HL going the way of HA
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:17 pm
It's my renewal time for HL. The price has jumped from £478.80 last year to £598.80 now. I phoned for an explanation and I was promised an email to explain. Even though we all knew that this was coming, the content is still alarming:
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Our subscription package right now allows you to avoid commission costs and interact with guests outside of our monitored inbox system. To take advantage of this you will need to pay a fee that allows us to achieve a similar return to that expected from our FREE listing advertisers.
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A final thing to bear in mind would be that we are continuously updating the features of our subscription product and over the next couple of years you will see this product become more similar to our FREE listing product with mandatory online booking and similar terms. This is because our travellers prefer to book online.
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