Dream Holiday Cottages New Website Features

Nationwide coverage
Many websites tend to focus on regions of the UK and do not have a national coverage. There are many wonderful locations across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland that have dream holiday cottages. We will make it quick and easy for users to locate their dream holiday cottage in the geographical region of their choice.

Navigation
There is nothing more frustrating for a user than having to click through endless pages to try and find what they are looking for. There will be a variety of quick and easy navigation methods to help people find the dream Holiday Cottages that match their criteria. Visitors will be able to narrow their searches down to the properties that are relevant to their needs including, location, availability and cost.

Reviews
Some of the most successful “hotel” websites across the World have become so popular because they include customer reviews. Nobody knows a holiday cottage or the location better than its owners, however, having impartial feedback from your visitors can help identify other points of value about your holiday cottage and the location. We plan to be the first holiday cottage website to allow owners to also leave reviews and feedback about their guests.

Booking Calendar
Our booking calendar will be viewable on your holiday cottage description page and if you own your own website we will supply you with the means to add the same booking calendar to it at no extra cost so that you only have to work with one booking calendar!

Direct Marketing
We will provide members with the tools to build a marketing database of people who have made enquiries or stayed at their property, so that it’s quick and easy to comunicate avalible dates and special offers.

Statistics
Do you want to know how many people have viewed your advert and of those people how many people have contacted you? Without this information how can you improve your conversation rate? We think that it is important that you can measure the positive contribution that Dream Holiday Cottages is making to your rentals.

Photos
A picture can say a thousand words… but only if people can see them properly. So many websites make the holiday cottage pictures far too small. We will display multiple quality images and give the viewer the option to increase the size to suit their needs.

Video
Some of you will be experienced at using a video camera. Using video footage can add an extra dimension to your description page especially if filmed on a nice sunny day.

Communication
Speed of reply to a customer enquiry can make all of the difference between you get a booking and not. You will have the option to receive messages to your mobile phone as well as your computer. We will make it quick and easy for people to communicate with you, whilst at the same time protect your email address so that you do not receive any unwanted spam email.

Saving Information
Visitors will be able to save the cottages that they are interested in so that they can view them again at a later day. We will give visitors their own login details so that they can keep a record of the cottages that they have stayed in or would like to find out more information about, as well as booking facilities. They will also be able to send the details of their favourite cottages easily to their friends or family. No more scribbling notes on pieces of paper that can get lost!

Maps
Interactive mapping technology that can show your holiday cottage’s exact location is readily available. This will allow users to zoom in and out and get a much better feel for the surrounding area. It will be possible to also view satellite images for some locations.

Holiday Cottage Description
We want to make it easy for you to promote your holiday cottage effectively on the internet. We will guide you and give you tips to help you provide people with all of the information and photographs that they need. We will even help you to take better quality photographs so that you can display your holiday home at its best!

Member discounts
We are negotiating special terms for our members so that the income from their holiday cottage can become more profitable. These may include discounted insurance, telephone and utility bills for example.

Advertising
We will invest a large proportion of membership fees into marketing the Dream Holiday Cottages website and achieving excellent listings on all of the major serach engines. We are internet marketing experts, so that you don’t have to be!

Data Protection
We will not sell your contact details to any third party company. You will have the option to opt in or out of all the communication that is sent by ourselves.