5 Top Tips To Get The Best From A Self-Catering Holiday Accommodation Website.1) Beware of sites that have only popped up in the last year or two - they will not have built up an established audience that is large enough to attract enough visitors to it. 2) Avoid sites that simply list lots of holiday properties but give visitors no travel or destination information, few pictures and look outdated - they may attract visitors - but the visitors will rarely stay very long to look around the site if they find it dull and difficult to navigate. 3) Look for sites that have been long established on the web. The longer the website has been established on the web, the better quality traffic it will attract as holidaymakers get to know the site and record it as a 'favourite' on their own PC. Word of mouth is a very strong endorsement and so the longer established sites such as www.holidaybank.co.uk also benefit from holidaymakers sent to the site by the recommendation of friends and family. In addition, the longer a site has been around, the more links it has built up with other relevant reputable websites - and these in turn recommend their own traffic to the site. 4) Look for websites that specialise in putting the holidaymaker in direct contact with the owner of the property. Holidaymakers are keen to save money and get a better deal by sourcing and booking their own holiday property online. As an owner you can provide this to them - because by cutting out the 'middle man', you can respond more quickly to their requests, provide them with more information about the property and the location and offer them better value for money than they could get from booking through a travel agent. 5) Look for websites that enable you to access your own password protected admin area on the site and are easy to use. As an owner, you need to be able to update availability information, add relevant local information, last minute offers and new photographs to your property pages. This keeps the pages fresh and ensures that you get pre-qualified enquiries from holidaymakers who know what you have available and the prices you are asking for. It saves both you and the holidaymaker time and helps make holidaymakers make quicker bookings. On well-designed websites like www.holidaybank.co.uk owners can add individual information and photographs to up to five pages of information about their property. And it can all be done online with a PC and basic keyboard skills. Avoid sites that charge you extra for additional photographs. You should be able to get at least 10 photographs for the same basic advertising price - and make sure you make use of every single one - because photographs 'sell' your property to the holidaymaker! Copyright 2006. Copyright protected by HolidayBank Ltd, Sunway House, Raglan Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk. NR32 2LW.Join our FREE owners newsletter and receive regular hints and tips on getting more customers for your holiday property and the latest updates on holiday letting news, law and scams. Click here to register HolidayBank is a worldwide registered trademark of HolidayBank Ltd. |
