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Comment on Dear Editor: France, Lac Vassivière by Lydia Martindale

Lydia Martindale — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:45:50 +0000

Lac Vassiviere IS beautiful. In fact the whole of the Limousin is beautiful and unspoilt. There are lots of smaller lakes nearby most of them equiped with leisure facilities. In the summer, we enjoy discoving new ones all the time.

Lydia Martindale

Comment on Save £90 Advertising on Europe’s Largest Travel Website, Ryanair.com – Offer ends Sunday 31 January by serena Properties

serena Properties — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:53:15 +0000

Cannot use this special offer as ryan air does not fly out to cyprus- paphos

Comment on Save £90 Advertising on Europe’s Largest Travel Website, Ryanair.com – Offer ends Sunday 31 January by Vinod Kumar

Vinod Kumar — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:51:18 +0000

Hi
I tried to register through independant owners with ryanair. I find that my property is already advertised through Perfect getaways. Perfect getaways seem to manage the site. Does indpentant owners have a different site with ryanair which will display my website

Vinod

Comment on Holiday home payment methods | Accepting credit cards by Blair Geddes

Blair Geddes — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:18:20 +0000

Google checkout has the added bonus for smaller holiday letters, where you can receive adwords credit depending on the amounts you put through! Free Marketing!

Paypal although very convenient, are very biased towards the payer. One complaint and they will freeze your account until it’s sorted out. Could be crippling to an individual who has multiple deposits or payments sitting in an account.

Comment on Holiday home payment methods | Accepting credit cards by iowners

iowners — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:55:21 +0000

Thank you everyone for your comments.

Lorenzo, you are correct. Google checkout outlines the following:
Monthly sales under £1500 3.4% + £0.20 per transaction
£1500 – £5999.99 2.9% + £0.20
£6000 – £14999.99 2.4% + £0.20
£15000 – £54999.99 1.9% + £0.20
£55000 or more 1.4% + £0.20

Cara, thank you for your question. We are currently doing research on your behalf and will feature all of the pros and cons of using PayPal in an upcoming edition of CaMIO. In the meantime if anyone has advice or personal experiences to share with Cara and the entire IO community please leave a comment.

Sincerely,
IO Support Team

Comment on Holiday home payment methods | Accepting credit cards by Schofields

Schofields — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:52:41 +0000

Thanks Richard for outlining the different credit card solutions and the associated costs.

As you say accepting credit cards builds trust with guests and offers them protection.

I expect most people booking holiday homes still pay by check. Surely including credit card charges in your rates makes the price more expensive for cheque payers? Surcharging those who wish to pay by credit card can make sense (airlines do it) as this can help keep your rates down.

Although, if most of your guests book by card then incorporating charges into your rates makes sense.

Philip

Comment on Holiday home payment methods | Accepting credit cards by Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:41:11 +0000

It looks like your article displays incorrect data.

If you take a look at this page:
http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?answer=89800&hl=en_GB

it doesn’t mention anything about
Google Checkout (checkout.google.com) – transaction costs from 1.5% + 15p

Am I looing in the wrong page? There’s a big difference between 1.5% and 3.4%

Comment on Compare Away Customer- Free holiday rental website built for you! by Darla Ogden

Darla Ogden — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:17:47 +0000

Thanks Independant Owners. I just signed up for my website. It’ll be a nice Christmas gift for my husband who has always nagged me about having one! But seriously, is it really free forever??
Thanks
D

Comment on Holiday home payment methods | Accepting credit cards by Cara

Cara — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:19:19 +0000

I heard that accepting PayPal isn’t 100% safe for vacation rentals. I heard that the person paying can take back theor money at anytime, even if you have moved it into your personal account.

Any advice?
Gracias,
Cara

Comment on Flight News Monthly by Cara

Cara — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:17:02 +0000

With Ryanair you only get what you pay for, so I am not surprised to hear that they are at the bottom of most every service-based barrel, however I will say they are punctual and affordable. Again, you get what you pay for.