Your Holiday Matters is devoted to identifying holiday rentals and B&Bs with a singular bond: every property you see here is backed by an “Owner who Cares.”

Our homes range from simple beach apartments and family friendly cottages to luxurious chalets or stylish city pads. Owners share a common goal, to go the extra mile to give guests a great time: they know how much a holiday matters … 

Each advertisement carries one photograph and a brief description - a thumbnail of the owner/s is also encouraged and displayed at the top. A personal website for the properties is required therefore, to provide all the information guests will need. A charge of £20 is levied to owners for submitting an application, and if successful there is an annual subscription fee of £35.

The website was re-launched on Oct 31st 2009 and in the light of recent bad press about booking direct-with-owner, promises to change the way holiday-makers think and search: only applicants with great attitudes towards customer care and satisfaction are approved, and can display the valued Seal of Approval on joining. Peace of mind at first click!

Clevacances is a quality control mark covering holiday accommodation and gites in France. Clevacances\’ classification system is one of only two systems to be officially approved by the French Ministry of Tourism. The classifcation system involves every property being regularly inspected by Clevacances. Each property is awarded between 1 and 5 keys or stars and this gives the renter a guarantee as to the quality of the accommodation and the level of equipment they can expect to find in the property.
Clevacances also provides an arbitration service for renters who use the Clevacances contract.
Clevacances provides a full web based listing of quality accommodation in France including, cottages, gites, hotels and bed and breakfasts.

Welcome to OwnerDirect-Global.com, the first Pay-Per-Inquiry Real Estate Portal for property owners - No fees or commissions.

Property Owners showcase your properties worldwide for FREE and only pay $1 per inquiry you receive from property seekers. In contrast, to paying hundreds of dollars in upfront advertising fees or thousands of dollars in commissions!

Property Seekers view property details, photographs, videos tours and contact the owners directly saving time and unnecessary agent fees.

This site provides rental villas and apartments on the coast of Spain (Costa Blanca, Costa Brava, Costa del Sol, Costa Dorada, Ibiza …)
It offers the best offers villas with pools and apartments in Spain.
It provides a search engine, detailed and fast.
This is the central booking the largest in Spain. She has more than 300 collaborating agencies and more than 3,000 homes for rent throughout the year.
The site is available in English, Spanish, French and Dutch.

Now in it\’s 3rd year, Let\’sRentPropertyInFrance.com is a website that helps you find your ideal rental property in France.

On the site you will find a growing range of quality long term lets and holiday gites available for you to rent in France.

Alternatively, landlords/ladies & property owners have a place to advertise rental property in France - at competitive rates - to a wide range of potential tenants from the thousands of visitors welcomed each month. (40,000+ views in August 2009)

A listing on LRPIF gives you:

• A full page advert (hand coded & optimized for search engines)
• Your own description
• 4 or 8 large photos
• Anti spam, direct enquiry contact
• Availability calendar (Gold listing)
• Secondary listing on the blog
• Friendly backup and support :O)
• Occasional newsletters inc. any recent scam reports/activity

The site is daily indexed by Google and all the top search engines, ranks top (often more than once) on page one of Google, Yahoo, Bing etc for a wide range of relevant keywords and search terms. Backed up by a plethora of secondary promotional services such as Twitter, Stumbleupon and articles a listing on LRPIF will end up seriously “out there”…

Pay a visit today for full details and find out how you can get your rental property seen!

Listing of self-catering gites,cottages and houses to rent direct from owners in the Loire Valley,France.

Thailand Holiday House is a country-specific guide to vacation villas and holiday homes throughout Thailand.

The properties are listed by geographical region, across several price ranges.

The site is in English and targets all international tourists to Thailand.

Owners of properties in Thailand may submit their property for review: approved listings are charged a commission of 10% on achieved bookings only. There is no cost for the listing, and up to 10 photos may be submitted.

An optional reciprocal linking programme is offered.

“Give your holidays another way”… ah, I do love a good french tag line.

The official website for the Gites de France brand, the site initially loads in French, but has an english section. Has a great (if slow) search function with thousands of listings results.

Whilst it\’s pretty straight forward to use in terms of finding a gite, finding how to list isn\’t so easy. In fact, I comprehensively failed to find any information for gite owners. I\’m guessing that you get to list when you get the \’Gites de France\’ accreditation… can anyone fill me in via the comments below?

Book holiday accommodation directly with the owners. No commissions, no fees. Gitelink offers a selection of self catering holiday cottages and places to stay in France. Holiday homes, villas and gites to rent in France - rural accommodation, including gites de France, country cottages, and B&Bs.

Paid listings only, site also specifies “quality criteria” which must be met by the gite before being allowed to list. From the language on the site it is french owned, but targeting an english speaking audience predominantly.

Fees to list in 2009 start from £24, however all you get for that is a link back to your own gite website and a (very) brief description. At least the link is “do follow” so it should provide some page rank benefit to your site.

Quote:

“Yes, it really is 100% FREE for owners to advertise on Best French Holidays for a limited period.

Advertising includes a brief description and a photo and a link to your own website. This will drive traffic to your own website and generate business from your own website. If you do not yet have a website or wish to upgrade your current site we specialise in building websites for B&B and gites at very reasonable rates, so please contact us if we can help. Whilst the advert is FREE we would appreciate a reciprocal link being placed on your website.

This free offer lasts for the lifetime of the advertisement.”

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