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Strong rental demand continues
Monday, 1st March 2010
February was another extremely good month with rental enquiries through our websites up 66% on the same period last year. It continues the excellent trend for 2010 with the busiest period of our year showing very strong enquiry levels.
The peak months of July, August and September are ever popular attracting around one third of all enquiries. However the popularity of off season late bookings remains strongest - 40% of enquiries were for holidays to be taken in the next 12 weeks.
Although we can safely put the worst of 2009 behind us, we believe travellers are still hanging on tightly to their cash during uncertain times. This means they are more likely to travel outside of peak season, will book later and are more likely to want to haggle on price.
Owners should be prepared to show some degree of flexibility where possible - it's certainly no reflection on you if somebody asks for a discount. It's just a sign of the times.
If you have late availability we would also strongly recommend running a last minute offer. This is free for those on our Professional package or just £10 if you advertise on our Complete package. It's great value for filling un-booked weeks.
Update: Over payment scam
Friday, 26th February 2010
Following our scam warning earlier this week, a large number of bogus enquiries have continued to be received by advertisers. This time they are from Dr Thomas Wilson...
Scammer warning
Monday, 22nd February 2010
Unfortunately an African scammer has used the rental enquiry form to contact several advertisers over the weekend. Advertisers should please just ignore any scam enquiries from Beylie HUBERT (beyli_hubert@cantv.net)...
We're moving!
Monday, 15th February 2010
We're delighted to announce that we are relocating our business (and family!) from London to Bath this week and we should be safely installed in new offices week commencing Monday 22nd February...
HomeAway teams up with Chevy Chase
Monday, 8th February 2010
It isn't often you find yourself wanting to praise the competition but we have to congratulate HomeAway (aka Holiday Rentals in the UK) on their foray into TV advertising last night. The company made a splash by bringing back the Griswolds (think Chevy Chase in "National Lampoon's Vacation") for a Super Bowl TV advertisement...
Lanzarote Breaks update
Tuesday, 2nd February 2010
We have given our first website a little update in the last 24 hours and you may have noticed it is looking a lot like this blog! Whilst these changes are mostly cosmetic, we feel they're important for a couple of reasons...
Holiday rental demand in Spain surges 42%
Monday, 1st February 2010
The figures for January are in and we're delighted to announce a massive increase in rental demand during our busiest month of the year. Happily it was also the busiest month España Breaks has experienced in over 7 years of operation with new leads for owners and agents rising 42% year-on-year...
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Previous posts
26th February
Update: Over payment scam
22nd February
Scammer warning
15th February
We're moving!
8th February
HomeAway teams up with Chevy Chase
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