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[quote user="Cendrillon"]

"Another thing I have been wondering about, is given the current

financial climate and all the doom and gloom - which appears pretty

much global - are those owners who might have previously kept their

second properties for personal use becoming more likely to help finance

the properties through holiday lets?"

BYH

Whether second home owners will go down this route remains to be seen. I think the other question is will the "crunch" affect holiday spending next year? I suspect that bookings for gites may well be down on previous years.[:(]

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My gut feeling is that next year is likely to be a pretty bad year for tourism on all levels...

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Thanks for the link - I'll have a good root through.... (and thank you to whoever deleted my gobbledygook :))

What would you say the season is?

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Thanks for the welcome. Apologies to all for the formatting info! (I cut and paste from word as I use it to spell check and it appears to have dragged this over - I can't see how to get rid of it).

[Second properties?]

I have just joined this forum as I am interested to know the experiences of owners renting properties via the internet. Which are the most and least successful sites for owners? Do owners prefer fixed advertising cost or commission payments on successful bookings? And what the reasons for success or failure might be?

Another thing I have been wondering about, is given the current financial climate and all the doom and gloom - which appears pretty much global - are those owners who might have previously kept their second properties for personal use becoming more likely to help finance the properties through holiday lets?