My father and a number of his friends with gites in France were forever complaining about poor returns from expensive brochure advertising. He was paying nearly £700 for a tiny quarter-page advert in a glossy brochure, and still had lots of unbooked weeks, in spite of the promises made by the salesmen.
Brochures are two-dimensional. They cost a lot to publish and distribute. Therefore they have to charge a lot to make a profit. Our costs are limited to design, graphics, telecoms charges, labour and marketing, the latter being the greatest expense. Even so, we can operate with a charge of just£52 a year per site. Apart from the pure cost-savings to you, here are 10 other good reasons for advertising with us:
1. You get you own, professionally designed web page, with at least 4 photos and your choice of text. Custom requirements are our speciality (booking forms etc., as you require them).
2. You will benefit from a 'survivor' web site that has been growing steadily for 5 years and which is now getting 36,000 hits a month from people looking for just what you are offering. No ads, no clutter, just gites & villas in France. And only France.
3. We operate on an annual membership fee (£50) NO commisson, so what you charge is what you get. Potential clients pay NOTHING to see your advertisement.
4. We give you an on-line Availability Calendar that you can edit yourself from any browser anywhere, anytime. This reduces time wasting and effort on your part and that of the potential client. Win win. Try our demonstrator here.
5. You get a visitor's book, to reflect comments from past visitors.
6. You get an easy-to-remember page name, not some catalogue number. For example, www.frenchleave.com/mygite.htm
7. You can post your last-minute availability on our message board, which is linked to our Last-Minute page.
8. Any cancellations you get will be published as available on our Last-Minute page, which is linked into the message board. 60% of enquiries are for last-minute properties yet brochures are powerless to react.
9. As a paid-up member you will have right of access to our Member's Area, where you can view enquires sent to us. If you have what people are looking for (often months in advance) then you can contact them directly. No one else can access this important information.
10. Small works for you. We will NEVER have more than 20 properties in your region of France as a matter of deliberate policy. You will get seen.
We are highly confident that nowhere else on the Internet will offer you a better (or cheaper) way to market your property.
I
have read the Terms & Conditions and would like to advertise my
property with you for one year for just £52:
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