No doubt you want to ensure your own holiday let website is the best it can possibly be. One way of making sure you\u2019re on the right track is to know what NOT to do, and much of this can be learned by looking at what other people have done.<\/p>\n
In order to make this easier for you, we\u2019ve gathered together some of the top no-no\u2019s seen elsewhere on the internet. If your holiday rental website is avoiding all these common mistakes, you\u2019re onto a good thing!<\/p>\n
1. Bad pictures<\/strong><\/p>\n Out of focus, badly composed and irrelevant to the text \u2013 these are just three of the ways people go wrong when adding photos to their websites. Remember every photo must help to promote your offering. If you have a digital camera you can take several shots and use the best ones.<\/p>\n 2. An incredibly long headline<\/strong><\/p>\n Headlines should be punchy, memorable and logical. People scan most online content. They should understand what a page is all about by looking at the headline. If it\u2019s too long they are likely to lose interest. Keep it short and memorable \u2013 it makes your holiday let more memorable too.<\/p>\n 3. Menu wrapping<\/strong><\/p>\n Most websites have a menu across the top of the page. If you add too many sections to one of these menus, it will wrap onto another line. Needless to say this doesn\u2019t look very attractive. Keep your menu items to a minimum and you\u2019ll easily be able to avoid this issue.<\/p>\n 4. No contact details<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s unbelievable to think some people go to so much trouble with the rest of their holiday rental websites, yet completely forget to add their contact details. It\u2019s not as rare a mistake as you might think. Check your website now to make sure you have added an email address, contact form, postal address and phone number (even if it’s a mobile number). It makes sense to give people more than one way to get in touch with you.<\/p>\n 5. Incredibly hard to find contact details<\/strong><\/p>\n It isn\u2019t enough to add your contact details to your website. You have to be sure they are easy to access. The best way to do this is to add a \u2018contact\u2019 or ‘enquiries’ section to your menu. Most people scan the menu options to see what areas of the site exist; putting the contact section here makes it easy to access with just one click.<\/p>\n 6. Rambling content<\/strong><\/p>\n Know what you need to say and say it \u2013 this is good advice for any website, not least one that advertises holiday lets. Unfortunately some people write their content, ramble on and then post it, without considering whether it has achieved its purpose. One quick tip to avoid this on your site is to re-read all your content before posting it.<\/p>\n These are the most common mistakes you’ll see when looking at websites today. Fortunately it’s easy to ensure your holiday rental website doesn\u2019t fall foul of them. All you have to do is read them and make sure you\u2019re not committing any of these cardinal sins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No doubt you want to ensure your own holiday let website is the best it can possibly be. One way of making sure you\u2019re on the right track is to know what NOT to do, and much of this can be learned by looking at what other people have done. In order to make this [Continue reading …]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.promotemyplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}