a LMH first booking ?

[fibi]

I have a family booked for one week end of September. As normal I asked them where they found me - their response Lay my Hat! It transpires even though they do not have a rental property they enjoy lurking in this site

They said they feel safer booking knowing I really exist....or do I...

[tree-peony]

well done!!

[gh]

Excellent Fibi.

Helen

[Big Sis..]

Fibi What great news thanks for sharing

[vrooje]

Well, then, hello to Fibi's future guests!

It's good to have these occasional reminders of just how public any forum is; it helps me to keep in mind that anything I post had better be something I wouldn't mind my clients seeing, even in the Members Only section.

Just chalk up another tally under the count of "Ways LMH is Useful." Congrats, Fibi!

[fibi]

Exactly my thoughts Vrooje and I am pretty sure I'm not alone when I hold my hand up to a couple of postings I would prefer my guests not to see.

Still I am reassuring myself that I can't be that much of an old dragon or they wouldn't have booked

[Fraise]

Well done Fibi, and thank you for the reminder ! These forums are very public even though it feels intimate and that we are chatting with friends- well, we are but with an audience

[Alan Knighting]

Exactly my thoughts Vrooje and I am pretty sure I'm not alone when I hold my hand up to a couple of postings I would prefer my guests not to see.

Still I am reassuring myself that I can't be that much of an old dragon or they wouldn't have booked

I like to think it means they see us as real people, wrinkles and all.

Alan

[Fraise]

Oh Alan, I've got some of my wrinkles hidden I Hope !!
Yes, we're certainly real,it would be hard to make us up !

[mon269]

Well done Fibi, really happy for you!

I also have a first to celebrate. A lady did a search on Google, my website came up virtually first on the list (her words), she clicked and she booked. This is my first (that I know of) direct Google booking.

[Giddy Goat]

Terrific, Mon! Me too, thanks to e-Richard, who has worked on my website and made it much more visible to the search engines! Exciting isn't it! There are some members here who take most of their bookings via their websites so we've a bit of a way to go yet, but it's a start!!

[Hells Bells]

My last three bookings have all said 'Google Search' and have used
the online booking system.

[vrooje]

My last three bookings have all said 'Google Search' ...

I had a few inquiries this year that said "Google Search" in the where did you find us? box. One of them, though, actually found me via VRBO -- so they must have searched for vacation rentals, found VRBO, found my ad, clicked on my link, and inquired. Then they just said "Google Search." Hmm...

[Hells Bells]

Borne up to some extent by looking at my webstats for that day though. There were none of the listing sites listed on them.

[vrooje]

That's a good way to verify it, I had never thought of that.

I've also never thought to include a click-through from LMH as a means of inquiry in my tracking system. Given Fibi's experience, maybe I should!