jones7272
Hi everybody,
Need help ,just built a new villa and currently setting up for the rental market.Doe's anybody know details for a site to post an advert or what is the best way to advertise for staff. We already have an onsite villa manager but we are looking to hire someone with good English speaking skills that can take care of online bookings etc.
Do not want a villa management company as the 30% they charge is outrageous!
Thanks
Regards,
Ben
Markit
Dear Jones - you are doomed.
You obviously have no idea what you are doing or what you have gotten yourself involved with.
If you think that hiring some one of the street "that can take care of online bookings etc." will cost less than the 30% wastage the management company will charge or that you will have guests that don't all want their money back almost immediately because your "staff" have no fecking idea what they are doing then I have a bridge for sale in San Fransisco.
If you want staff that will not destroy your business then you need to hire them away(expensive) from existing villas, get them from amongst your trusted circle of Balinese friends or clone them from existing examples.
Good luck.
spicyayam
Check out villas.com airbnb flipkey. There are many many places online to advertise your property. They do however charge around 15% commission.
JabberWokker
Agoda, booking.com, TripAdvisor and homeaway should also be used.
One thing to note to get good occupancy is you don't choose the rates. Look at the competition and gauge from their success shown by reviews etc.
Do the online stuff and as much else yourself. Don't trust the staff.
samsiam
15%....crikey
ronb
Airbnb is cheaper - around 3%. Their website says:
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Airbnb charges hosts a 3% host service fee every time a booking is completed on our online platform. This fee covers the cost of processing guest payments and comes out of the host payout. We also charge guests a guest service fee to cover the cost of running the site.
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JabberWokker
no.idea wroteIn the end I have agreed to manage their villas for 5% of their daily fees.
Therefore these villas no longer need a resident manager, they have a cleaner who comes in for 4 hours a day (she also plays around in the garden) and a guy who comes around to clean the pool twice a week.
If something goes wrong I get a guy to come around and fix the problem.
It is that simple. I have been in the villa game for a number of years and am therefore well known. I get a number of enquiries and if the villas I manage are booked out I contact friends and pass the booking on to them.
Wow! 5% that is a great deal. I would be interested in meeting you someday to discuss this, maybe a beer in Sanur sometime.
no.idea
None of the companies mentioned above manage the villa. They simply book people in and take 15% of the daily rate.
You will find it almost impossible to manage the villa and bookings yourself if you are outside of Bali. I have various friends who have tried this and kept contacting me to go around and solve their problems. In the end I have agreed to manage their villas for 5% of their daily fees.
Therefore these villas no longer need a resident manager, they have a cleaner who comes in for 4 hours a day (she also plays around in the garden) and a guy who comes around to clean the pool twice a week.
If something goes wrong I get a guy to come around and fix the problem.
It is that simple. I have been in the villa game for a number of years and am therefore well known. I get a number of enquiries and if the villas I manage are booked out I contact friends and pass the booking on to them.
I am happy that you have found this site but it would have been better if we could have helped you in the earlier stages.
Markit
JabberWokker wroteWow! 5% that is a great deal. I would be interested in meeting you someday to discuss this, maybe a beer in Sanur sometime.
Don't do that it'll just make your ass hurt!
JabberWokker
Markit wroteDon't do that it'll just make your ass hurt!
Thanks for the heads up. I will use the same security precautions I use when visiting Seminyak and put on my male chastity belt.
samsiam
no.idea wroteNone of the companies mentioned above manage the villa. They simply book people in and take 15% of the daily rate.
You will find it almost impossible to manage the villa and bookings yourself if you are outside of Bali. I have various friends who have tried this and kept contacting me to go around and solve their problems. In the end I have agreed to manage their villas for 5% of their daily fees.
Therefore these villas no longer need a resident manager, they have a cleaner who comes in for 4 hours a day [B](she also plays around in the garden)[/B] and a guy who comes around to clean the pool twice a week.
If something goes wrong I get a guy to come around and fix the problem.
It is that simple. I have been in the villa game for a number of years and am therefore well known. I get a number of enquiries and if the villas I manage are booked out I contact friends and pass the booking on to them.
I am happy that you have found this site but it would have been better if we could have helped you in the earlier stages.
As an expat....you should know better.
spicyayam
Airbnb is cheaper - around 3%. Their website says:
I think Airbnb is a little expensive, it is just that they break down the fees for the accommodation owner and the guest and there is a currency fee.
we add a 6-12% service fee to guest payments every time a reservation is booked to cover the cost of running our site and services.
The exact percentage depends on the subtotal of the reservation. The higher the subtotal, the lower the percentage so you can save money when booking large reservations. You will see the exact amount in the price breakdown on the checkout page before you confirm and pay and on your billing receipt.
we deduct a 3% service fee from host payouts every time a reservation is booked at their listing. This covers the cost of processing guest payments.
An
adjusted exchange rate that includes a 3% currency conversion fee also applies to guests if the currency in which a guest is browsing the site is also the one in which they are paying and differs from the host’s listing currency.
https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/384
no.idea
The whole answer to the original question is a bit more complex that a brief comment such as I have offered. It needs a bit more of a face to face to face conversation.
Please ignore Markit about his comments on anal soreness. I have only ever taken a transvestite home once. When I realised that this beautiful girl was in face a man I almost did not have sex with him.
Markit
Fact is none of them Airbnb, Homeaway, Holidaylettings, ButtfucksRus or whoever will actually cause someone to come to your accommodation. They all want to write and find out how hot the eggs are for breakfast and if the coffee is black or does the toilet accept condoms, etc. etc. so if you think a Balinese/Indonesian can answer that shit then away you go.
And no.idea admit it the only reason the tranny went home with you was because she/he couldn't imagine that anyone in your condition would want anything more than a nice cup of tea.
JabberWokker
no.idea wroteI almost did not have sex with him.
lol, 'almost did not' means you did then ;-)
I don't call them 'chicks with dicks', they are 'men with tits'. No problem, everyone to their own, just don't get into the local livestock as it could contaminate the food chain for the rest of us.
no.idea
Please guys, back off. I would never stoop so low as to have sex with the livestock.
Well almost....Okay we can forget about that time with the cute looking chicken....but that was a mutual feeling.
The Larkins
I am so glad I am vegetarian.
Markit
Actually since we are so off theme, an old Chinese guy once told me the best sex he'd ever had was with a chicken and at the magic moment you strangle the chicken.
Afterwards there's no blah-blah just a nice barbecue.
JabberWokker
And I always thought the term "choking the chicken" meant something else.
Joe Writeson
Only problem with those 'girls with big feet' is when they use your favourite razor and aftershave the morning after ... allegedly.
I had a long term relationship with a gentleman of confused gender when I lived in Thailand, never sexual, just 'good mates', used to love going out bar slumming with 'him' on my arm ... always got some very strange looks and reactions ... course 'him' being 6'2", black and made up to look like the Nigerian chanteuse Sade may have been part of the WTF factor.
Always the diplomat, if I ever spotted a kewtie that I fancied a meaningful overnight relationship with 'he' would quietly slip away.
Lovely bloke/lass
