Pooling of Gite bookings-Ariege/ Midi Pyrenees.

[Smiley]

Does anyone out there fancy pooling bookings in the Midi pyrenees region. I am currently fully booked for mid July to Mid September 2007 as well as other odd weeks and would be happy to refer any overspill enquiries to other Gite owners, who have availability, in a reciprocal arrangement.

Also some BnB's in the Mid France region along the Orleans-Toulouse corridor would be handy, we are always being asked for recommended stop-over points for our guests.

I welcome any ideas on this.

[Rob Roy]

Sounds like a good idea to me. Interested in the B & B side of it - we are just off the A.20, Junction 46.

[Smiley]

Hi Rob, I've added your site link to my site. Maybe you could do the same?

Betoulle, added yours too.

[Miki]

Now that's what I call sensible.

We have always done it for many years with local folks. It never usually works out equal

but that doesn't matter, filling odd weeks or days, that one would

perhaps not have filled is the most important thing is exchanging overs.

 The fairly important thing, is to make sure that anyone in the ring so to speak, pays an equal amount for advertising. We have been lumbered, on occasion, by someone wanting  to exchange overs but having barely any advertising of their own in place.

The way you plan on doing it, is good as well, it is not quite what we have done but it is still useful.

[pigeon]

I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I'd like some enquiry's let alone a booking or two

New gite plenty of advertising, but as yet here in the north of the dordogne nothing, any advice, apart from go back to uk I mean?

[Smiley]

Well here is my list of advertising if anyone wants to know:

Holidaylets

Owner direct

Holidayhost

Letfor

First4France

Click4holidayhomes

meetthefrench

Holidaylettings

Villarenters

all the seasons

Holidaynoticeboard

Holidayhavens

+Lots more smaller sites/forum sites etc.

Some of the above are very good, some rubbish!!

It's a matter of trial and error.

A good web site is a must for me too.

[pigeon]

Thanks smiley I'm already on some of those sites but no web site yet perhaps that will help.

[Chauffour]

the way it works in South Africa,  between all, or most, of the b&b/self catering,safaris, car rentals...  is that for each referral, a 10% commission is paid. we do it with our b&b, at the end of the season you just balance what you own/must pay to each other....

maybe it could work the same here (maybe excluding the months of July/August) ?

 

[Rob Roy]

[quote user="Smiley"]Hi Rob, I've added your site link to my site. Maybe you could do the same? Betoulle, added yours too.[/quote]

Great, I will get it sorted a.s.a.p. (have to ask No 3 son as he does all the website techie stuff for me!)