The below message was sent to a number of owners and looks very suspicious. This could be yet another scam attempt.
Property: View ID: 331
Full Name: Greg Hooper
Email: englandgreg16@yahoo.com
Phone: +49-163-5151210
Message: Hello, How are you doing Renter? We are coming to France for Tourist vacation stay with my family soon. Does your holiday home is free from October 1st to 7th for 1week? Am interested in renting for 1week and how much is the cost for 1week renting? Kindly get back to me with rent price for 1week so i can book and pay on time. Regards, Greg Hooper.
The following 2 scam attempts were sent to a large number of owners on the 26th, 27th and 28th of July 2011. If you received either of these emails, be advised that they are most likely scam attempts.
The sender contacted many different owners using identically crafted enquiries and is why we have flagged these as dubious.
Property: View ID: 183
Full Name: Harry Smith
Email: harrysmth47@gmail.com
Phone: 2109014837
Message: Hello, I am interested in renting your property,kindly contact me soon via email. Regards
Property: View ID: 1062
Full Name: James Francis
Email: mrandmrsjames32@googlemail.com
Phone: 20 633 85714
Message: Good Morning , I’m James I will like to know if your property is available Checking Date : 15 oct 2011 Checkout Date 22 oct 2011 2 people . Looking forward to read your good news. Thanks Mrs & Mr James Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless
Below is the latest scam attempt that has hit the Direct Holiday Lets site.
Full Name: Brian Dempsey
Email: brian.dempsey90@gmail.com
Phone: 07632117422
Message: I am interested in renting your holiday home for 1week starting from August 20th to 26th for our family summer holiday. What is the final asking price of the renting? Kindly get back to me immediately as i am ready to book and pay OK. Thanks, Brian Dempsey Family.
This “person” sent many enquiries to users within minutes mainly to owners with properties listed in France.
If you are looking for outdoor activities, beautiful scenery and the opportunity to get away from the beach scene, then this holiday rental and location may be just what you are looking for.
This featured rental is located in the town of Meckenbeuren, Germany which lies around 10km from the stunning lake constance.
This part of the world is ideal for those who have a lot of energy and wish to get out and about and explore everything this wonderful part of the world has to offer.
The holiday apartment offers two bedrooms and one bathroom and is suitable for elderly and disabled guests.
Prices start at only 343.00 Euros per week.
Please see the main listings page for further information and to book direct with the owner.
Today’s featured rental is this lovely 2 bedroom 2 bathroom holiday apartment in Torrequebrada, Benalmadena on the wonderful Costa del Sol.
The apartment is in a perfect position to discover everything the Costa del Sol has to offer and is close to nearby Fuengirola which like Benalmadena offers a host of bars, restaurants and nightlife as well as some of the best beaches on the Costa del Sol.
The apartment is on a well kept urbanisation which has its own large private swimming pool.
The property sleeps up to 4 people and is fully furnished and equipped with everything you will need to make your holiday as comfortable as possible.
Posted on August 1st, 2010 in Scam Attempts | Comments Off
Below is a copy of an email that over the past two days has been sent to quite a number of owners with properties in a number of countries. Please treat as a scam attempt.
Full Name: David Francis Email: davidfrancis11@ymail.com Phone: +1386-490-1783 Message: Hello , Am David Francis from Florida USA and i will like to know if your property is available from : Checking Date : 1 Nov 2010 Checkout Date 30th Dec 2010 2 Adults : 0 children Let me know if the property is available or not and don\’t forget to include the price if the property is available Thanks David Francis .
Posted on February 18th, 2010 in Travel Advice | Comments Off
Customer loyalty is vital to all kinds of businesses in all kinds of fields and the travel industry is no exception. Incentivising past customers to keep coming back is, after all, much less expensive than attracting new ones.
Frequent flyer programmes came into existence nearly 30 years ago when American Airlines introduced their AAdvantage scheme to reward their customers for their loyalty. Since then, it is estimated that more than 100 million individuals have chosen to participate in one or other of the airlines’ programmes.
Posted on February 18th, 2010 in Travel Advice | Comments Off
Even if you don’t intend doing anything more with your holiday than lying and sunning yourself on the beach by day and relaxing in restaurants and bars in the evening, learning something of the local language can enrich your experience tremendously. Far from needing to become fluent, even just a few words can help you to win hearts, immerse yourself in the culture and even save you money!
Posted on February 9th, 2010 in Travel Advice | Comments Off
Trying to keep children occupied when you are travelling on holiday can be a nightmare. What to us may be nothing more than a short hop and a few hours of inconvenience can feel like a lifetime of boredom and frustration to them. Away from their familiar surroundings and their beloved toys, and often without much of an idea as to what to expect when they eventually reach their destination, the whole experience just makes them nervous, cranky and downright difficult.
Unless you happen to live and be staying right next door to your departure and arrival airports, the chances are that it isn’t just the flight that your children are going to have to endure either, but probably a car or coach ride at each end too. If you don’t go prepared, it won’t just be the children’s tempers that will have reached boiling point by the time you get there – your blood pressure could well be off the scale too!
Aside from standing out as one of the coastal resorts on southern Spain’s Costa del Sol to retain much of its traditional charm and avoid the fate of becoming littered with high-rise concrete buildings, Nerja has another very special claim to fame. Just three kilometres from its town centre is where you will find the spectacular Caves of Nerja, or Cueva de Nerja.
Discovered by a group of schoolboys who were hunting for bats in 1959, the caves proved to be an important find indeed, as they not only offered up proof of man’s existence in the area more than 20,000 years previously, but also contain the only known examples of cave paintings dating back to the Upper Palaeolithic era, somewhere between 10,000 and 50,000 years ago. Although what is known as the Show Gallery was opened up to the public the year after its discovery, the Upper and New Galleries were not discovered until 1960 and 1969 respectively. Even now, only the various ‘halls’ which go to make up the Show Gallery are fully open to the public, although some of the other chambers and caverns can be explored by over 14 year-olds joining a speleological group, details of which are available by calling or visiting the Caves.
