Villa Owners Languedoc

I was thrilled to discover last week that a massive 50% of the families who booked their holiday with Tots To Travel in October were families who have holidayed with us before. Most importantly, they’ve had such a good experience that they’ve come back. This proves that successful marketing is all about being in front [...]

“70% of our bookings are outside July & August How we are different…?  Awards, extensive press coverage, happy houseowners and fabulous feedback from families. 1. Extend your season 2/3 of our bookings are outside July and August 2. Amazing feedback 91% of our families rated their holiday as ‘absolutely fabulous’ or ‘great’ (2009) 3. Stand out from the crowd [...]

We have been contacted by the Houses Editor for IKEA Family Live magazine, who arranges photo shoots of interesting homes around the world (in 23 countries) that show how people use IKEA products to create their own style. At the moment, the magazine is particularly looking for houses and apartments in France for the next [...]

With many house owners in the process of planning for the 2012 season already, we thought these school holiday dates may be useful in decided upon pricing bands. They will of course vary slightly from school to school but these are approximately when the school holidays will fall in 2011-2012: October (Autumn) half term 24 [...]

I watch what rents and what doesn’t with an obsessive level of interest.  And it is no coincidence that the properties that book ‘fastest and bestest’ are those that have a modern, clean interior.  I have watched with fascination as properties that I know well and that are beautiful in every way (location, garden, pool, [...]

Last weekend was a bit of a bumper sales weekend for one of our newer Spanish properties! In the space of just ONE DAY, Tots sold some 4 weeks in 2012 at child friendly villa La Finca on Spain’s Costa Blanca. We and the house owners are of course delighted with that early booking result; [...]

The Landlord of the future will treat property investment as a business. As Landlords, we are “service providers” and provide a service to our “clients” (tenants). Therefore your success will be determined by the level of service you offer your clients. Our businesses can only survive if we meet our tenant’s needs, which will in [...]

So traditionally the day everybody arrives and departs in France is SATURDAYS! Have you tried to book a flight on Saturday in July & August? Have you seen the peage booths on the motorway on a Saturday in July & August? A few weeks ago on the www.TotstoTravel.co.uk Facebook page I put a survey up [...]

Tots to Travel grew by 80% whilst the rest of the world was in a deep recession.  I take none of that for granted.  I believe that our growth was firmly down to the fact that we NICHE. Niche-ing may seem counter-intuitive; why narrow your target market when everybody loves your property? Well here’s why! I have just [...]