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Very poor response of late from OD, in fact literally no enquiries for several months. Will definitely not be renewing. Are they simply getting too big? We had a similar thing a few years ago with Choosespain - great to start with and then tailing off.
For true domestic harmony it is essential that dogs know their place, which is below all cats
LMH Accommodation Offers Report
www.villa-rental-andalucia.com
http://www.fincalaserenidad.com
LMH Accommodation Offers Report
www.villa-rental-andalucia.com
http://www.fincalaserenidad.com
Just had an e-mail from OD, they will be charging for their special offers section soon Here's a couple of snippets.
Special Offers
The facility to display special offers on our site has become a very popular and successful feature with our advertisers. To accommodate this demand, we will be including more prominent areas on the Owners Direct website where renters can search for and browse special offer pages more easily. These special offers will be priced at £10 per two week period starting in May 2008.
Traveller Guarantee
Owners Direct is committed to ensuring that our website is secure for both our owners and renters. Within the next few months, we will be launching our "HomeAway Rent with Confidence" guarantee. This guarantee gives renters peace of mind when they rent a holiday home by protecting them against fraud. Under the guarantee, the renter registers their trip with us on the site and becomes eligible for alternative accommodation and a payout of up to £2500 if their booking results in fraud. We believe that implementing this guarantee will help renters feel even safer and more secure booking properties with Owners Direct.
Special Offers
The facility to display special offers on our site has become a very popular and successful feature with our advertisers. To accommodate this demand, we will be including more prominent areas on the Owners Direct website where renters can search for and browse special offer pages more easily. These special offers will be priced at £10 per two week period starting in May 2008.
Traveller Guarantee
Owners Direct is committed to ensuring that our website is secure for both our owners and renters. Within the next few months, we will be launching our "HomeAway Rent with Confidence" guarantee. This guarantee gives renters peace of mind when they rent a holiday home by protecting them against fraud. Under the guarantee, the renter registers their trip with us on the site and becomes eligible for alternative accommodation and a payout of up to £2500 if their booking results in fraud. We believe that implementing this guarantee will help renters feel even safer and more secure booking properties with Owners Direct.
Don't waste energy on things you can't change.
Costa de la Luz apartment rental
www.ownersdirect.co.uk/spain/S5386.htm
Costa de la Luz apartment rental
www.ownersdirect.co.uk/spain/S5386.htm
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I just got the newsletter from OD. It refers among other things to changes to their Terms. I clicked on the link and decided life is just too short to be ploughing my way through it . If anyone has the energy to do so perhaps they would be kind enough to post a précis of the bits we really need to know!
For true domestic harmony it is essential that dogs know their place, which is below all cats
LMH Accommodation Offers Report
www.villa-rental-andalucia.com
http://www.fincalaserenidad.com
LMH Accommodation Offers Report
www.villa-rental-andalucia.com
http://www.fincalaserenidad.com
I have e-mailed OD this morning after receiving this newsletter. I don't see how now charging for special offers is an enhancement!
Also complained about their filtering of e-mails and how it can take an hour and a half for an enquiry to come through. If someone is making enquiries through several listing sites they could have booked something else before an OD enquiry gets through!
See what response I get back.
Also complained about their filtering of e-mails and how it can take an hour and a half for an enquiry to come through. If someone is making enquiries through several listing sites they could have booked something else before an OD enquiry gets through!
See what response I get back.
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Owners Direct and Holiday Lettings
I rang Holiday Lettings, they are owned by Owners Direct!
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Sorry! It's so confusing all these sites with the name holiday in, I get brain ache!!!!Thanks though for pulling me up.
'Life's a garden, dig it!'
Yes Ros, I've posted in another section about getting a French enquiry from them after the first week BUT looks like it was a scam
I had to let Hlettings go as it wasn't performing but kept OD as 95% of my bookings were from them. However, I have noticed that my hit rate has plummeted over the last 6 weeks so am slightly concerned. It was way up in Jan Feb Mar from the same time last year but is way down for April and May from last year, quite strange.
The hit rate on Spain-Holiday for the first week has been huge for me but whether that will translate to enquiries I will have to wait and see. I decided to leave off the calendar in an effort to guage it's effectiveness seeing as I don't have much left in July and August.
Seeing as HR were also useless for me I thought I'd give Spain-Holiday a try, also they come up high for relevant searches. Mind you, looking at that comparelistings site there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of choice left of listing sites.....worrying.
I had to let Hlettings go as it wasn't performing but kept OD as 95% of my bookings were from them. However, I have noticed that my hit rate has plummeted over the last 6 weeks so am slightly concerned. It was way up in Jan Feb Mar from the same time last year but is way down for April and May from last year, quite strange.
The hit rate on Spain-Holiday for the first week has been huge for me but whether that will translate to enquiries I will have to wait and see. I decided to leave off the calendar in an effort to guage it's effectiveness seeing as I don't have much left in July and August.
Seeing as HR were also useless for me I thought I'd give Spain-Holiday a try, also they come up high for relevant searches. Mind you, looking at that comparelistings site there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of choice left of listing sites.....worrying.
Don't waste energy on things you can't change.
Costa de la Luz apartment rental
www.ownersdirect.co.uk/spain/S5386.htm
Costa de la Luz apartment rental
www.ownersdirect.co.uk/spain/S5386.htm
Thanks for asking but no offer that I am aware of Ros. Paying by cc is 130 euros, so more expensive for us than in the past but hey ho.
I like the idea that it is translated into umpteen languages but am also worried as to how to deal with such enquiries if I get them i.e booking form T&C's etc Can't seem to find any answers at the mo.
I like the idea that it is translated into umpteen languages but am also worried as to how to deal with such enquiries if I get them i.e booking form T&C's etc Can't seem to find any answers at the mo.
Don't waste energy on things you can't change.
Costa de la Luz apartment rental
www.ownersdirect.co.uk/spain/S5386.htm
Costa de la Luz apartment rental
www.ownersdirect.co.uk/spain/S5386.htm