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The best place to advertise a holiday home for short term lets

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  • 01-12-2008 9:22pm
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    bbbs
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭


    Hi All

    Please could you advise me as to where the best place to advertise a holiday home for rent. It is a house in Spain in a lovely village called Benahavis very near lots of golf courses and the beach. I have put it on Daft.ie (www.daft.ie/841115) overseas propeties but could anyone offer some other suggestions to get it to Irish holiday makers and golfers who are looking for big family holidays or groups of golfers looking for a week away

    Your thoughts are very much appreciated

    Thanks in advance for your help

    BBBS


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    #2
    Fud Duddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭Fud Duddy


    You can try VRBO.COM ( vacation rental by owner), this is a pretty good international holiday rental site, but it does cost to advertise per annum. For free advertising in Ireland try Gumtree.ie, Good luck, it's not a great year for advertising holiday rentals.


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    bbbs
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭bbbs


    Great thanks for your info - I know what you mean it is not a good time with the recession :(

    Cheers


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    dgaughran
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭dgaughran


    Hi,

    I bought a place in Portugal last year, and have just been over to furnish it and get it ready for rentals for the summer. My impression is that yes, bookings will be down, and you will have to charge less than maybe you would have, but it need not be a bad year. Many people are exploring independent holidays as they can be cheaper.

    I decided to use two rental websites this summer, and just go with whatever worked best next year. I also decided to look at what my competitors were charging and charge 15% less.

    holiday-rentals.co.uk
    holidaylettings.co.uk

    They are both good sites, and the service is good, and charge similar amounts. My ad went live on Tuesday, I have had 6 enquires so far - 1 from holidaylettings and 5 from holiday-rentals. I have 2 bookings so far from those 6 enquiries, so at the moment, holiday-rentals looks like the better site, but its early days.

    Dave


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    dgaughran
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭dgaughran


    If you need anymore tips or advice let me know, I waded through all this stuff for the last month, and I could probably save you some time...


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