Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
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Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
Can anyone recommend good places/websites to advertise gites and chambre d'hotes?
Thanks
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
http://www.gitesdefrance.info/index.html
or this one, assuming it's not the same organisation
http://gitesoffrance.com/default.asp
Last edited by mentalist; Nov 27th 2012 at 10:02 am.
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
Google Adwords
Holiday lettings
Owners Abroad
VRBO
Your own quality web site.
Trip Advisor for B&B . It's free . 95% of my guests use it. However if your business does not deliver a quality product it can kill you.
Holiday lettings
Owners Abroad
VRBO
Your own quality web site.
Trip Advisor for B&B . It's free . 95% of my guests use it. However if your business does not deliver a quality product it can kill you.
Last edited by wetwang; Nov 27th 2012 at 10:31 am.
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
Thanks for the advice. I have booked through Homelidays so may try them. Hadn't thought about Trip Advisor for the B & B - again a site we use to book through so may be a good idea; this will be our first year doing B & B but we think we have a good product. We have been using a couple of sites but feel we need a change as our product has changed a little so we want a new advertising place.
Thanks for the advice Ka Ora - we do do ask for a deposit even when they have been colleagues who have booked, as they can be the ones who procrastinate most! We also charge for cleaning if they don't leave it as they found it or we offer that they can pay up front for this service, as you have suggested.
Thanks for the advice Ka Ora - we do do ask for a deposit even when they have been colleagues who have booked, as they can be the ones who procrastinate most! We also charge for cleaning if they don't leave it as they found it or we offer that they can pay up front for this service, as you have suggested.
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
Our daughter who owns the house next to ours uses this site:
http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/
and has found it fine for what she needs.
Totally agree about insisting on a deposit. The only problems we had last summer were from a group who somehow managed to avoid paying a deposit.
We too provide a welcome basket containing bread, milk, home-made jam, a salad, fruit or veg from the garden and a bottle of wine from the village. Everyone has been thrilled and grateful.
http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/
and has found it fine for what she needs.
Totally agree about insisting on a deposit. The only problems we had last summer were from a group who somehow managed to avoid paying a deposit.
We too provide a welcome basket containing bread, milk, home-made jam, a salad, fruit or veg from the garden and a bottle of wine from the village. Everyone has been thrilled and grateful.
Last edited by grannybunz; Nov 27th 2012 at 3:53 pm.
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
Google your own area and local gites/B&B s etc. see which portals come up on page 1 . They will be the better ones to use.
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
Our daughter who owns the house next to ours uses this site:
http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/
and has found it fine for what she needs.
Totally agree about insisting on a deposit. The only problems we had last summer where from a group who somehow managed to avoid paying a deposit.
We too provide a welcome basket containing bread, milk, home-made jam, a salad, fruit or veg from the garden and a bottle of wine from the village. Everyone has been thrilled and grateful.
http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/
and has found it fine for what she needs.
Totally agree about insisting on a deposit. The only problems we had last summer where from a group who somehow managed to avoid paying a deposit.
We too provide a welcome basket containing bread, milk, home-made jam, a salad, fruit or veg from the garden and a bottle of wine from the village. Everyone has been thrilled and grateful.
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
www.cheznous.com. We've advertised via this site for the last 7 years and have been pretty happy with the number of bookings.
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
The other option is to contact the local tourist office who hold a list of local gites etc which have been approved for safety etc.
The problem with this is you get folk turning up on the doorstep - not the most ideal of situations.
The problem with this is you get folk turning up on the doorstep - not the most ideal of situations.
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
Just as an aside, do you have your licence 1 clearly displayed inside and out at the chambre d'hôtes? I'm sure you do, but just a heads up
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What licence is that. I have had my B&B for 6 years and have never heard of a licence.
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/p...s/F22379.xhtml
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
I was running 3 holiday apartments near Avignon for 4 years (until Sept this year - now I just handle the marketing) this summer we were fully booked from April (minus a couple of weeks in one apartment which got taken at the last minute)
30% of bookings came from Holiday-Rentals.co.uk without International upgrade
35% of bookings came from OwnersDirect.co.uk (paid upgrade from Holiday-Rentals)
10% of bookings came from AirBnb.com
25% of bookings came from Facebook and our own website (but as a marketing consultant I do know how to work that!)
30% of bookings came from Holiday-Rentals.co.uk without International upgrade
35% of bookings came from OwnersDirect.co.uk (paid upgrade from Holiday-Rentals)
10% of bookings came from AirBnb.com
25% of bookings came from Facebook and our own website (but as a marketing consultant I do know how to work that!)
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Re: Advertising for Gite / Chambre d'hotes
You need a Licence 2 to serve meals with alcohol, even if it's just wine offered free and included in the price 'licence petite restaurant 2). To apply for this you have to do a 3 day formation for a 'permis d'exploitation'.