Rents and Raves

“Your website is fantastic, easy to use and getting us bookings where others have failed. Congratulations on a high-tech site for low-tech people. We look forward to a busy year ahead for our beautiful and luxurious apartment.”

“We love the site and the bookings it has generated. Have only been on board two months and have had nearly 50% occupancy. We've just had our first booking for next summer! Keep up the good work.”

“A BIG THANK YOU! Thanks for having the free [Family & Friends Plan] service on your site, if you aren't commercially renting out the bach. Four of us have our bach loaded on your site, and it's been fantastic for us and so easy to use. We really appreciate it. I also use the site to book other baches, and am constantly recommending the site to my friends.”

“When we first looked for a web site to advertise on, we scanned the field and asked friends who used such websites on a regular basis. Yours seemed to be one of the best. We put our bach on. After nine months we compared results with another web site we also chose, and a couple of others that friends use. Bookabach streaked them. Bookings: way, way ahead. Second point: Information available on site: no-one else seems to do it! Using your improvements and information has enabled me to list our property far more effectively. Result: even stronger flow of bookings. We hardly had an empty weekend last year (our second on your site). This summer, we were booked solid from 22nd Dec to the end of Feb. Since then, we have had one spare weekend up to the first weekend in May, and weekdays busy during the school holidays. The results have spectacularly exceeded our expectations. With room for us to still further improve our performance, your web site is quite simply the best out there. Those who still haven't realised this are giving those of us that have a huge marketing advantage. Thank you for what you do. It's brilliant.”

“I would like to congratulate you on the success of the Bookabach website which I find is a pleasure to use and update records for Oyster House in Totara North. The number of enquiries and subsequent confirmed bookings has substantially increased since the Bookabach website teamed up with AA New Zealand! May your success and 'ours' continue.”

“I love you guys! I love your pro-activity, you are always one step ahead!!! A couple of weeks ago I accidentally deleted a booking and then I opened my email and saw the new show deleted function! Fantastic! I love the feedback system, it really keeps everyone honest, and rewards good work on all fronts. The booking system is great, really easy to use and really pretty much I just love the whole thing you guys have got going… keep up the good work, it’s really handy for all of us involved I feel!”

“Your site has been a fabulous way for us to promote our unit! It's been great to hear the response from those who are able to enjoy our holiday home as much as we have. Well done for the constant improvements made to the site.”

“With the present climate and my usual business going very poorly my house has certainly become the focus of my business. You run a very good site and it has got better and better in the year or so I have been here. I have got more tuned in myself of course and the feedback I get from my clients is very rewarding. Well done. Keep up your good work. With your support we will weather this 'storm' ”

“Thanks for creating a smart website that is easy to use and packed full of great features for bach (and crib) owners. We manage all bookings regardless of where they originated from through the Book-a-bach website. The income generated from bookings has made it possible for us to keep and maintain 'Grey Stone' as our family beach house and enable many people from throughout NZ and from all over the world to enjoy a little piece of paradise right on the water's edge. Close to half our bookings are from overseas and several guests have shared very special and significant times in their lives at our 'Grey Stone'. Thank you Book-a-bach from us and all of our guests!”

“I have been really enjoying having our property listed with Book A Bach, so much so that we are very busy with future bookings. Thank you!”

“Just taken a 7 day booking from England - can't believe the response we're getting (in Winter) since getting on to your site - God knows what it'll be like come Spring! We're having to book ahead to use ourselves! - just a bit of feedback for you.”

“Now I'm getting more used to the Bookabach system, we are very impressed with the enquires we are getting. We have been letting our holiday apartment here on Rotoiti for 12 years -- and it is busier than ever!!”

“Firstly I just want to say how absolutely thrilled we are with your website. It has everything we need, is really easy to use and very successful in finding guests for us. So thankyou very much. We are also happy that you have come up with the last minute deal options which was something we were looking for. In just one week we have our first last minute deal. GREAT!”

“I am a bach owner on your site & I would just like to say your site is FANTASTIC!!! I am so impressed with your system, thank you!”

“Your site is awesome... We initially thought renting our Whangaparoa bach through bookabach would pay the rates and insurance. In our first year we have rented out nearly 200 nights - and in every case the tenants have been great - its so nice to share what we think is special. Makes it so much more affordable and gives you a warm fuzzy too!!!”

“We have been stunned at the success of your web site for us. We don't use any other and nor do we need to. In the first six months of use we have enjoyed every second weekend for ourselves while filling just about every other available space. Renters and bookers include two honeymoons, three offshore visitors and a mixture of bookclubs, groups of friends and families.”

“Bookabach has totally transformed things for our family owned and loved bach in Sandy Bay, Port Charles.  It has turned it from a cash sink to a fully self funding proposition within 6 months of advertising through Bookabach. That makes it now viable to keep long term and has made it possible for us to upgrade it with our surplus funds. Thanks for a super system that is user friendly for all. We are sold!”

“Bookabach has been a great way for our holiday home to be utilized when we didn't need it for ourselves. Thank you Bookabach for the service you have provided.”

“Have been absolutely blown over by the amount of bookings we've had through your site so far thanks very much.”

“Got my first booking via the Bookabach site - bloody marvelous!”

“I have been using Book a bach for few years now and since putting photos on the site haven't looked back. Love the constant improvements to the site especially being able to transfer bookings to my outlook calendar with a simple click of the mouse.”

“Liked your newsletter, reminds me of all the amazing holidays my family and I have had thanks to your web site! Hanmer Springs, Opononi and Lake Tarawera all have great places for us to stay. Why buy a place when there's the variety and quality offered via this web site?”

“We like our bookabach listing so much that we have decided to use it as the only vehicle for managing our reservations.”

“Thought it was about time I raved a little: I first started using Bookabach in 2001 to let my property Plum Cottage on Waiheke Island. 5 years on I am still letting (& renting) through Bookabach and am very happy with the results. An enjoyable side to renting through Bookabach is the relaxing weekends I have had swopping with other holiday home owners. I love the improvements the Bookabach team have carried out over time, the calendar is a fantastic tool for both parties & the map is helpful for prospective renters.”

“Hi - I'm just finishing the free trial period and am about to sign up for a paid subscription - the site is fantastic.”

“We are thrilled with Book A Bach, and the feedback on the people renting, and the owner like ourselves, is a great idea.”

“Thank you for bookabach. Can't believe the responses and bookings I am receiving.”

“Your website is a positive treat. I have had more interest than I had hoped for in such a short period of time. The quality of the guests has been simply wonderful and all seem to have thoroughly enjoyed the property, location and their holiday here.”

“I've only just discovered this website through my daughter who has recently used it in Auckland. I think it's fabulous and do hope to make use of it if at all possible.”

“I'm finding your site easier and easier to get around as you seem to have made some good changes to it over the past months.”

“Fantastic service and we will be using this service to track all the activities and rental from now on.”

“What a fantastic site...[Bookabach are] always reviewing, enhancing and improving it. I have changed from other sites because of their calendar, and the new feedback option, which is great for owners and renters alike. I will always check Bookabach now before going away, and it has be fantastic for renting my house at Mangawhai. Bookings have doubled!... I recommend it to everyone!”

“Hi, just a note to say how pleased we have been with Bookabach, it is a superb site, and we are delighted with all the bookings we receive through Bookabach. The addition of the feedback is another positive for bach owners and holidaymakers alike.Many thanks indeed.”

“Hi Simon and Peter, thanks for your news report we find your web site is the very best of all the ones we use...”

“Hey Guys: Just want you to know that the majority of my business at Oakura comes via your service - well done.”

“I just wanted to thank you for offering such an excellent service. We are new to the business of renting out our holiday home but by using Bookabach, and receiving the support your company offers (e.g., weekly reports) we have made an excellent start. So thank you. Keep up the good work and have a wonderful Christmas with your family & friends.”

“Woooow!!!! Bookabach had results within half a day, I am so impressed, my husband wanted me to advertise our beach house in the Herald but I happened to come across this site. What a find, I am so pleased with the results. And we are on the 60 day trial period but I will certainly be using Bookabach all year around.”

“We have really enjoyed using the Bookabach website to advertise our holiday home. The accessible, friendly and helpful manner of the administrators and the many enquiries and bookings that we get everyday from both New Zealand and overseas, has made the whole rental operation, easy, exciting and fun!! ..... It has gone beyond our wildest dreams!”

“Bookabach works, and works well. It's outstanding value for money. I used to place adverts in local newspapers on a regular basis for an unpredictable return. But since joining BachClub a year ago I no longer use newspaper advertising. Not at all. I've had a total of 68 email enquiries for our holiday house in a twelve month period from Bookabach, all for one very reasonable annual fee. This worked out to be about three enquiries a week during the spring and summer months, and continued to generate an enquiry every week during the winter off season as well. Our property has been booked by families from the full length of New Zealand, and from overseas as well...It's the only advertising I do for our holiday house now...”

“I have found Bookabach really ideal for our purposes - we rent all year around instead of just holiday periods, the tenants have been great and looked after the place well and we find we don't need to rent elsewhere.”

“It has been about a year since we started advertising our beach house on Bookabach. We've had wonderful results with more requests than we can accommodate, even during the off peak times. Most of our renters have been fellow New Zealanders although we've also let the place to people from England, Canada, and Australia. We're currently building up a group of 'return' renters - a great situation as they know they like the place and we know they are responsible, trustworthy tenants. The Bookabach system works very well for us and is really the only place we need to advertise.”