Kalkan Turkey Forum - EnjoyKalkan.com
Kalkan Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Enjoy Kalkan on September 24, 2018, 05:54:27 PM
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Are you looking for your perfect holiday to Kalkan?
Did you know you could be paying too much for your holiday? Some property rental websites such as HomeAway, Tripadvisor, Owners Direct and others are now charging YOU the guest up to 10% of your rental fee just for using their website? Check your booking for the "Service Fee". This does not go to the property owner. It is an additional fee that you should not be paying.
Did you know many sites now prevent owners and guests having open conversations with each other with all conversation restricted through their website. Just think of all the valuable local information the property owner could share with you to create your perfect holiday. We dont think that is fair and that is why we believe you should deal directly with the owners of the property, the people who know the most about it, the people who furnished it and care for it, not a middle man.
Are you a property owner?
Feeling like you have lost control and your property has turned into a small part of someone elses big business? Tired of waiting for your deposit money even though your guest has already paid in full? Frustrated that you cannot offer your guests the personal service you wish to because communication is limited via a website?
We don't think that is fair and we shall shortly be launching a new way of Enjoying Kalkan, with no commissions, no booking fees and no annual charges.
11 years ago we launched EnjoyKalkan as a forum to share free advice, an open communications platform to discuss Kalkan with others, exchange tips, holiday reports and photos.
That is why we are now re-investing in our platform, going back to our core values of freedom and fairness and shall shortly be launching a whole new platform for both holiday makers and owners.
If you are an owner interested in listing your property with us please reply to this thread and we shall be in touch.
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Yes we would be interested.
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Added you :)
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Count us in please.
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Added 😀
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John, this sounds like a great Idea. But did you know there is already a direct-to-owner website that started this year, specialising in Kalkan? No hidden fees and the guests speak direct to the owner. There's a monthly fee for the owners to join but most of this goes to promoting the website... far more exposure than the owners could get themselves.
www.kalkanprivaterentals.com
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Hi Martyn. Yes I saw that site which I believe is part of Kalkan Secrets. I’m sure there will be room for more especially as this will be a zero price offering for both the guests and property owners.
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Please supply further details Jon
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Wow. This is like EK just woke up from a long sleep. It’s great. Sure wish I could be looking at cctv like before. Got 2 more holidays to go this year. Can’t wait to return to kalkan next year. Wish I was in Baharat right now.
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We are very much awake again 😀
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Further details please Jon, we are interested.
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Definitely interested. Keen to hear more. 👍
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Yes, would be interested - thanks
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Yes please Jon, look forward to hearing all about it!
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Yes, I would be interested to hear more too. Interestingly I discovered I had one or two very near neighbours in Kalkan looking at links to their property on the Forum in the past, e.g. Bob and Jayne and Sezkalkan are within waving distance. Even if they are now there when I am it is good to walk by their places. Great to see Bob and Jayne in June but they were not around when I was out this month.
I have met one or two others in Kalkan through this site. One of these days I will meet up with Cleworthallray. Hi there if you are reading this.
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Hi Jon
Interested to learn more
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Hi Jon, sounds interesting - look forward to see this development. Mike & Ben
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Yes, very interested! Please keep me updated. Thank you.
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Added everyone to the list 😀
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We’re interested. Always prefer to deal direct with the owner. Then they become friends. Hope you had a great holiday tortoise lady. We missed each other by just a handful of hours. Lol.
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HI tortoise lady. Sorry we have missed you was hoping we could have had that glass of wine again. :D We're in Kalkan early next month. In Rhodes at the moment. Hopefully next year we'll meet up. X
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Hi Jon, I'm interested can I have some info please
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I would also be interested in this thank you :)
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Interested - pleas add :D
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All added 👍
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We would be interested in more information please.
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All added - Please feel free to encourage others to sign up.
The website is in the final stages of launch.
Just a quick question to everyone - How many people use AirBnB or HomeAway and would you like to see an import function :)
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We use HomeAway (old OD) on sales base only not subscription. An import would be useful as it has our booking callender (but not for the inflated prices!)
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Quick question for everyone, what areas would you like listed, eg Old Town, Kalamar etc
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Yes interested
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Interested to know more
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The site is almost ready for launch.
If anyone wants to be a volunteer tester before go-live then please send me a private message
Thanks
Jon
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Regarding what areas to list, it would be helpful to have Patara Prince as a section. Home and Away finally managed to do this after many months of phone calls to the CEO! If someone knows they want to stay at PP, one thing they don't want to do is scroll through pages and pages of listings.
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Patara Prince added :)
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Please add me Jon!!
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Everything is in place for a soft launch on Monday, this is for owners to start listing properties only (no bookings will be accepted until the end of this month following full testing)
If you would like early access please send me a PM and I shall provide set up details.
Your feedback is really important to me on this one, so far I have...
- Added ability to sync calendars from AirBnB and HomeAway
- Ability to import your listings, photos and reviews from AirBnB and HomeAway
- Added multiple locations in Kalkan and surrounding areas eg Islamlar
As always please do let me know what you think
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Sign up is now available for property owners at: https://www.enjoykalkan.com/rentals/register
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Hi,
Another couple of interested owners.
Thanks
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Hi Foggie
Please sign up - Everything is now open for sign up
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Hi Everyone
Thank you to the 45 (amazing amount of sign ups so far!) people who have left feedback on the new accommodation section. All reported bugs have been fixed and everything should be working perfectly - Just adding the final content now to the site.
Really hope you all enjoy this new free, no commission offering and everyone has a successful season going forward
Jon