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They’ve all gone…
If you cast your mind back to the early part of the year you might remember that we picked up a really big booking from a German family in February. So large that what started off as a couple of rooms for a few days ended up totalling 30 nights worth...
An easier way to start your own business
Lots of people would like to run their own business but don’t quite know where to start. If that sounds like you then you should look into the possibility of a franchise opportunity. Franchises vary enormously and cover all fields of business s...
Sometimes a small change can make a big difference in a site
One of the things that I’ve been looking at over the last couple of days is how I present the affiliate properties on the holiday listings sites and particularly on the new generation versions of them. What I’d been doing was listing 5 pr...
Clickbooth: an alternative to adsense?
It seems like everything is from google these days and that we’re getting more and more dependant on them for everything. Since being dependant on a single supplier is always a high risk option it’s good to see something like the Clickboo...
B&B or self-catering gite: which is best?
When the Brits are moving to France their first thought, usually, is to set themselves up in the gite business. It certainly sounds like the ideal lifestyle choice. You only need to work one day a week and you don’t have to see the guests at al...
Accepting credit card payments
Many businesses can’t really function without accepting credit cards these days. However, even for those that don’t have to accept credit cards, there are a whole range of plus points in accepting them. The big one is that, in general, p...
