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3 Must Do Things for 2013
1st Place to the prepared Happy New Year, it’s going to be a good one…. but it’s important to have everything in the right place for 2013. Here are 3 “must do” things for 2013: 1) Ensure you have rates...
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TripAdvisor Major Upgrade creates delay
We have recently completed an integration with TripAdvisor to enable Freetobook customers to advertise on their TripAdvisor (TA) page. We believe this makes good TripAdvisor Show Prices button for...
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Scotland’s Best B&Bs select freetobook
Scotland’s Best B&Bs – a highly regarded group of nearly 100 bed and breakfasts, all rated 4- or 5-star by VisitScotland– have awarded Freetobook a major contract to provide commission-free online...
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Get Together with a group of properties using freetobook
It pays to get “together” together you get more With “together” a new solution by freetobook, properties can can easily co-operate to maximise their bookings. It’s great for associations, tourism...
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Fort William B&Bs get “together”
More “togetherness” thanks to freetobook Wasn’t there a hit song out a few years ago called “Better Together”? Can’t remember, off the top of my head, who sang it, but here at freetobook, we’re all...
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Wonderful Widgets
Why your widget is so important to your business! A sports car may be beautifully styled, but if it can’t go anywhere it’s just… well, a sculpture. In the same way, no matter how good your website...
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2013 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence
freetobook sponsors “Small Hotel of the Year” 2013 Quality is the key. What makes the VisitEngland Awards so important for the accommodation world – and so important to freetobook as a sponsor – is the...
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VisitScotland Update
freetobook connecting with VisitScotland One of the most exciting things on the horizon for freetobook is our new connection with VisitScotland. VisitScotland has a new accommodation search system that...
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TripAdvisor is becoming a Booking Website
8 Things You NEED to Know about the TripAdvisor Changes Are you up to speed with the changes at TripAdvisor? Not knowing could lose you bookings. TripAdvisor is Changing into a Booking Website. If you...
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Winning Images – Part 1
Great Visuals Sell Accommodation Big hotel chains have the largest marketing budgets, so their websites must always be the ones that attract the most attention. Right? Wrong. In the USA recently, it’s...
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TripAdvisor Goes Official (now a Price Comparison Website) Press release...
At freetobook we have been tweeting, facebooking and blogging about this change for months – Now its official from TripAdvisor themselves – they are a rate comparisson site with booking links. (8...
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TripAdvisor is changing into a Rate Comparison and Booking website. How does this affect accommodation owners ? Some accommodation providers could lose bookings from TripAdvisor as a result of these...
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Winning Images – Part 2
5 More Ways That Great Photos Can Boost Your Bookings Great photos can massively enhance the first impression guests received from your website – and therefore boost your bookings. Here are a few...
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3 Things You Need to Know About Mobile Bookings
Every day, more and more people are using iPads, iPhones, Androids etc to book hotels and B&Bs. Pretty soon more people will be booking travel via mobile than on old-fashioned desktop computers....
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The Benefits of Getting “Together” in Torbay
Accommodation associations the length of the country are benefiting from freetobook’s innovative “Together” product, which allows them to market themselves more effectively as a group. It’s already...
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VisitScotland – get free bookings on VisitScotland dot com using freetobook
Bookings are already flooding in from VisitScotland to properties using freetobook, don’t lose out and get yours at no cost whatsoever. If you are an accommodation in Scotland you can get free bookings...
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How To Avoid That Dreaded Overbooking
Is overbooking a sign of marketing success, process failure or just bad luck? There’s a real stigma attached to over/double booking. Why? Is it the failure to deliver on a personal promise made to...
View ArticleTripadvisor Business Listings to have booking and availability Q4 2013
TripAdvisor has just let us know that they are planning to enable properties with business listings to display rates and availability and booking functionality (planned for Q4 2013). An official press...
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What’s Your Unique Selling Point?
USPs can be powerful sales tools USPs are all the rage these days, because they make you stand out in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Given how full of character – and, yes, “quirky” even! –...
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10 DOs & DON’Ts for Managing Good (& Bad) Reviews
There are good + bads ways of dealing with guest reviews. We’ve all been there, whether we’re accommodation owners or not. We’ve all imagined we’ve done something well only to be brought up short when...
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