ATTENTION – ATTENTION! Property Owners – Managers & Vacationers
To quote Yogi Berra, “It’s Déjà vu all over again" and it lives on a new platform created by a property owner himself and with you in mind. A property owner whose intentions and heart are in the right place. His creation is odd sounding with a funny name, much as yahoo, google or even twitter was in its beginning. It’s HOUFY – (House – For - You).
Like many of you I struggled to maintain bookings when the rental site for my VR made changes to the agreement I signed onto. These changes were and continue to be designed to take control of MY PROPERTY. I wrote email after emails trying to find out why after about 5 years of bookings with all 5-star reviews (over 100), my VR was nearly at the bottom of the search list. Agreeing to the myriad of changes “suggested” had no effect. Frustration turned to anger. I scrambled all over the place joining as many free sites as I could and signed on to a pay to book agreement with another OTA.
Then about 4 years ago I found Houfy.
Though not yet being marketed publicly except by its members. Houfy is free to join, but most importantly it is free of any service or booking charges to travelers & guests. Think about that! How grateful your customers will be to you after realizing the hundreds of dollars they’d be saving booking thru Houfy.
Houfy allows unrestricted direct communications between owner and traveler. All Travelers / Guest contact info is provided in the 1st communication to you. Never again be troubled or frustrated by this tremendous obstacle of direct communication between owner and guest that for many owners was a huge aggravation imposed by OTA restrictive policies.
You set your own house rules and all payments are made directly to you by any means you want. Houfy has even integrated Stripe and Square for you to get paid instantly. And surprise-surprise, damage fees / security deposits are collected and held by you, not by an OTA for arbitration or their decision to compensate you.
As of October 2020 there are 2.6K member listings and 3.6K members on our Face Book Group with years of experience that willingly share what they have done to be successful. Ask any question on the Say Yes To Houfy Facebook page and you’ll get lots of answers quickly. Unlike what you may have experienced elsewhere, if you have a problem, issue or complaint, post it or PM a message directly to Thijs Aaftink, (Houfy’s creator). I promise you’ll be surprised and amazed at how quickly the response is and in just about every instance I’m aware of, it was not only addressed but usually quickly resolved.
NOTE: Totals of member listings, Houfy members and FB members are as of 3-21-2020
Educate yourself about Houfy:
Then go to - www.houfy.com/submitlink and list your property, it only takes a few short minutes. It’s FREE – you’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Houfy was created by an owner FOR owners. It’s the light at the end of a long and dark tunnel. It’s the future for property owners – It can be your future!
Act Now – Join us today! If you do please reference me and this post as your incentive.
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Log onto the link of our Pocono Log Home Getaway - look around, Houfy listings are very user friendly and most important, VERY owner friendly.
Great post, Martin. I just met two new owners on our Greek island of Skiathos, who were very interested in Houfy and thinking about signing up. I will forward this to them to complement all the information I gave them. Thanks again!
Fantastic....Our message is spreading thanks to members like you.
Thank you, Martin!
God Bless You Martin!!
Thank you for the information and always bring so helpful Martin.