#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 seen 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. You can read some of our tips here and here to get more from the Hour. You might also want to consider asking questions like these to try and get conversations going - and Twitter is all about chatting:
#HolsDirect - are you looking for a holiday in #yourlocation? Have a look at our website www.yourwebsite.com
Also remember to tag other local businesses etc - when you show support for them they often show support for you. So head off and find out if your local museums, restaurants etc have a Twitter account and add their handle in your tweets. This tweet from @Bryn_Ffynnon linking to @BodbantGardenNT got a very pleasing 7 RTs:
Try also to give both our group and the map a mention too. Here are the links:
BYHD - https://www.facebook.com/groups/bookholidaysdirect/
Our map - http://bit.ly/2jxyetU
Last week #HolsDirect tweets reached over 53,000 accounts in the final 14 minutes of the hour and each week we are seeing more people involved, both tweeting the hashtag and RTing your tweets. Thank you all for your support.
#HolsDirect - Monday 10th 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 10th April
7pm, Q1: Everyone:Roast beef or boeuf bourguignon. Does the #UK or #France cook a better Sunday dinner?7.15pm, Q2: Holiday Home OwnersWhat museums do you have nearby?7.30pm, Q3: Everyone:What do you ALWAYS take on #holiday with you? Tea bags, Sun cream, Marmite??7.45pm, Q4: Holiday Home Owners:Tell us your May availability and special offers.
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.
- 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.
PS - if you have any questions please join our Facebook group and message one of the admin team.
