About Holidaylettings4you.co.uk

Who are we and what we do?

Holidaylettings4you.co.uk advertises privately owned holiday homes and guest houses worldwide and we are new for 2010 by Richard Hoben and Michelle Gourlay, two professionals in IT and rental owners also we created our website to provide value for money advertising direct to the owner through Holidaylettings4you you can enquire about holiday properties, private holiday villas and holiday apartments, cottages, guest houses and farmhouses to whatever suits your rental needs. Renting a holiday home is the perfect alternative to hotel living if you want space, privacy, flexibility and value for money. You will save pounds, as its the home your paying for not per person, you also have the freedom to holiday on your own timetable and be able to experience life like a local in your chosen destination. Whatever your vacation rental preference, or the size of your group, weve got villas with pools to guest houses and self catering accommodation in Florida, Portugal, Scotland and beyond for that perfect holiday destination. Whether you are after a luxury lodge, apartment or guest house in Scotland, a log cabin, or even a guest house, caravan,or cottage in England youre sure to find something to suit all your needs, even check out our late deals section for that last minute holiday.

Why Choose Us?

Holidaylettings4you is a trusted website established in 2010 and growing every month. All our advertisers are on our website are validated prior to activation and we pride ourselfs to showcase your property to holidaymakers worldwide as attracting guests to your property is what we do for a low cost annual advertising fee from only £19.99 for a Basic advert, £29.99 for a Standard advert, £69.99 for our Premium advert. Everything you earn is yours - No commission on bookings ever and no hidden extras - and free to advertise in our Late Deals section forever. We offer more than anyone else in the business and pride our self in offering low cost advertising to owners worldwide. If you have a holiday home or guest house that you wish to advertise contact our sales team or just register online today to get started.

Holiday makers questions and answers

Q: Is my booking protected by ABTA or ATOL?

You should be aware that you are not automatically protected against loss of expenditure when booking flights and accommodation independently should, for example, your airline go out of business or your accommodation not meet your requirements. ABTA represents travel agents and tour operators only. As holidaylettings4you.co.uk is an advertising portal and not an agent engaged in the holiday transaction, it is not a member of any travel organisations and therefore offers no protection against the holiday home booking you make.Our best advice is to check the small print of your travel insurance policy or find an insurance provider that will cover you against such occurrences. Furthermore, ensure you request a booking contract relating to your holiday home rental so you are aware of your rights and those of the person advertising the property.

Q: How do I make a booking?

The great thing about our site is that you book the properties directly with the advertiser. When you see a property you are interested in - you can email the advertisers directly. Fill in the contact form at the bottom of the advert and wherever possible give details about your preferred dates, group size and special requirements, and alternative contact phone number or e-mail. From then on you can correspond directly with them. We do not intervene in the booking procedure. It's a personal and flexible way of finding the best property for your holiday!

Q: Why am I being asked for a security deposit?

We encourage all advertisers to ask for a security deposit with every booking as this is the simplest way to cover unexpected costs that they may incur as a result of your stay. If you lose keys, or if you accidentally break a lamp or table, the easy solution is for the owner to use the security deposit to cover this expense and refund the rest of the security deposit to you as appropriate. Details of the security deposit (payment, conditions and refund) should be laid out in the booking contract if provided.

You should expect to be asked for a booking deposit (to secure your booking), a security deposit (as above) and a final payment (usually about 8 weeks prior to the holiday starting).

Q: I booked a holiday home, but now I can't see it on your site now?

As an advertising service we remove adverts from the site for a number of reasons. Most often this will be at the advertiser's request because the property is fully booked, or because they have decided that they will not rent it out beyond the present season. We may also remove adverts whilst we await an overdue subscription payment for the advertising. If you cannot find the property you have booked on the site, we would advise you contact the advertiser directly and they should be able to reassure you as to why the advert has been removed.

Q: What does Holidaylettings4you offer?

Holiday Lettings is a advertising website. We advertise holiday homes and guest house all over the world. The adverts on the site are created and managed by individual advertisers, just like ebay or Auto Trader websites.

Our advertisers are either private holiday home owners, property managers or guest house owners. All enquiries you make via this website are sent directly to the property owner, manager and your booking is with them, not with Holidaylettings4you.
As you are transacting with a third party we advise you to take due care and diligence when paying for your accommodation and to make sure all your questions are answered before you make payment - just as you would if you were buying a product via ebay.

Q: How do I use the Holidaylettings4you.co.uk site?

You can search for properties for holiday accommodation or guest houses by going to our search page and filling in your requirements:

Search by location - just pick the country, region or town in which you are interested from our list. Search by group size - Just two of you travelling or a big group of friends? Select the group size to find a property that will have the right number of beds for you.

Advanced searching - The range of check boxes should help you find properties that fit your requirements, from those with a Jacuzzi to wi-fi and more. If the advertiser displays a phone number you could also give them a call. Make sure you include your phone number so that the advertiser can call you back - sometimes that's more convenient and more immediate. Once you have found a property that you are interested in, click on the 'Send Enquiry' button.

Q: How to 'buy safe' when booking your accommodation?

Adverts on our website are provided and maintained by Owners and Property Managers. We do not own, manage or inspect any of the properties listed and cannot verify any of the advert details. holidaylettings4you.co.uk makes no warranties or representations as to the accuracy, completeness, legality, performance or suitability of the adverts. We accept no liability arising from reliance upon this information made by any user of the site. We advise you to conduct your own research and to familiarise yourself with our terms and conditions and FAQs.

Check how long the advert has been on the site. All Holidaylettings4you adverts state when they registered. The longer an advert has been on the site, the more people have probably booked that accommodation without having any problems. Speak to the advertiser on the phone. A phone call can often be a lot more reassuring than relying on contact via email and the majority of our advertisers will have a contact number on the advert. If they do not then feel free to email them requesting a contact number so that you may speak to them. Make sure you have full contact details for an owner including their address and a land line number. Consider the payment options presented to you by the advertiser. Credit cards may offer the highest level of protection to you under the Consumer Credit Act, Section 75, although cases are handled on an individual basis by banks.

Visa debit cards may offer some protection through the chargeback scheme, but again this varies from bank to bank and is assessed on an individual basis. If the advertiser cannot accept card payments, ask if you can pay them by card via PayPal (they will need a Premium PayPal account to do this). In this situation chargebacks can be raised with PayPal (check their terms and conditions for more information) and with your card provider.Some advertisers may alternatively request payment by cheque or bank transfer, which afford very little consumer protection.

Never pay for accommodation by untraceable methods of payment such as using a wire transfer company e.g. Western Union and MoneyGram. Be sure that you are paying the advertiser directly or an established agent. If they ask for money to be paid to a third party or to a bank account in an obscure country, be wary.

Most advertisers request a deposit at the time of booking, and the remaining balance and security deposit up to 8 weeks before the start of the letting. If payment is requested up front, question whether you feel comfortable with this.

Q: Can i report an advert?

If you experience any unusual behaviour or requests from an advertiser let us know and we will investigate further. If you are suspicious and decide not to book the property it is important that you alert us as soon as possible with your reasons for this. Every advert on holidaylettings4you has a 'Report Advert' link located at the top corner on the right. If you suspect that the advert is false or misleading then use this link to report the advert to our team and tell us the reason why.

Advertisers questions and answers

Q: My town/country is not listed - what should I do?

If you are certain this is the case Please just select (not listed) when you set up your advert. Then email us and we will add it to our database system.

Q: I'm a New Advertiser how do I proceed?

The first step is registration you will be asked to choose a login id and password and complete some details about yourself and your property then you will have to validate your Email address. Once validated you can select the required advert type you require. You will then be taken to the Advert Registration screen where you will be able to complete your advert details and enter all information about your property location, description and more then you can proceed to upload your photo images. And that's it! You then have 2 days in which to complete your advert as it will be reviewed by our team before it goes live on holidaylettings4you site.

Note if you wish to secure a Special Offer we have at the time, you should complete this step straight away, as most of our offers are limited by number or date.

Q: I already advertise with you and want to create another Advert.

You can add upto 10 properties on any single account by just selecting add new property. If you wish to set up anew account you will need to complete the "New Advert Registration" process again and use an altenitave email address.

Q: Are you under obligation to renew!

No! if you don't wish to renew your account with us. just ignore the renewal email invoice at the end of your advertising period and your advertisement will be removed from our system automaticaly.

Q: Can I have a link to my own website from my advert?

Yes, as long as its to your own personal property website, As per the terms and conditions of use of our website, we do not allow website addresses within the main body of your advert. Neither do we allow links to business or competitor sites. We reserve the right to remove the link or deactivate your advert ! A link is free of charge as long as you provide a link back to us from your website via a reciprocal link.

When you have added the link on to your website, our system with automaticly check your site for the link e.g. www.holidaylettings4you.co.uk and will automaticly activate the link to your website from your property advert.

If you would prefer not to link back to us, there is an annual fee of £15.00 GBP for a non-reciprocal link. Premium and Gold advertisers only can add a personal website link FREE.

Availability Calendar (Premium, Standard and Gold Adverts Only)

Our calendars are quick and easy to update simply go to your Home Management page, Please keep your calendar upto date as this shows a good impression to potential holidaymakers who view your advert, we recommend updating your availability calendar at least once a month.

Q: Can the Availability Calendar be used on my own property website?

Yes if you are already using our calendar on your property advert, you can use a dedicated URL link for this purpose, by placing the link on your website this will take your customer to the availability calendar only which is dedicated to your property and will show like this on your website. Availability Calendar To get your predefined code please contact our team with your home reference number.

Q: What happens if I forget my password?

If you have forgotten your password simply click 'Login/Register' on this page enter the username in which is registered to your Holidaylettings4you account to have your password re-sent to you by email.

Q: How much do you charge?

Advertisers pay just £19.99 for a Basic advert, or £29.99 Standard advert, or £69.99 for a Premium property advert per annum. Why do Premium adverts increase your chances

Our Gold advert is for (2) properties on the same account with all the benifits of the Premium advert, this is offered at the discounted rate of only £119.99 per annum.

Agents please contact our sales team if you have more than 10 properties to advertise.

Additional Marketing Tools

Late Deals section
Additional advertising in our Late Deals page is Free to all our advertisers

Advert Inputting service £20.00 for your first property (Additional adverts £10.00)
Our customer service team will uploaded your advert details for you from an existing website or from our email template to save your time.

Verify Account (one-off administration fee £10.00) please see Our Prices for details
Validate your rental address with our logo and increase the seal of confidence to confirm the existence of your property to holidaymakers.

1. Our sales team will send you a letter by post to the property address.
2. This letter will contain an alphanumeric code.
3. You must email this alphanumeric code and home id number entered in our Contact us page.
4. If this code matches the code on the letter then your property will be validated with our logo on your advert and on our search results pages.

Website Links (Basic and Standard Advertisers)
Free if you add a reciprocal link from your own website to our website or if you wish you can add a Non-reciprocal link from your advert to your own property website for only £15.00 per annum.

*Existing advertisers please use the upgrade option provided on your home managment page when your logged into your account.

Premium and Gold Advertisers
This service is FREE to add your personal property website link when you add your property.

(Please note we do not allow website links or address in any other part of your advert)

Q: Do you offer any premium advertising on your site to increase exposure?

Yes! Premium property adverts includes all the same as our Standared advert except your entitled to add a free website link to your own personal property website, add upto 16 photos, Premium stamp label on the search results listing page to highlight your advert with 3 additional photos and more text to showcase your holiday home. You will also appear on the lefthand side page in rotation on our seach page.

If you have already paid for a Basic or Standard Advert and would like to upgrade your account to Premium or gold property advert please use the options provided on your home managment page when your logged into your account.

Q: What is the minimum you expect from me to add my property?

Here at Holidaylettings4you we really want your advert to do well and we go to great lengths to ensure all adverts are in the best possible shape and have at least (4) photos in order to achieve as many enquiries as possible. Adverts with less than 4 photos will not be activated by our team.

Q: I uploaded my advert, why cant i see it online?

We do have certain minimum standards which ensure the best performance for not only your individual advert but also the site as a whole. Our Customer Service Team reviews all adverts and will let you know if any changes are required before we activate your advert. Our system is designed in such a way that allows holidaymakers to search using many types of criteria such as bedrooms, sleeps, property types even including late deals. It is important that you include as much information about your property or it will not be activated.

(Please contact our sales team after 72hrs if your advert is not appearing on our website)