17 Apr 2009 10:06 AM:
Hi Davey
I've read your reply posts and the possible tone you have written them in and I feel I may have offended you.
I have re-read my post and it could have been read as being criticising and patronising, please accept my apology if this is how it came across, this was not the intention and I am not taking some higher ground or a know it all attitude, if you knew me you'd realise this is the case. In my effort to inform you of my past and present experiences, knowledge and business life, in an attempt to give you some confidence in where I was coming from, I can see that it may have been taken the wrong way, I'm sorry about that I will make sure I chose my words more carefully next time.
In answer to your post we cannot guarantee rentals and nobody else can, unfortunately nothing is ever guaranteed in life except the fact that at some point we will all die. We do however stand by the performance of the websites that we have negotiated volume discount deals with and the others we have within the Mass Marketing for Holiday Rentals package. As a result of this confidence we have committed to offering a double money back guarantee to all our clients. So, if you don't achieve at least the amount you have paid for the package in rental income, we will give you double your money back, so you cannot lose financially. With regards to proof of performance, we can only go by past performance and these websites statistically produced 100+ enquiries per property last year, these enquiry levels are specific to the Costa Calida/Murcia area and based on an average property with an average advert.
The initial signs for this season is that enquiries and bookings are down on last year, but this may be a case of people in the UK booking holidays later due to concerns over job security. The Euro rate hasn't helped at all where Spain is concerned either, but people in the UK should technically have more money in their pockets than last year due to low interest rates. The European Holiday makers however, especially the Scandinavians and the Germans (now the taxation laws re: second homes have apparently changed again for the Germans) are making up for the lower UK holiday maker bookings at the moment.
This possible lack of potential holiday makers is even more reason to spend more and do more to attract and gain rentals because there is possibly less to go round and so those that have the greatest exposure for their property and the best enquiry to booking conversion rates will be the ones that do best. This is why we created the Mass Marketing Package, it gives our Owners a massive advantage over the huge amount owners that are in competition with them.
I can't go on too much about the content of the packages as this would be self promotion which is against forum rules, but if you go on our website you can download a pdf pack that answers a lot of questions and gives you the in's and out's of the websites within the packages, who they are, their performance levels etc. The website address is letsgetlets dot com and go either to the Owners section or download the Owners pack on the left hand side.
I hope this helps and again I apologise for any unintentional offence I may have caused in the previous post.
Speak to me soon
Glen
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