RENTAL NATION AT RISK!

Posted on May 23, 2013 by richard@discoveryholidayhomes.com in Holiday Home Rentals, Marketing, Rental Partners

RENTAL NATION AT RISK! BLOCKADE IN PLACE! It looks as though the rental industry is shaping up for a battle royal, fighting over a nation, who so far hasn’t had a say in their own destiny! We are beginning to get the distinct impression that this nation of home owners, managers, agents and support services [...]

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Brands vs Search – Where is it going?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Sue in Holiday Home Owners, Holiday Home Rentals, Rental Partners

LOCALISED SEARCH Last week we spoke to a few management companies who were bemoaning their lot when its comes this year’s rental occupancy levels and owners outlays on updating properties! In particular they were talking about “Devon and Cornwall Cottage Holidays”. Oddly our bookings are up, not down and this begged the question, why? I’m [...]

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The March of Mobile!

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Sue in Holiday Home Owners, Holiday Home Rentals, Marketing, Owners Newsletter, Rental Partners, Social Networks

The mobile market has been lauded as the future of browsing, data access, payment systems, targeted marketing and much more. There has been a massive uptake of smart phones and everywhere we look, iPAD’s and tablets abound. We thought it may be helpful to other rental companies to publish a few stats from our own [...]

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Villas – Everywhere!

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Sue in Aphrodite Hills, Cyprus, Destinations, Holiday Home Owners, Holiday Home Rentals, Lake Como, Rental Partners

VILLAS – what types, where are they , why rent? Travellers when asked where they would like to stay on their dream holiday, will often say “A villa on the slopes of a well-known ski resort, or a villa overlooking a clear tranquil Mediterranean sea with an infinity pool. Others may decide on a villa [...]

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Holiday Rental Check List

Posted on January 2, 2013 by richard@discoveryholidayhomes.com in Holiday Home Owners, Holiday Home Rentals, Owners Newsletter, Rental Partners No Comments

Packing Made Simple – Use a Check List Packing rarely proves an enjoyable task, but it need not be a laborious chore. Most people will have undergone the classic forgetting of the toothbrush, key outfit or heaven forbid the tickets. But when equipped with a (more than) comprehensive list such as that below, the dreaded [...]

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Merry Christmas from Discovery Holiday Homes

Posted on December 5, 2012 by richard@discoveryholidayhomes.com in Aphrodite Hills, Colmer Estate South Hams, Cooking Courses, Cyprus, Cyprus, Dartmouth, Decor and Desire, Destinations, Devon, Discovery, Finland, Finland, Foreign Languages, France, Holiday Home Owners, Holiday Home Rentals, Hope Cove, Italy, Kyrenia, Lake Como, Livigno Ski Resort, Marketing, Owners Newsletter, Rental Partners, Shaldon, Social Networks, Torquay No Comments

Christmas is a time that conjures up all sorts images and is a time of festivities, with much of this based on personal reflections and experiences. Christmas therefore means many things to many people, but we do like the ethos of “Peace and Goodwill to all Men” and we hope that all your wishes for [...]

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Availability Control with the SuperControl online booking system

Posted on October 12, 2012 by richard@discoveryholidayhomes.com in Holiday Home Owners, Rental Partners No Comments

A visitor seeking holiday accommodation will always need to know whether the holiday accommodation they are considering is available. One of the biggest complaints we hear about which other sites is that an availability calendar is not up to date or cannot be seen. There are two reasons for this, the first is that updating multiple calendars [...]

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Italian Rental Partners

Posted on May 13, 2012 by richard@discoveryholidayhomes.com in Holiday Home Rentals, Rental Partners No Comments

Discovery Holiday Homes is the exclusive marketing partner of Happy Holiday Homes SAGL in Switzerland and Holiday Property Solutions in Menaggio, Italy. Formerly a combined business, Lake Como Homes Ltd, we have split into two divisions, the one you are reading is Discovery Holiday Homes which provides the infrastructure to enable payments, management of cash [...]

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