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On April 16th I wrote about the phishing attempts that were targeting holiday rental homeowners. We now have more information about this and I strongly suggest you keep reading to learn how to avoid becoming a victim of this scam.

Read the entire post » Phishing and Email Scams – Update

A new phishing scam is currently attacking holiday home owner’s email accounts. The scam is clever and we advise you to read this post to learn how it works and how to avoid an attack.

Read the entire post » Phishing and Email Scams – homeowners be alert

If there is only 1 review to an advertisement and that review is negative, it may put renters off. Nobody would benefit from this, and our review system was made to protect owners from ending up in such a situation. We have now modified the system slightly.

Read the entire post » All Reviews Online – Almost

Just in time for the booking season, we have released a new batch of information videos. See below, if your area, province, coast or island has been filmed.

Read the entire post » More videos from Spain are now available

About one month ago we launched our review system. A minor change to the system has just been released.

Read the entire post » Change to review system

Read the entire post » Promote your holiday home on Facebook and Google+

The ability to leave a review after staying in a property that has been rented on Spain-holiday.com is now available. Here is how it works.

Read the entire post » Introducing reviews

Why not be personal? After all owners and renters are dealing directly with each other. So we have decided to extend the owners online profile with a new addition called “Owner information”.

Read the entire post » Extended owners profile

To achieve a more reliable SMS delivery, an additional SMS service provider has been implemented. This requires your action if you still wish to receive an SMS when we send you an enquiry.

Read the entire post » SMS system improvements – your action required

We have released a list of new features available on www.spain-holiday.com. These include changes to the Quality Score system, sms system, bunk beds added, display name etc…

Read the entire post » Several new features available

Manually updating two different systems is both tedious and time-consuming. With our new web services, you can save both time and energy, by letting your website automatically update bookings and prices on Spain-holiday.com.

Read the entire post » Synchronize your calendar and prices with your own website

We have a lot of potential renters who send 1 enquiry, then sit back and wait for your response. When they have done this 2-3 times,  they sometimes wonder what happened and then broadcast 10 enquiries.

Read the entire post » Please answer all enquiries, even if the dates are booked

Trust and brand building is becoming increasingly important on the internet. Please note that Spain-holiday.com has changed and improved it’s design on some of the outgoing emails and newsletters. Here are a few examples.

Read the entire post » New look on all our outgoing emails

Our successful portfolio of Spain videos is again being expanded. This new batch consists of 25 additional videos, making it 75 in total – all in 10 different languages. Check the list below to see if your area or region is included.

Read the entire post » More information videos are now in production

Facebook has become an important business platform to keep in contact with clients. Not many companies are as strongly represented as Spain-Holiday.com. See below for our different accounts and how you can use them.

Read the entire post » Facebook – why not join us ?

Why receive enquiries for booked periods? A few days ago we launched a new feature that will help to send you enquiries that you can easier turn in to bookings.

Read the entire post » Better quality enquiries to holiday homeowners

Potential renters can search on availability on Spain-holiday.com. So it’s important that your calendar is frequently updated and can be trusted. We have made this easier for you.

Read the entire post » New feature! Quickly insert a booking into the calendar

All finished, a total of 480 videos, in 10 different languages! We are very happy with the final result. We are also extremely pleased to see that they are appreciated by others. An increasing number of people have been embedding them onto their own websites and the number of videos being watched has been multiplying day-by-day. Help us spread the message and promote your area, share them with your friends on Facebook, Tweet your followers, or if you know of a website (or person) that would appreciate the quality, be sure to pass them on. Beneath, you can find links to all videos currently available – at no cost.

Read the entire post » 480 HD videos from around Spain

Spain is divided into a lot of different types of areas, one of them is SUBURBs. If your property is located in a suburb, then I suggest you modify your advertisment in your account to include it, as we now show suburbs online www.spain-holiday.com in different places.

Read the entire post » Suburb search now online

On Friday April 2011 1st we have scheduled a major service maintenance update. Therefore we expect that Spain-holiday.com will be down for approximately 1-2 hours between 6-9 in the morning.

Read the entire post » Note! Service maintenance scheduled for Friday