Monday, May 03, 2004
Saint Philippe, Jacques
The lady from Brittany Ferries came to visit today to look at our gites. We went to an open day a while back and expressed an interest in being included in Brittany Ferries holiday brochure. They provide package holidays in a gite with a ferry crossing. The deal is they want 5 high season weeks with exclusive access to one or more gites. They advertise and handle the booking and then tell us. However, to provide this service they take a fairly large percent cut of the gite price. We hoped that a bit of extra advertising may give us some low season business. For the last couple of years we have advertised almost exclusively on the web via www.brittany-holiday-gites.com and got about 90% of our guests through the web site. This year we filled July and August before most of the printed brochures were published.
Caroline showed the Brittany Ferries lady around the three gites, play area, and the rest of the grounds. She was very complementary and impressed by our attention to detail, especially the play area. It was obvious to her that we have worked very hard to get the gites to their current high standard. We are pondering what to do, but considering how many high season weeks we would have to give away, just for a few potential low season weeks, it's most probably not worth it for us.
Mow mow mow. New super improved mower has worked hard today. I finished gravelling around the washing lines and laundry room. Another tick on the ToDo list. Mowed like crazy today. The goats field, front lawn, grotto, orchard, slope by laundry room and washing lines, strip behind fencing for children's play area. Large lawn in front of the play barn. Phew. In case your thinking, goats do not eat everything. The goats field needs mowing to top the nettles and thistles and stop them growing and give the grass a chance. Minor problem, the goat escaped into the garden and ate some of the new lonicera hedge and some irises. We were not very happy with polly the goat.
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