in our village. I then know if I need to change my lead photo or text etc. I havent been able to see these since yestrday morning...
by marsh frog
Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:18 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: OD OD
Replies: 16
Views: 2437

Owners Direct
1st-6th January -
120 views
4 enquiries
2 bookings
by marsh frog
Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:29 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Busy day for bookings and enquiries
Replies: 24
Views: 6078

Several enquiries and 5 bookings since Christmas - 3 Owners Direct, 1 recommendation and 1 our own website
by marsh frog
Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:57 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Still getting New Year enquiries
Replies: 15
Views: 3191

We had an enquiry yesterday for NY even though we are booked.She wanted us to contact her if they cancel!