Average number of emails before booking?
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Average number of emails before booking?
Just wondering what everyone else's experiences are? Mostly I get 'is it available and how much' then they either book or don't. Occasionally I get a pleasurable 'please can we book'. My favourite sort of email as there's no pfaffing around and we can get down to business!
Currently labouring through correspondence with a potential guest who I don't think will book.
1st email: price for a week in June
2nd email: what weeks do you have in June
3rd email: do you do 4 night breaks
4th email: can you give me an example price for a 2 night stay in November or March.
Indecisive maybe? I'm not sure ....
Currently labouring through correspondence with a potential guest who I don't think will book.
1st email: price for a week in June
2nd email: what weeks do you have in June
3rd email: do you do 4 night breaks
4th email: can you give me an example price for a 2 night stay in November or March.
Indecisive maybe? I'm not sure ....
I do get this sort of thing sometimes. They certainly sound as if they are not committed yet but the booking may come off at some point. I had an enquiry that asked for our 'best price' which I totally ignored and just quoted the price. They kept coming back with different connotations. I think they were thinking that if they kept dangling the carrot I would finally do a deal. They gave up in the end and booked for the original enquiry dates at the original price.
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I can get involved in quite protracted correspondence sometimes. I don't mind really because sometimes they fall in love with the finca but are wholly unfamiliar with the area, but I have been known to advise of 'a new enquiry overlapping their dates' just to put a rocket under their decision-making sometimes!
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I agree with Nemo - I don't think they'll book. I think they've seen the cottage, love the look of it, haven't bothered to look at the rates, enquired for June and it's too expensive. Still want to stay there as they still like the look of it so perhaps it will be cheaper if we just do 4 nights. Can only do that out of peak season, so when's cheapest and when's the shortest amount of time we can stay.
I have a feeling it will still be too expensive. Waiting for the 'can you do a deal' email.
I have a feeling it will still be too expensive. Waiting for the 'can you do a deal' email.
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So true! I'm finding facebook a good source of enquiries. But .... they all want a bargain. AND they all want hot tubs!jenboyle1959 wrote:I find Facebook enquirers the worst for that "speculative" enquiry.. Have you got this date?(yes..)
That date?( uh huh...)
What about the smaller flat? ( You have too many people. Leave Granny at home/bump her off and we can maybe talk about it.. )
Or this is what I'd like to reply with anyway...
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Hot TubsSandyBeaches wrote:So true! I'm finding facebook a good source of enquiries. But .... they all want a bargain. AND they all want hot tubs!jenboyle1959 wrote:I find Facebook enquirers the worst for that "speculative" enquiry.. Have you got this date?(yes..)
That date?( uh huh...)
What about the smaller flat? ( You have too many people. Leave Granny at home/bump her off and we can maybe talk about it.. )
Or this is what I'd like to reply with anyway...
It seems like half the facebook posts are after a hot tub, I started to think I was alone in not having one until I looked at the responses and found that most people that reply don't have a hot tub either.
I don't think that people realise that hot tub and bargain are not normally found in the same sentence.
I'd tend to believe that if they haven't committed to booking after the first 2 or 3 email exchanges, it's unlikely to come to much.
Once availability & cost are confirmed & further information is made available through website etc. they have everything they need to gauge suitability & I think by now they would decide that this is the one for them - or not
Once availability & cost are confirmed & further information is made available through website etc. they have everything they need to gauge suitability & I think by now they would decide that this is the one for them - or not
This time next year Rodney, we'll be millionaires.