Availability calendars
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All our Advertisers have the option of displaying an availability calendar on their advert. They tell holidaymakers at a glance whether a property is booked (red), available (green) or if its availability is as yet unknown (grey). We advise that you use and update this calendar regularly in order to make the search process for holidaymakers more user-friendly.
Our calendars are simple to use: select the first and last date of the period you want to change and then select which colour you want to make it. All aspects of your calendar can be managed via Stage Six in your Home Management Page.
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Why use your availability calendar?
Without an availability calendar your property will appear at the bottom of the search results when a holidaymaker carries out a date specific search, beneath those who use their calendars.
Likewise,without displaying an availability calendar, when holidaymakers search by budget your property will appear beneath those adverts with calendars.
Holidaymakers don't want to waste time enquiring about properties that aren't available. If they can't see a calendar, they may move straight onto the next advert.
If you use your availability calendar and update it frequently, your advert will get a boost in availability searches, appearing higher than those that haven't been updated as recently.
The responsible use of our availability calendars is defined in our Terms & Conditions and is a requisite of using our site.
The dos and don'ts of availability calendars
DO activate your calendar
DON'T leave booked dates as available to attract more enquiries - this will only annoy holidaymakers who enquired thinking the property is free for those dates
DO update your calendar regularly - we recommend at least once a week, but our minimum requirement is that calendars are updated at least once per month
DON'T neglect to update your calendar because you have no new bookings - simply tell us your calendar is up to date using the link provided in Stage Six of your Home Management Page so we don't think you're abusing the system
DO remember that dates on the availability calendar are split into mornings and afternoons to allow for changeovers - if someone is leaving on a Saturday morning, you can leave Saturday afternoon as available
DON'T mark dates as unknown (grey) unless you genuinely are unsure if the property will be available. If you are waiting to receive a deposit or completed booking contract mark the dates red.
Remember: you can embed your availability calendar into your own website free of charge. Whenever you log into holidaylettings.co.uk to update your calendar, the one on your personal website updates too.
If, after reading this page you want to deactivate your calendar, contact us quoting your Advertiser or Home ID. If at any time you wish to reactivate it, you can do this in Stage Six of your Home Management Page.
