They just don't bring me business, period. I didn't renew, I didn't renew BBONLINE and I am trying again BnBfinder mainly because of their fine marketing/web presence.
I am doing more with my own marketing than using ANY directory, so they better watch it, plenty of inns are and will give them the shaft! The greedy SOBs.
Our BBon line comes due in January and we will not be renewing....sometimes they don't even come into the top 10 referral sites and they are the most expensive. Dropped BB.com several years ago and never looked back.
I'll start a new thread with this next question but for now let me ask if anyone else has received an e-mail from Flip Key (the TA rental site) with an offer for a free listing in exchange for a 3% kickback whenever anyone books because of the listing?
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Silverspoon said:
Our BBon line comes due in January and we will not be renewing....sometimes they don't even come into the top 10 referral sites and they are the most expensive. Dropped BB.com several years ago and never looked back.
I'll start a new thread with this next question but for now let me ask if anyone else has received an e-mail from Flip Key (the TA rental site) with an offer for a free listing in exchange for a 3% kickback whenever anyone books because of the listing?
Dropped bbon line several years ago as it was not in my top 10 either! I have received several emails and frankly have not opened the last few, but the last mail I got with a calendar had the same 60 day trial they have been marketing for a year or two.
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I took advantage of the free listing a couple of years ago but it didn't drive the kind of guest my way that I am looking for so I dropped it after about 90 days of free listing. This offer is different:
"Fli pKey is introducing a new, free listing plan that allows you to list your property without any upfront costs or annual fees. You will only pay a small 3% fee on each booking you receive. The free listing plan also includes use of our messaging and payments platforms, so you’ll manage all aspects of your vacation rental right from your Fli pKey account."
Looks like FK manages the $$$ and makes deposits into your bank account from the guests payments. Sounds like another layer of complexity to the booking process and all initial communication with the prospective guest is anonymous using only FK channels.
What do you think?
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