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If you are ready to place your online advert, please go to the online booking form to enter the details about yourself and your property which will enable us to upload your advert to this site.
Helpful information
The booking form is set out in 5 easy stages. You should save each section as you go and complete all 5 stages in one sitting. Please avoid gaps of more than about 15 minutes when entering information or saving it in order to avoid being timed-out.
You will need to have ready:
Before you start your online advert, we advise you to have ready:
· Full details of your property, including the distance from the nearest main town plus the property’s postal code
· Images of your property, 1 main plus 6 additional. These need to be jpgs at least 300 x 300 pixels
· Your rental prices
· Your debit or credit card details plus, if applicable, tva or siret number
What happens next
Your completed advert and payment details come into the Holiday France Direct office. We will check your advertisement through and upload it to the site on the next working day. We will confirm the following to you:
· Payment
· Your travel account number (beginning with a C) which gives you and your guests 20% discount on Brittany Ferries vehicle and passenger fares. You can use your account number either online here or by ringing travel services on 0871 244 0444
· Your password giving access to your pages in the owners area. Here, you can edit your advert, including adding special offers and personal recommendations of things to see and do whilst on holiday at your property. You can also update your availability calendar, view your email enquiries, see how many visitors have viewed your web page, and more
· We will ask you to provide proof of ownership of the property that you are advertising with us. Please forward a utilities bill or similar to:
Holiday France Direct
New Harbour Road South
Poole
Dorset
BH15 4AJ
We’re here to help
Our team of properties advisors is happy to answer your queries and to help you get the most from your advertising with us. Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5.30 pm, and our contact details are:
· Email: enquiries@holidayfrancedirect.com
· Tel: 0871 244 1245
We provide e-newsletters to advertisers from time to time to advise latest news and updates.
2009 Holiday France Direct brochure
We will be in contact with advertisers regarding advertising in the 2009 Holiday France Direct brochure, an ideal way of reaching potential visitors who don’t have access to the internet or who prefer to browse for accommodation in a traditional holiday brochure.
Copyright: Holiday France Direct 2008
Testimonials
"I must thank you for such a wonderful service. Your proactive approach to analysing bookings and rapid response to problem solving is quite unique within this market. Thanks to your regular advice, I have been fully booked, almost, for the high season."
"Thank you for your prompt attention and helpful suggestions. Having been involved with publicity in the past, we appreciate your pro-active owner/client PR- new sites are easier to use."
"The new website and online editing facility is quick and simple to use - makes managing our advertising so much more effective."
"I am almost fully booked for next year already and very pleased with my bookings."
"Your site is extremely effective as the little cottage Le Jardin Secret had 23 weeks booked last year and already has 5 booked for 2008."
"I have never had anything but a friendly, helpful and efficient service from you all. It really is appreciated."
"I have been delighted with the service you have provided this year."
"I have been delighted with my advertising through Brittany Ferries/Holiday France Direct for the past 5 years. There has always been a very good response and I have had no problems with any of the rentals over the years. Holiday France Direct have always kept in close touch and helped me instantly with any queries. I can highly recommend them!"
"A big thank you. After a quiet January, we have been inundated with enquiries, mostly followed up with bookings. The amount of user visits is staggering."
"Just to say we are really impressed with your PR and proactive approach."
"The new-look website does seem to be more user-friendly and we seem to have many more enquiries this year than last."
"May I say how impressed we have been with the marketing of your company to us, which makes us confident, in turn, of the way you will promote Holiday France Direct, from which, of course, we hope to benefit in due course."