Comments for España Breaks Editor's Blog http://blog.espanabreaks.com Your source for villas, apartments & holiday rentals in Spain and the Canary Islands Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Do pancake day like a Spaniard by Elle D http://blog.espanabreaks.com/2012/02/pancake-day-spain/#comment-55 Elle D Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:24:59 +0000 http://blog.espanabreaks.com/?p=167#comment-55 Pancakes... oranges... brandy... not much clothing... that sounds like a party indeed! :o) Elle x Pancakes… oranges… brandy… not much clothing… that sounds like a party indeed! :o )
Elle x

]]> Comment on Soaring pool heating costs don’t have to cause misery by Peter http://blog.espanabreaks.com/2012/01/inclusive-pricing-pool-heating/#comment-44 Peter Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:12:31 +0000 http://blog.espanabreaks.com/?p=78#comment-44 We are experiencing more comments on extra's and how our clients dislike them. I do not like extra's myself nor do our clients.We sell "what you see is what you get" and we have found that our clients prefer this. The stories going around are frightening, clients are turning up to their well earned holiday just to be faced with extra's, extra for the spa, extra for pool heating and extra or a meter for the air con and before you know it they are around 150€ out of pocket and never will they return to that holiday home again. I am a forty year heating engineer and know the problems of retaining the pool temperature BUT, a careful and precise explanation has worked for us and should work for others. An example of an expectant pool temperature is on the individual, about eighteen years ago when we first started renting out holiday homes we set a temperature which our clients should expect (around 72) and this was known before they arrived. Yes, you do get the "I like my pool as hot as a bath" people but, as you have given them the advertised temperature, any hotter would be deemed as an extra which goes beyond your control. I give my clients 23 degrees but as our climate has become more harsh I explain to them that this temperature is hard to maintain once the cover is off. We have never had a problem YET. Having the heater on for longer certainly works and during the course of the year it does balance itself out. Not many people want to venture the pool this time of year which helps with the explanation. We have found that a nice Hot spa satisfies most!!! Those are my comments be them helpful or not. Regards Peter We are experiencing more comments on extra’s and how our clients dislike them. I do not like extra’s myself nor do our clients.We sell “what you see is what you get” and we have found that our clients prefer this. The stories going around are frightening, clients are turning up to their well earned holiday just to be faced with extra’s, extra for the spa, extra for pool heating and extra or a meter for the air con and before you know it they are around 150€ out of pocket and never will they return to that holiday home again.

I am a forty year heating engineer and know the problems of retaining the pool temperature BUT, a careful and precise explanation has worked for us and should work for others. An example of an expectant pool temperature is on the individual, about eighteen years ago when we first started renting out holiday homes we set a temperature which our clients should expect (around 72) and this was known before they arrived. Yes, you do get the “I like my pool as hot as a bath” people but, as you have given them the advertised temperature, any hotter would be deemed as an extra which goes beyond your control. I give my clients 23 degrees but as our climate has become more harsh I explain to them that this temperature is hard to maintain once the cover is off. We have never had a problem YET. Having the heater on for longer certainly works and during the course of the year it does balance itself out. Not many people want to venture the pool this time of year which helps with the explanation.
We have found that a nice Hot spa satisfies most!!!

Those are my comments be them helpful or not.

Regards

Peter

]]> Comment on The January figures are in by UnoHoo http://blog.espanabreaks.com/2012/02/january2012_stats/#comment-22 UnoHoo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:45:18 +0000 http://blog.espanabreaks.com/?p=100#comment-22 That's more like the "Dicky Boy" we know and love ...best foot forward , praise the Lord and....... pass the ammunition !! That’s more like the “Dicky Boy” we know and love
…best foot forward , praise the Lord and……. pass the ammunition !!

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