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by Highams Park Harry
Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:32 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Holiday Rentals Security Check - Please update your informat
Replies: 3
Views: 905

any email that doesn't adress you by name at least should be treated as pish/spam etc

and have a good squint at the actual url of any proffered links rather than the link text
by Highams Park Harry
Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:41 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Holiday Lettings
Replies: 30
Views: 9020

sigh yes, I ran all my advertising down to only HL as they were doing the numbers along with our own site, HR used to be the boys but got expensive as their enquiries dwindled Now HL have sent me a 21 day reminder, 'only £199pa', me being tight I'm almost certain that's way above what I paid last ti...
by Highams Park Harry
Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:14 pm
Forum: France
Topic: Long let question(s)
Replies: 16
Views: 11258

Will I become liable for French Tax and lord knows what else if I do it all legal and above board? You are liable for French tax whether you do it all legal and above board or not. Whether you declare it is entirely up to you though! :D Sue Not true if I'm UK resident I suspect I'm think my queries...
by Highams Park Harry
Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:41 pm
Forum: France
Topic: Long let question(s)
Replies: 16
Views: 11258

I meant a lawyer that does lettings
by Highams Park Harry
Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:23 pm
Forum: France
Topic: Long let question(s)
Replies: 16
Views: 11258

Thank-you, that makes sense and tallies with my vague understanding

In short do it properly using a professional then

Will I become liable for French Tax and lord knows what else if I do it all legal and above board?
by Highams Park Harry
Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:03 pm
Forum: France
Topic: Long let question(s)
Replies: 16
Views: 11258

Long let question(s)

Hello all I'm a few emails into dealing with a long let enquiry for up to 18 months to a couple. It seems perfectly genuine btw. I'm all for it as regular money suits me at present and at the moment the price would work out a bit more than I usually take over the summer. I'm suggesting they foot the...
by Highams Park Harry
Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:11 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: NHS Travel Club
Replies: 81
Views: 35191

hello all just had a pleasant young lady cold call me to sell this have to say it sounded a bit odd, I couldn't really see why the NHS would have its own travel club are they outright lying then about their NHS involvement anyhow, good thread, saved me time, they're just another site then or worse? ...
by Highams Park Harry
Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:53 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Anyone else in the Doldrums?
Replies: 214
Views: 44870

Harry does live in Highams Park

And his proper name is Tynan btw
by Highams Park Harry
Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:10 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Anyone else in the Doldrums?
Replies: 214
Views: 44870

dead like a corpse

had a few good looking enquiries a few months back but not one ever got past email one regardless of how keen they were

year five now, thankfully the first where we're not relying on income thank gawd, we always seem to get our booking relatively late anyway
by Highams Park Harry
Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:04 pm
Forum: Scam email enquiries
Topic: dodgy cheque
Replies: 9
Views: 2653

good lord and after all this time

sadly, the simple word Nigeria should be enough
by Highams Park Harry
Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:11 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Fair Price for 4 night booking?
Replies: 21
Views: 12512

blimey, I've pondered flexible bookings, people do ask and I think I might lose a Friday to Friday booking any minute now because I'm charging extra for the day on the front it has to lead to waste surely if you break from a fixed week calendar plus extra costs due to more shorter bookings, unless y...
by Highams Park Harry
Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:42 am
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Holiday-Rentals.
Replies: 262
Views: 46572

Apologies if this has been posted a zillion times and is old hat but my renewal with HR is due in ten days after three years and I said too expensive and not enough response got a very good critique of ways to improve my ad, free eight additional photos, free upgrade to the French site (although I w...
by Highams Park Harry
Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:10 am
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Bulk emailing previous enquirers
Replies: 47
Views: 16937

sorry if that 1c rate was wrong, I use them mostly for a big mailing for a client so I'm up in the .25c rates at the bulk end si I haven't paid much attention to the low end, even 4c isn't going to really add up is it? the email appears to come from your email address, it's all configurable and very...
by Highams Park Harry
Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:38 pm
Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
Topic: Holiday Lettings expensive
Replies: 29
Views: 6157

I've been on HR, HLets and HLettings for four years, al just about justifying themselves, last year HR gave me diddle barring one let enquiry for week already HLettings have been brill, lots of enquiries and bookings, I think they're very pricey if you're quarterly rather than annual ooh, and a book...
by Highams Park Harry
Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:24 pm
Forum: Bookings
Topic: Bulk emailing previous enquirers
Replies: 47
Views: 16937

for those of you mailing regularly, I use a site called MailChimp it lets you do professional html emails if you want to, loads and loads of advice, automatic managed list of emails and it goes through their servers so is almost secure from being marked as spam and they charge per email, 1c tops i t...