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| | Each advertiser gets a full colour page advertisement for their property, together with slots for up to 10 colour photos and an internal messaging service so other holiday home owners and holiday makers can contact the property owner to make an enquiry.
Once registered, the property is automatically added to the database so holiday makers and owners can view the property to ‘Rent and Swap’. The property owner also has the opportunity to list special search criteria they would like the property to come under, such as ‘Near a golf course’ or ‘Has a BBQ area’. |
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| | Why do people advertise on Local Homes Abroad?
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| | We offer holiday home owners based in Leicestershire an alternative and unique way to advertise their property for Let and Swap within the local area. Local Homes Abroad is an invaluable alternative/ addition to other forms of advertising, offering property management features such as availability calendar and an internal messaging service. |
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| | How much do you charge and how can I pay?
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| | Membership is: £69 per annum, payable annually.
This includes the full-page advertisement and account features. There are no extra fees or commissions’ payable - aside from the renewal payment to continue your advertisement for another year after 12 months. We pride ourselves on offering a friendly, efficient and extremely good value service to our customers. |
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| | How should my photos be configured for the best results?
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| | Photos should be landscape in format otherwise they will be stretched horizontally to fit the spaces provided. They also must be jpeg files (.jpg ending to the image file). If you are able to set or resize the images we recommend setting them to roughly 250 pixels wide. The file size should be no greater than 50K otherwise they will take too long to appear for visitors to your page. You can normally edit your images on your computer using image software such as Paint, Paint Shop Pro or PhotoShop. If you struggle to sort your photos into this format you can email them to us at: membership@localhomesabroad.co.uk and we can do this for you. |
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| | Can I change the photos on my page at a later stage and/or add more?
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| | You can log in to your account at any point to add more photos or replace previous photos for your page. To replace a picture, just add a new picture to where the old picture was previously and this will over-write the previous image. Please note that the first image upload in the form will be the main property photo on display. |
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| | Do you have any tips on what photos to display and how to present them?
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| | The first of the photos (top upload input) is also displayed on the search results page as a small thumbnail image representing your property so we recommend picking the best photo for this position. External shots work especially well here.
Also take a look at the photos that you are using and consider the following points:
Are they selling your property to its best ability? Do you have a good mix of internal and external photographs, are they attractive and well-lit?
Holidaymakers like to see what the interior looks like before even thinking of committing to a booking. They will also be keen to see any attractive scenic shots from the property or nearby. If you are able to as this will help sell the area to the holidaymaker too. |
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| | Can I make changes to my advert once it has been published?
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| | When you register with Local Homes Abroad you assign yourself a username and password. You can then use these at any point to log in to your account;
- Add properties
- Change details
- Add/replace photos
- Message other members.
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| | Are payments I make secure and do you store my payment card details?
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| | Paypal provides our payment system which is widely used and safe. This means we are able to accept payment online by debit/credit card from most of the world's best-known cards. We do not store your payment details on our website. Your account will be activated immediately. |
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| | How can I improve the performance of my adverts?
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| | There are many things you may be able to do to increase the effectiveness:
How much information have you provided on your page?
We recommend including as much information about your property and the area as possible. When you define the search criteria of your property include every aspect you consider an asset. This could be activities close by, or the fact you have an open fire, all the things you love about your property will make it all the more appealing to potential holiday makers or other members for house swap.
How well are you selling the best features of your property?
Remember the objective of your page is to let or swap your property - don't miss off any important attractions or features of your home.
Make good use of the 'Short description' field when completing your property details page.
This field is shown to holidaymakers on the search results pages when they are deciding which properties to look at in more detail.
Is your property appropriately priced?
Take a look at other similar properties on this and other sites to see that you are not overcharging.
Do you provide sufficient information to your visitors?
Specifically pricing, availability notes, facilities, directions of how to get there. If there is an easy way to get to your area such as a cheap airline provider then tell people who they are and any useful information. Often if you don't answer visitors' questions they don't bother writing to ask, they just move on to another property that does!
It is important that you have listed the correct town and region spellings on your property page, as these will affect what traffic your advert attracts from the search. Take a look at the 'Search by destination' page to see how other advertisers in a similar location have listed their property. If most holidaymakers don't know the name of your town but you are on the outskirts of a far more renowned town perhaps it would be best to list it under this location.
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