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Contact details for Force Travel & Leisure scam

michael cooper — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:43:51 +0000

For customers of the scam site Force Travel & Leisure, owned the the infamous Eric Omerod, now bankrupting, here’s his contact details: (UK) 01772 641808 office, and (UK) 07860 610748 mobile. For a full history of how he and his companies have duped thousands of holiday home owners, follow this link

Home Away listings climb 22%

michael cooper — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:30:35 +0000

Home Away, the global rental website, reports listings up by 22%, and revenue up by 37% for Q3 2011. it has also introduced ‘pay-for-performance’ pricing on HomeAway.com, aloowing owners to pay more for better rankings. HA’s websites include VRBO and Vacation rentals in the US and Holiday-Rentals, OD and Holiday lettings in the UK as [...]

Holiday Lettings pricing rocketing for multiple properties

michael cooper — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:14:42 +0000

Complaints from multiple property owners that prices are rocketing. 10 properties cost 12% more, 6-7 properties nearly 50% more according to some reports.

Holiday – Rentals co.uk

michael cooper — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:02:39 +0000

Traffic Update November 2011 Holiday-rentals.co.uk is ranked #9,776 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings to November 2011. The site has attained a traffic rank of 947 among users in the UK, where about 37% of its audience is located (and it’s reducing comparted to 2010). Visitors to them view an average [...]

Use the Follow Twitter button to extend your Social reach

michael cooper — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 03:40:40 +0000

The Follow Twitter button makes it simple for your website visitors to start following you. It’s a simple way to generate new followers, and ultimately, increases the social reach of your rental. You can see my button on the right (my Twitter page is Mad About Renting). It’s a single click install and your visitors [...]

How Holiday Rental Owners can use Social Media for Brand Building

michael cooper — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 06:15:04 +0000

Today rental marketing is at an entirely different place than it was even 3 years ago. Whether your rental business is new, or well established, to stay competitive you have to use all the new trends in brand building. You don’t need (and won’t get) as well known as Macdonald’s or Apple but that’s not [...]

Homeaway’s new Guest Review Rules and What To Do About It

michael cooper — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:25:18 +0000

As Homeaway, VRBO and Vacation Rentals in the US introduce new rules for guest reviews including non-verification and the inability of owners to opt-out of the process, a storm of complaints have erupted in US forums and amongst US owners. What’s happening with these US sites may not automatically replicate into the UK through Holiday [...]

HomeAway Superbowl Advert Bombs

michael cooper — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:24:06 +0000

Superbowl ads are looked forward to and watched as avidly as the game itself, and often present the very best animations, computer generated graphics, and celeb’s, but HA’s Superbowl ad has, to almost universal acclaim from the public and media pundits, bombed and under pressure from critics has been pulled from it’s website and now [...]

Brilliant Social Media Video

michael cooper — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:20:07 +0000

I’m showing this excellent video compilation that explains social media and it’s impact. Look out for the video starting from Slide 7 onwards! What do you think of it? Videos That Explain Social Media View more presentations from Gavin Heaton.

Vacation Rental Owners Should Price for Value

michael cooper — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:14:29 +0000

I regularly write about value pricing with experiences. Know your ideal guests, what is important, meaningful and relevant to them, then set your prices accordingly. This is not a one-shoe fits all approach, but customised to your target market. Dr. Rafi Mohammed, author of the 1% windfall: How Successful Companies Use Price to Profit and [...]