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Help ! No Enquiries at all from holiday-rentals.com
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There's only one way to settle this - let's ask her (him?)
PS I'm not volunteering!
PS I'm not volunteering!
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Paolo -That name sounds a bit familiar. Can he say his 'r's?
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Sorry to veer off the "Ross" subject (amusing as it may be 
), but I wanted to comment about grouping properties within department within region.
I feel very strongly AGAINST this, because in my case it would be (and has been) detrimental. This is because my property is in the Seine Maritime area of Normandy. Usually prospective holidaymakers will know that they want to find a house in "Normandy", but many of them will not know about the 4 departments - Calvados, Eure, Manche and Seine Maritime. So they wouldn't search for my department.
The worst part for me is that Seine Maritime always comes at the bottom of the list alphabetically within Normandy - so if there are for example 200 properties in Normandy, with say 80 each in Calvados and Manche and 20 each in Eure and Seine Maritime (which is usually the rough distribution), then even if I am top of the list within my department, then within "Normandy" I will always still be very near the bottom of the pile. And there is nothing I can do to change this....
), but I wanted to comment about grouping properties within department within region.I feel very strongly AGAINST this, because in my case it would be (and has been) detrimental. This is because my property is in the Seine Maritime area of Normandy. Usually prospective holidaymakers will know that they want to find a house in "Normandy", but many of them will not know about the 4 departments - Calvados, Eure, Manche and Seine Maritime. So they wouldn't search for my department.
The worst part for me is that Seine Maritime always comes at the bottom of the list alphabetically within Normandy - so if there are for example 200 properties in Normandy, with say 80 each in Calvados and Manche and 20 each in Eure and Seine Maritime (which is usually the rough distribution), then even if I am top of the list within my department, then within "Normandy" I will always still be very near the bottom of the pile. And there is nothing I can do to change this....
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CatCatherine,
I know what you are getting at.
In my area, Aquitaine, there are five departments - Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne & Pyrenees-Atlantiques. Of those the Dordogne dominates in the minds of most people; the other departments could well get left out. Without the refinement of searching on department the Dordogne quite naturally dominates the listings because of the number of properties.
On the other hand, more knowledgeable people will be aware of the five departments and will appreciate being able to do a search on the department which interests them without having to wade through lists of properties which are irrelevant to them.
What a dilemma! Rental Sites can’t please all the people all the time can they?
Alan
I know what you are getting at.
In my area, Aquitaine, there are five departments - Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne & Pyrenees-Atlantiques. Of those the Dordogne dominates in the minds of most people; the other departments could well get left out. Without the refinement of searching on department the Dordogne quite naturally dominates the listings because of the number of properties.
On the other hand, more knowledgeable people will be aware of the five departments and will appreciate being able to do a search on the department which interests them without having to wade through lists of properties which are irrelevant to them.
What a dilemma! Rental Sites can’t please all the people all the time can they?
Alan
"Karen Viney is the marketing manager of FC, not the owner. The owner is Ross Jonathan."
That makes sense, Paolo - and is reassuring to all of us who like to see the law respected.
It is the Managing Director, of course, who is obliged to be called "Ross". As long as she is only the marketing manager, Karen is fine.
(I wonder if Jonathan adopted "Ross" as his first name because he misunderstood the legislation? Frankly, it is as confusing as the pool regulations in France.)
That makes sense, Paolo - and is reassuring to all of us who like to see the law respected.
It is the Managing Director, of course, who is obliged to be called "Ross". As long as she is only the marketing manager, Karen is fine.
(I wonder if Jonathan adopted "Ross" as his first name because he misunderstood the legislation? Frankly, it is as confusing as the pool regulations in France.)
Best,
Alexia.
Alexia.
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Alan Knighting
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Hi Susan,
I know it's a little confusing. Ross McGowan may wish he worked for HolidayLets.Net, but when I last checked he was still with Holiday Rentals.
We all have our crosses to bear. Checking into hotels is always an interesting experience when most people just assume your parents got the names back to front. Ah, that'll be Mr Ross!
Kind regards,
ps And Paolo, into the light, just for you!
I know it's a little confusing. Ross McGowan may wish he worked for HolidayLets.Net, but when I last checked he was still with Holiday Rentals.
We all have our crosses to bear. Checking into hotels is always an interesting experience when most people just assume your parents got the names back to front. Ah, that'll be Mr Ross!
Kind regards,
ps And Paolo, into the light, just for you!
Ross Hugo
Well, there you are - if Alan, a lawyer, finds this confusing, you can imagine how a normal, law-abiding British subject could end up changing his name to Ross - UNNECESSARILY!! It's not the end of the world for Ross Jonathan, but his mother and father would have been deeply upset by it, his god-parents were probably devastated, he would have had to change all of his visiting cards - UNNECESSARILY!! - notify the tax authorities, the post office, the health service, his insurers - and he's not even the Managing Director!!!!!
I guess the moral of the story is: don't do anything without taking legal advice. There are solicitors in England who are highly specialised in this field (I am not - don't write for my advice).
I guess the moral of the story is: don't do anything without taking legal advice. There are solicitors in England who are highly specialised in this field (I am not - don't write for my advice).
Best,
Alexia.
Alexia.
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Oh Alexia, I looked in the mirror this morning and the image was more than a little goatesque. You've cheered me up no end.
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Just in case anyone takes exception I should point out this is tongue in cheek.
Alexia, you are destroying my character and reputation UNNECESSARILY. I am not a lawyer, I am an ex lawyer. I recovered from what is often a fatal condition about seven years ago. I still bear the scars but they are purely superficial.
When I was a lawyer I was not allowed to admit I was confused. I would have lost my Practicing Certificate, I would have lost my membership of The Law Society and my Professional Indemnity Insurance would have been cancelled forthwith. I would have even been forbidden from calling myself an Officer of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (there's pretention for you). Now that I have, once again, become a human being I am able to admit to being confused at times, and I am.
If anyone is daft enough to be persuaded, I can assure you that becoming a specialist in changing a first name from XXXX to Ross is a deeply satisfying intellectual exercise. It's on the same level as staying awake long enough to watch a whole episode of "I am a celebrity - get me out of here".
Alan
Alexia, you are destroying my character and reputation UNNECESSARILY. I am not a lawyer, I am an ex lawyer. I recovered from what is often a fatal condition about seven years ago. I still bear the scars but they are purely superficial.
When I was a lawyer I was not allowed to admit I was confused. I would have lost my Practicing Certificate, I would have lost my membership of The Law Society and my Professional Indemnity Insurance would have been cancelled forthwith. I would have even been forbidden from calling myself an Officer of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (there's pretention for you). Now that I have, once again, become a human being I am able to admit to being confused at times, and I am.
If anyone is daft enough to be persuaded, I can assure you that becoming a specialist in changing a first name from XXXX to Ross is a deeply satisfying intellectual exercise. It's on the same level as staying awake long enough to watch a whole episode of "I am a celebrity - get me out of here".
Alan