OTA = Online Travel Agency, which means those sites that sell the booking and take the payment for you.
SPJ
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by SPJ » Wed Aug 18, 2021 1:54 pm
Sorry to see Holiday France Direct is throwing in the towel 30th September, though not surprised.
I used their Quickbook system and thought it was very fair. Had several good bookings through them.
With their departure I'll be left with Vrbo and my own website.
farley
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by farley » Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:54 am
Yes, sad situation.
We’ve lost both HFD and CN . Not sure which site to use in the future as we prefer to be in direct contact with our prospective guests.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
AndrewH
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by AndrewH » Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:42 am
Perhaps "Simply Owners". They encourage guest contact.
Old Bill
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by Old Bill » Thu Aug 19, 2021 7:40 am
Another vote for simply owners
SPJ
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by SPJ » Thu Aug 19, 2021 7:51 am
AndrewH wrote: Perhaps "Simply Owners". They encourage guest contact.
Old Bill wrote: Another vote for simply owners
Thank you Andrew and Old Bill, looks interesting. I'll investigate further.
farley
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by farley » Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:21 am
Thank you, will definitely look at this.
Cymraes
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by Cymraes » Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:01 am
Try Independent Cottages.
I've never had a booking from Simply Owners.
SPJ
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by SPJ » Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:35 am
Cymraes wrote: Try Independent Cottages.
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From a quick look, maybe for UK, not for France?
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by oasiscouple » Thu Aug 19, 2021 11:09 am
We use France-voyage.com from which we receive around half of our bookings. Subscription based, very reasonable (42€ one year, 78€ 2 years).
We did our advert in French but they translate into 8 other languages. we have had bookings from Dutch, German, Italian, French and recently American (from Florida). Our advert is number 112480.
Hope this helps.
Honi soit qui peu y boit
farley
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by farley » Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:39 am
Thanks for this, will have a look 🙂
SPJ
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by SPJ » Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:43 pm
Shame they are closing - I've had 3 enquiries in the last couple of weeks and out of that a booking for next year. I think they are making a mistake because people like the idea of driving rather than flying and HFD do not add outrageous "service" fees.
SPJ
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by SPJ » Sat Oct 23, 2021 8:36 am
Interested to see Britany Ferries itself is still advertising cottages/gites as part of a ferry/accommodation package option.
Anyone know what that's about?
I can't see anything on that part of their site that offers me the chance as a gite owner to get in touch to advertise.