willow Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Is it our imagination or are bookings slow this year??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 [quote user="willow"]Is it our imagination or are bookings slow this year???[/quote]I bet you don't get an answer or if you do they will tell you it's their best year ever. [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 My mother-in-law is not coming over this year for her annual holiday.... [:-))][:D][:D]Does that count as a drop in booking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 No, it probably counts as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfblind Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 [quote user="willow"]Is it our imagination or are bookings slow this year???[/quote]Not quite as slow as 2011 but not fast ! Depends on your type of property as always.Edit :- Sorry realised this is for B&B and Ch d'H, dont have one of those ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water rat Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 It's true Quillan !! We have more bookings at this time of year than we've ever had before. I think maybe the French are staying at home this year and they are our biggest market. We get very few from abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 [quote user="Quillan"][quote user="willow"]Is it our imagination or are bookings slow this year???[/quote]I bet you don't get an answer or if you do they will tell you it's their best year ever. [;-)][/quote]Only 4 weeks for summer left........not bad so far [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 [quote user="Théière"][quote user="Quillan"][quote user="willow"]Is it our imagination or are bookings slow this year???[/quote]I bet you don't get an answer or if you do they will tell you it's their best year ever. [;-)][/quote]Only 4 weeks for summer left........not bad so far [:)][/quote]Erm... we're in the b&b / chambres d'hôte section so if you've only got 4 weeks of the summer left for bookings you certainly are doing well. [:-))]I agree that enquiries are slow but my conversion rate is comparable to last year and happily, each booking is tending to be for more nights. Which is just fine by me! So swings and roundabouts, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Oops, sorry should have read more carefully, just a lowly gite. [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellybelly Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Hi,We are in our second year this year and have taken bookings since the beginning of the year and for longer stays which is good for us......less washing to do !!Suppose you can never tell until the end of the year how its all going to pan out.Fingers crossed.Good luck all for 2012.Best wishes Mel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 The viewings of our web-site are half to what they were the last 2 years, even though we are still on Page 1 of google. However we are up on the number of nights booked by this time last year and like others have said they are for longer stays - a 14 nighter!! and a few 10 nighters in both rooms. Also the bookings are nearly all for July & Aug already (May and June very slow). Perhaps couples (we do not take children) are finding that it is cheaper to stay in a B&B than some of the prices charged for a gite in height of Summer. We do not put up our prices for July & Aug. Also this year nearly all Brits and hardly any long distance travellers which is unusual for us. World is so unsettled so perhaps people are staying at home. More Brits could mean they are escaping the Olympics!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyj198 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I wish our place was a B&B this year. Every month of the summer is gone and some weeks into the fall. But I guess that's what happens when your friends find out staying at your place is free :-p Gotta start charging :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 [quote user="Mattyj198"]I wish our place was a B&B this year. Every month of the summer is gone and some weeks into the fall. But I guess that's what happens when your friends find out staying at your place is free :-p Gotta start charging :-p[/quote]Been there and done that. We had people 'pop in' as they were passing when we were on the canals. They must like driving as some had driven for three and a half hours to where we were moored. We also have this with our yacht but they all know that in season we are working and not sailing which "does not suit them".Even before we left the UK and people said about popping over for a visit we made it quite clear that in season we would offer them a 10% 'friends' discount, not many came. We did tell them that if they didn't want to pay come in February or November but only one friend bothered.Of course family is welcome anytime, if we have a spare room that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Just an observation from the point of view of a potential punter....This year, for various reasons, I can only go away in August, for other logistical reasons I don't want to drive to the part of France (south-west) I want to holiday. Now although the prices of Gites etc are mostly reasonable (although some are waaaay out of my league) the prices of flights, even the low-cost carriers is huge. This has really put me off so I'm thinking again of what to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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