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What makes travellers come to your unit / location?
What kind of people come to our unit?
Nature lovers, people who love tramping, water sporters, birdwatchers, photographers, star-gazers.
They choose our unit because we're offering natural bedding, chorine-free water, views, space and quiet, modern facilities, wifi and of course nice hosts.
I am a birdwatcher, and love photography and nature, so there is always lots to share.
How about your place?
Evening Aaltje B.
I have had all sorts from :
We are short drive to and from Airport and city Centre, a very ideal location to get best of both worlds; not too close to noisy city centre and not too far either to travel to and from.
Plenty of local idyllic places to see near by from St Anne's Park, to Clontarf Seaview; Golf Courses, Railway link to North Dublin for Malahide Castle and Howth area.
Kind Regards
Sounds like year-round business ?
Considering I only started in August 2019, it was a feast at first all the booking coming in, then the Irish Famine hit in November onwards and it dwlindled.
Spent some time over Xmas and new year tweaking pricing, rate plans and promotions, and now March is nearly fully booked.
I implemented a new strategy , set minimum 2 nights for Thursdays, Fridays and Mondays;
Detached promotions from shorter stays and set them up for the long stays.
It worked well for Jan & Feb weekends so far.
Perfect to be near the airport as well.
That should help.
Probably a lot of short stays for them?
Can you advertise at the airport with a pamphlet of your property?
No that would be very doubtful.
Will look into that during ny after season. Good to tweak system now and then .
It seems to go up in ranking search if you do that too. Correct or does it only look like that. Up season here . Everything is opposite your Northern hemisphere .
Our Northern California home's rental suite is like many other partner-hosts who are in semi-remote areas and not in internationally-known California tourist cities (San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Napa Valley, etc.).
We are one of hundreds of vacation stays in the scenic, alpine mountain region of eastern California, which is 300 miles long and 70 miles wide. Other than the surrounding pine tree and redwood forests, and maybe a nearby winter ski resort, it can be difficult to make potential guests think our location is more special than other regional mountain communities.
My wife and I have only had 44 bookings, since we began renting our home's downstairs guestrooms 20 months ago. We are listed on Booking.com, Airbnb, TripAdvisor. FlipKey and Expedia; plus, our guestrooms are listed on our local tourism office's website. Booking.com and Expedia have brought us the most online reservations in the past year.
The same is true for guestroom rental owners, whose property is along California's 800-mile seacoast. To some guests, one California ocean beach can look the same as another coastline many miles away.
In my rental suite advertising, I must mention ALL area attractions to make potential guests think there are many more nearby options to explore and have fun:
Does anyone else have this same challenge?
Wow, that is a long and impressive list with activities in your area!
We have lots of competition lately, within a few years time about 80 new units opened their doors. With no hotels in sight there is a big need for accommodation.
Many look alike.
So it is good to have something special, a special feature why you stand out.
Is it your coffee machine, your hot tub, early check in - late check out, the fire-place?
People that rent in shoulder seasons use the fireplace in South NZ a lot. And even this summer was so cold, we only just stopped using it!
I forgot to mention in my list, the fireplace. Defenitely a hit, with stacks of wood too.
Thanks Don for your contribution!
Dear Ella,
New Zealand is certainly a beautiful country to visit ...but I would visit your country just to meet you to hear you play the flute, taste you delicious pies and to just seat with you watching the birds.... and shoot photos.....not the birds!!!
Thanks for sharing!!!
The Adam's Studio in Oropos is opened from April to the end of October...that means summertime...
April....
1.Many guests come for Easter...mostly Greeks...Greeks prefer to have Easter in their villages or to places near Athens that are in the country...
2. Only 5 klm from us there are three Boat Yards.
Yachtsmen from all over the world come to us and stay for 2-3 nights while their boat is getting ready for them to sail to our beautiful islands... They prefer this place in Greece where they can leave their boat with complete peace of mind for the winter. This sheltered location on the coast of the southern Gulf of Evia is ideal for winter dry-berthing of yachts where haul-out and launching is performed.
May...
1. May 1st.......Labor Day... National holiday...No one works. All Greeks are celebrating... It is an Urban holiday and people traditionally come to us with family and stay for 2-3 nights. They prefer the country to celebrate and to gather flowers to make a flower wreath...which they hang in their front doors for luck...
2. Guests from all over the world that prefer to travel in low seasons...to visit the mountains...the museums...Athens city...
June,July,August, September...
Guests from everywhere, mostly for the sun and sea...swimming, sports activities, relaxing, entertainment, clubbing etc
October
Guests from Italy, Russia, Germany, France, Finland etc. that love the country and just to seat and relax and for sun exposure therapy before the wintertime.
After that we close The Adam's Studio in Oropos for guests and the Adam's family move in to relax and enjoy the wintertime....
Last but not least....guests from every part of the world come to us for us...