short midweek booking in April
short midweek booking in April
We have just received a mid week enquiry for booking for three nights during the week before Easter. We are almost completely booked now between May and end of August and this has made us quite bullish.
Question is would you take the three day booking potentially killing off the chance of a full week booking or worse a two week booking for easter. We have generally let our Villa at all holidays and not sure which way to jump - bird in the hand and all that ... Helpful to get some views.
thanks
Question is would you take the three day booking potentially killing off the chance of a full week booking or worse a two week booking for easter. We have generally let our Villa at all holidays and not sure which way to jump - bird in the hand and all that ... Helpful to get some views.
thanks
Not sure if you live on site, I don't and I've written anything less than 4 nights off as not worth the hassle by the time you clean, change linen etc. Did that period book last year? My time around Easter is proving popular this year.
I'm sure you're all aware from my previous posts that my mam had a saying for everything. If you said to her "A bird in the hand..." She'd reply "Yes, it sh*t's on your wrist".. I think I'd hang out.
I'm sure you're all aware from my previous posts that my mam had a saying for everything. If you said to her "A bird in the hand..." She'd reply "Yes, it sh*t's on your wrist".. I think I'd hang out.
I am not so bullish due to the bird flu scare earlier in the year for Turkey but I have just turned down a booking that wanted to run from a Monday to a Monday instead of a Thursday to a Thursday so I don't mess up the schedule and lose out on a weeks booking. Trust your judgement you are heavily booked for a reason and will probably get one that fits your needs perfectly if prepared to wait.
Always Learning
NEVER!
Responding to the original post....
Let me tell you some...I would never do that! Easter will be filled, it is still Feb and you got plenty of time to fill it up. Just post some ads on some pay per post sites, or do a short time 2 euro per clic adwords campaign...you will get better results and recover all the costs in no time.
This is my opinion at least. Thanks
Giofed
www.holiday-apartment-tuscany.net
Let me tell you some...I would never do that! Easter will be filled, it is still Feb and you got plenty of time to fill it up. Just post some ads on some pay per post sites, or do a short time 2 euro per clic adwords campaign...you will get better results and recover all the costs in no time.
This is my opinion at least. Thanks
Giofed
www.holiday-apartment-tuscany.net
I've just turned down a three night weekend for second week of Easter with the hope of getting a week long booking but I'll probably end up offering it as a special deal on some parenting websites. It certainly takes guts but I reckon even at a discount on the week I could still make more than the 3 day rate. Easter and early May are difficult because of all the bank holidays and it's a pretty good idea to run these weeks from Monday - Monday. Will think about that for next year.
Ju, I have sent you a PM but for the benefit of the others it's www.eumom.com and www.magicmum.com but you need to build some credibility on the bulletin board first. These both have an Irish focus but there must be loads of these parenting bullletin boards on international and UK parenting websites. Worth a try.