#HolsDirect Twitter Hour Mon 3rd April

#HolsDirect is a Twitter Hour run by Book your Holiday Direct Twitter Hour every Monday evening from 7pm to 8pm (UK time) and 8pm to 9pm (in France)

The aim is to help show everyone the advantage of booking holidays direct with the owner.  In this way both holiday home owners and holidaymakers avoid the booking fees that many online listing sites charge.  Have you see how much these are?  If not have a read here.

Helping the #HolsDirect Twitter Hour to Grow 

The aim of #HolsDirect Hour is to help owners get more direct bookings through spreading the #HolsDirect message about booking direct. Over the last 2 weeks we have given some ideas about how you can help the Hour to grow which you can read here and here.   One of the best ways to get your tweets Retweeted is to tag other Twitter users.  Last week, Linda from @Rattys_Retreat mentioned the @CotswoldFarmPrk and @AdamHenson of Country File fame in a tweet about what to see and do locally.   Adam picked up on this Tweet and Retweeted it to his 45.7K followers helping the number of accounts the #HolsDirect hashtag reached by the end of the hour to exceed 60,000.

So if you can, when answering the questions or tweeting during #HolsDirect, tag other local businesses. 

Try also to give both our group and the map a mention.

#HolsDirect - Monday 3rd April

From 7pm UK time (8pm French time) we will be asking 4 questions related to holiday accommodation and holidays in the UK and France and asking owners of holiday accommodation and those looking for holidays to join in with #HolsDirect. 

#HolsDirect Hour Questions – Monday 3rd April

7pm, Q1: Everyone:

English Cox or French apricot?  What is your favourite fruit?

7.15pm, Q2: Holiday Home Owners

Tell us what Open Gardens are near to you.

7.30pm, Q3: Everyone:

Have you got a local delicacy that everyone should try?

7.45pm, Q4: Holiday Home Owners:

Tell us your May availability and special offers.

It’s free to join us and totally free to promote your holiday home. Join the friendly admin team on Twitter and Facebook to showcase your holiday property to the World Wide Web!

Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/BOOKHOLSDIRECT

Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/bookholidaysdirect/

Link to our map http://bit.ly/2jxyetU

Please remember no links to booking websites or agencies.

If you need a bit of help knowing how best to take part have a read of our tips here and here.

We look forward to chatting with you on Monday 3rd April #HolsDirect.

Your hosts on April 3rd will be:

• Alison Smith from @Kirklauchline and @Number7Ninians and in the beautiful south west of Scotland
• Rosie Hill from @EcoGitesLenault in fabulous Normandy

See you then!

Alison and Rosie

PS - if you have any questions please join our Facebook group and message one of the admin team.