New Facebook Group - Book your Holiday direct with the Owner
New Facebook Group - Book your Holiday direct with the Owner
Bonjour everyone. For those of you with cottages, gites or B&Bs in the UK or France this may be of interest to you. A group of holiday home owning friends, including myself, have got together to create a new Facebook group called Book you Holiday Direct with the Owner. Owners can promote their property and holidaymakers can search for holidays and dealing direct with you, the owner. No middle man. No commission/booking fees. No annual subscriptions.
I have written a bit more about it in this blog - http://bit.ly/1FKicSw - or just pop on over and read the About section on the group:-
https://www.facebook.com/groups/330425836972747/
This format has worked well for those of us on a similar dog friendly group so we felt it wasa good direction to head bearing in mind the changes afoot with OD and the other big listing sites.
Time to claw back a bit of control!
I have written a bit more about it in this blog - http://bit.ly/1FKicSw - or just pop on over and read the About section on the group:-
https://www.facebook.com/groups/330425836972747/
This format has worked well for those of us on a similar dog friendly group so we felt it wasa good direction to head bearing in mind the changes afoot with OD and the other big listing sites.
Time to claw back a bit of control!
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Oh, well done Rosie ... I have to confess I've had rumblings to do the same but have been a bit iffy because of the tone of some of the postings on the dog-friendly (hah!) group. (And because I have more than enough to do to be an admin, having just retired from being admin elsewhere).
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Yes I'd agree Arkvilla; to promote growth there's no reason to exclude other countries. I'd love to see it do as well as the dog group which is about to hit 16000 members. These last few months has seen its growth go stratospheric!
I know you've just changed the name of the group but I'd also suggest making it shorter and snappier? Holidays Direct with the Owner perhaps? I don't know if you can change it again as I assume fb limits this? It's also connected to the number of members too - I think it's 250.
I like the fact that caravans are excluded too. It's the one thing I dislike in the dog group. They can take over the timeline and yet there are so many caravan groups out there for them.
I know you've just changed the name of the group but I'd also suggest making it shorter and snappier? Holidays Direct with the Owner perhaps? I don't know if you can change it again as I assume fb limits this? It's also connected to the number of members too - I think it's 250.
I like the fact that caravans are excluded too. It's the one thing I dislike in the dog group. They can take over the timeline and yet there are so many caravan groups out there for them.
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It's easy to create albums for each country and with the internet the world is a much smaller placeNemo wrote:Yes I'd agree Arkvilla; to promote growth there's no reason to exclude other countries. I'd love to see it do as well as the dog group which is about to hit 16000 members. These last few months has seen its growth go stratospheric!
I know you've just changed the name of the group but I'd also suggest making it shorter and snappier? Holidays Direct with the Owner perhaps? I don't know if you can change it again as I assume fb limits this? It's also connected to the number of members too - I think it's 250.
I like the fact that caravans are excluded too. It's the one thing I dislike in the dog group. They can take over the timeline and yet there are so many caravan groups out there for them.
I am cynic when it comes to social media in general but I do see the benefit from a business point of view of a group like Rosie's.
I have pressed the "Join the Group" button on the site as ESSARHOLS.
Other on here maybe be surprised to learn that I have a fb account & page and even a twatter account. However, I am not a real contributor I can never think of anything to add and I certainly won't ramble ala Stephen Fry (pointless celeb).
I have pressed the "Join the Group" button on the site as ESSARHOLS.
Other on here maybe be surprised to learn that I have a fb account & page and even a twatter account. However, I am not a real contributor I can never think of anything to add and I certainly won't ramble ala Stephen Fry (pointless celeb).
"Write something, even if it's just a suicide note"
"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise"
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"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise"
"As for my amnesia, I've had it as long as I can remember"
Real name: Steve
Gender: Male
It's a business page not me as a real person; that would be a step too far!Nemo wrote:Essar yes you have surprised me! The only thing I would warn you that facebook do not like you using a profile that's isn't in your own name as it breaks their rules. They shut profiles like that down without warning.
"Write something, even if it's just a suicide note"
"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise"
"As for my amnesia, I've had it as long as I can remember"
Real name: Steve
Gender: Male
"There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise"
"As for my amnesia, I've had it as long as I can remember"
Real name: Steve
Gender: Male
A page can't join a group though?Essar wrote:It's a business page not me as a real person; that would be a step too far!Nemo wrote:Essar yes you have surprised me! The only thing I would warn you that facebook do not like you using a profile that's isn't in your own name as it breaks their rules. They shut profiles like that down without warning.