Comments on: B n B & Gites for fun and profit (2) http://purelyfrance.com/2007/02/06/b-n-b-gites-for-fun-and-profit-2/ A New Zealander with one foot firmly in central France, the other frequently in his mouth writes of life, the beloved French, property transactions and how to run a successful B n B and Gite business Mon, 21 May 2012 07:35:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Chris Comley http://purelyfrance.com/2007/02/06/b-n-b-gites-for-fun-and-profit-2/#comment-10 Chris Comley Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:17:17 +0000 http://purelyfrance.com/2007/02/06/b-n-b-gites-for-fun-and-profit-2/#comment-10 Thanks for the invite. I'll keep an eye on the blog! :-) My two penny-worth, we wanted a place to use regularly ourselves, and decided to let it out to pay for it - hopefullyit'll be pretty much self-sustatining. It helped get us going taht we bought a place already modernised as two houses, and teh gite already furnished! We just had to furnish the other house, and this year we're putting in a pool. I look forward to your diatribe on tarrifs. We had *one* booking last year, though we didn't advertise at all until May, this year, we're already half full for the peak period. 99% bookings came in Jan, so is it (a) we missed teh rush last year (b) the pool counts for a lot (c) we're too cheap? Thanks for the invite. I’ll keep an eye on the blog! :-)

My two penny-worth, we wanted a place to use regularly ourselves, and decided to let it out to pay for it - hopefullyit’ll be pretty much self-sustatining. It helped get us going taht we bought a place already modernised as two houses, and teh gite already furnished! We just had to furnish the other house, and this year we’re putting in a pool.

I look forward to your diatribe on tarrifs. We had *one* booking last year, though we didn’t advertise at all until May, this year, we’re already half full for the peak period. 99% bookings came in Jan, so is it (a) we missed teh rush last year (b) the pool counts for a lot (c) we’re too cheap?

]]> By: bruce http://purelyfrance.com/2007/02/06/b-n-b-gites-for-fun-and-profit-2/#comment-11 bruce Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:24:27 +0000 http://purelyfrance.com/2007/02/06/b-n-b-gites-for-fun-and-profit-2/#comment-11 Hi Chris, Thanks for your response and comment. Jan/Feb is definitely the Gite selling season. By 28 Feb 2006 we had 39 of our years total of 79 bookings, this year we have 63 of probably what will be about 100 bookings. Unusally this year we took 24 bookings prior to 31 December, about a third of those to do with the Rugby World Cup. The B n B pattern is quite different, in 2004 we had 14% and in '05 13% of our bookings by 28 Feb. Many more short lead bookings too. Look forward to future comments from you. Cheers, Bruce. p.s. like your site, clear, clean and easy to navigate! Hi Chris,
Thanks for your response and comment. Jan/Feb is definitely the Gite selling season. By 28 Feb 2006 we had 39 of our years total of 79 bookings, this year we have 63 of probably what will be about 100 bookings. Unusally this year we took 24 bookings prior to 31 December, about a third of those to do with the Rugby World Cup.

The B n B pattern is quite different, in 2004 we had 14% and in ‘05 13% of our bookings by 28 Feb. Many more short lead bookings too.

Look forward to future comments from you. Cheers, Bruce.
p.s. like your site, clear, clean and easy to navigate!

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