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by MaxineR
Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:30 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Owners Direct vs Holiday Lettings
Replies: 14
Views: 2110

Jeffers is it because the agency has advertised your property with their premium added on so people who do their research find it cheaper on OD? Also just log into your acct and check your reply templates to make sure you are happy with how they read. Btw its worth everyone logging onto their OD/HL ...
by MaxineR
Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:26 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Owners Direct vs Holiday Lettings
Replies: 14
Views: 2110

I've just been working out how cost effective both have been too after adding up all their fees for the past few years....it appears that OD have definitely been performing better so far. I am on annual listing with both but I have offline payments with OD but online payments with HL (not sure why, ...
by MaxineR
Sat Nov 19, 2016 10:18 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Owners Direct vs Holiday Lettings
Replies: 14
Views: 2110

Thanks everyone for clarifying. My HL annual listing was due for renewal recently and I signed up for another year as I was starting to get most of my bookings through them, I realised this coincided with when OD started charging the traveler service fee. So I felt I had no option, even though their...
by MaxineR
Fri Nov 18, 2016 11:52 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Owners Direct vs Holiday Lettings
Replies: 14
Views: 2110

Owners Direct vs Holiday Lettings

Apologies if this has been covered in detail already. I just wanted to check my understanding of advertising with these (I know I know but I feel my options are limited), am I right in saying.... OD - recently dropped their annual listing rate to £249 +vat but started charging travelers a whopping s...
by MaxineR
Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:01 pm
Forum: Buying/selling your home
Topic: Buying a new ski apartment
Replies: 3
Views: 2651

Buying a new ski apartment

Hi all, we've decided to take the plunge and invest in a second ski property in the Zell am See/Kaprun area of Austria to rent out. It's new build project and we're able to have some say in the apartment layout, so I just wanted to get a feel from you all as to what you think would work best in term...
by MaxineR
Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:08 pm
Forum: Alpine
Topic: Cleaners - Zell am See area
Replies: 7
Views: 10401

Many thanks holidayloverxx and HelenB, I will look into all of those. Yes from what I understand I actually have to make the apartment available for rent for x no. weeks of the year, from what I understand this is to bring in business to the local economy, prevent an influx of overseas buyers who th...
by MaxineR
Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:24 pm
Forum: Alpine
Topic: Cleaners - Zell am See area
Replies: 7
Views: 10401

Cleaners - Zell am See area

Hi, I'm new to this forum and just purchased an apartment in the centre of Zell am See. It has 3 bedrooms and is a new build. It's all really exciting and as I'm also new to renting out a holiday home I'm wondering if anyone can help me out on the following: - how do I go about finding a local clean...