Comments on: B n B & Gites for fun and profit (6) http://purelyfrance.com/2007/08/22/b-n-b-gites-for-fun-and-profit-6/ 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 07:45:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Chris Comley http://purelyfrance.com/2007/08/22/b-n-b-gites-for-fun-and-profit-6/#comment-147 Chris Comley Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:34:39 +0000 http://purelyfrance.com/2007/08/22/b-n-b-gites-for-fun-and-profit-6/#comment-147 My two penny worth - as usual... :-) As anyone who's checked will know our website is comprehensive. That's cost whilst not being a web guru, I've sussed out enough to be able to add new pages to the menus and stuff so every time we come up with useful info, we add a page. We're currently adding to the local restaurant reviews. Many folk have said, what a useful site! BUT To the best of my knowledge we have not had one single "direct hit". Despite the fact taht we *do* come up in google et al. ALL our bookings have come via people who FIRST found out about us from a gite advertising site. The main site we advertise on is http://www.cheznous.co.uk/ , though we've also had enquiries via http://www.frenchentree.com and http://www.click4holidayhomes.com . (We're always beign bombarded with ads for new sites. We tend to try out any that have a free trial period!) BUT i also have to say that about 1/3rd of this years bookings come from our advert in Chez Nous' companion *printed* catalog. That costs extra of course - in our opinion it's worth it. Some of the folk who booked via the book never visited our site *at all*. My two penny worth - as usual… :-)

As anyone who’s checked will know our website is comprehensive. That’s cost whilst not being a web guru, I’ve sussed out enough to be able to add new pages to the menus and stuff so every time we come up with useful info, we add a page. We’re currently adding to the local restaurant reviews.

Many folk have said, what a useful site!

BUT

To the best of my knowledge we have not had one single “direct hit”. Despite the fact taht we *do* come up in google et al. ALL our bookings have come via people who FIRST found out about us from a gite advertising site.

The main site we advertise on is http://www.cheznous.co.uk/ , though we’ve also had enquiries via http://www.frenchentree.com and http://www.click4holidayhomes.com . (We’re always beign bombarded with ads for new sites. We tend to try out any that have a free trial period!)

BUT i also have to say that about 1/3rd of this years bookings come from our advert in Chez Nous’ companion *printed* catalog. That costs extra of course - in our opinion it’s worth it. Some of the folk who booked via the book never visited our site *at all*.

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