Comments on: How to Spot a Cherry Picker and Other Rental Tips

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:07:27 +0000

I like your tips about closing the sale, it's good to look at how other industries go about selling their products. The time limited offers seem to work well. Rob's last blog post..Essential Items For Your Holiday Home Rental

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:18:07 +0000

This was heartening to read - I have just had three Cherry Pickers in a row! Thomas's last blog post..The National Museum of Education - Rouen

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:25:33 +0000

Part of my business is real time online booking, really interesting post, backed up by what we have been hearing from our online booking clients. We have just put live a booking service called Bookster for holiday properties which tries an alleviate this problem providing quick access to a real time booking system that takes payments online. It is still in Beta (so one property only at present) but hopefully it will be of help to combat the "cherry pickers"! Robin's last blog post..Changeover Days

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:15:38 +0000

You are so right about the generic e mail request. I spent 30 minutes last week answering 15 questions about my cottage, the answers to all of which were on the web site.
On the other hand, as I just have two cottages I am happy to provide as much information as is required if my prompt response leans a prospective renter to make a booking with us.
The one thing that I have found is that the request for more photos is quite common and although I have a number of good ones on my web site I am planning another page of pictures to try and reduce the need from potential renters. It does highlight the necessity to provide as much information as is possible.