Taking Care Of Your Home Whether You’re There Or Not….
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 9th, 2009
I read about Expedia's blunder, that they sorted out, eventually…..
The couple's drama began Tuesday, Nov. 3, when they arrived in Frankfurt and couldn't board their St. Petersburg flight without visas, despite being told by an Expedia agent that they weren't required.
Their bad luck escalated: Expedia told them they had no record of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 8th, 2009
There are actually several different factors to consider when you are trying to figure out how often to clean your home. First of all, consider the number of people in your home. If there are only a couple people in the home, you can wait longer between cleaners. However, a home that has four or [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 8th, 2009
As you know we provide holiday home management services in the False Bay area; including Simon's Town, Fish Hoek, Noord Hoek, St James, Kalk Bay, Kommetjie, and Scarborough. Some of these services can be provided to holiday home owners who are not within our travelling range. For example, online marketing of holiday homes is a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 8th, 2009
Online listing is one of the most effective methods of advertising your holiday home rental property. Nowadays, there are several holiday rental websites to choose from and you have the option to either choose one or many. The latter, however, will prove to be the most efficient choice.
Listing your holiday home rental to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 6th, 2009
I want to thank WhaleCottage, a really active Twitter Guest House pioneer, for the opportunity to discuss practical marketing issues regarding social media. As I alluded to, it's not easy to get guests to socially connect, if they are not on any social media site. And this is true for many South Africans, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 6th, 2009
Yesterday, I read a tweet by WhaleCottage and it reminded me of the difficulty we have in using social media effectively. Let's have a look at the following example where the owner of this guest house published a guest's testimonial.
Even though, you know it's more credible when your guest or clients, rather [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 6th, 2009
HomeGain regularly conducts a home improvement survey. Although the survey was done, to advice sellers when preparing their home for sale, the same ideas is applicable to holiday home owners who want to make their home generate an income from their home.
Cleaning and de-cluttering (the holiday home owner tend to get store blind and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2009
Here are ten helpful self catering tips:
Rental Rate: Know your market: Know the target market, research the price of comparable properties and alternative accommodation in the area
Advertise: Advertise the holiday property somewhere it will definitely be seen.
Provide a prompt, professional service: Respond to all queries from holidaymakers within 24 hours, or the booking may go [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2009
Local Eye Holiday Home Management And Maintenance (Simon's Town, Fish Hoek, Noord Hoek, St James, Kalk Bay, False Bay)
Let's work together and put your home to work while you take a break…..or
Why not make some money with your holiday home
Why waste your holiday time maintaining your holiday home
Local Eye is for holiday home [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2009
It is important to make most – if not all – of your holiday planning and arrangements beforehand.
A couple of tips:
1. Book airport shuttle or car rental in advance
2. Have local currency available
3. Search online for the best sightseeing trips
4. Travel light BUT pay attention to the weather, even in [...]
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