View Full Version : Are All Villas Already Booked Up???
freddiehollie
12-02-2011, 02:53
Requested information on 3 & 4 bedroom villas over 24 hours ago now.
Got an email back straight away, saying I will be contacted by owners who have availability for my dates of 15th Dec 2011-1st Jan 2012. Not one reply !!!! [msnsad][msnsad]
When there Christmas 2009 we got dozens of replies. Stayed in a wonderful villa at Creekside. Stayed at Disney summer 2010.
I think its fantastic that your all booked, with the current discussions on, Flight Prices, Cost of Holidays Now, Bookings Down from the UK, etc.
Ah well will have to rough it at a Disney Hotel instead.[msnwink] No real hardship, but as we are staying at Disney in August, we thought we would like to have a change.
There is nothing in my spam filter, so with 10 months to go I will wait and see what offers we get from Disney.
Did you try all the 3 links above or just www.orlandovillas.com - only nothing came through us via www.villasflorida.com and you could also try www.onlinefloridavillas.com - I am sure you will get some replies.
Mike, something may have gone wrong because I don't remember seeing an enquiry for your dates and I advertise on orlandovillas. It would have stood out since the Christmas enquiries haven't started in earnest yet.
Did you send the enquiry to a particular home or to all homes?
If you go onto the sites and resend your enquiry to all homes then it should come through to owners very quickly.
AshleyLodge
12-02-2011, 03:22
I don't think that I have seen your request but perhaps our villa is not the size you asked for. Please don't be offended but sometimes people do have a "typo" on their e-mail address and then owners who reply just get their response bounced back. I'm sure that there are still plenty of villas with vacancies for Christmas and New Year so it might be worth another try.
Lynne
SunLover
12-02-2011, 03:24
Hi Mike
I can confirm that as a four bed owner, we didn't receive your enquiry either.
As Carla suggests if you wouldn't mind resending it, I'm confident you will receive lots of great homes to choose from for your Christmas break
[xmas1]
freddiehollie
12-02-2011, 03:27
Hi, Thanks for your quick responses.
I sent enquiry out to all owners, or should I say I ticked the box, on "Orlando Vacation Homes" link above.
mfairhurst
12-02-2011, 03:28
We did not get your enquiry either so send out on all sites
MAUREEN
www.onlinefloridavillas.com/villas/1683.aspx
luckylady
12-02-2011, 03:44
Mike I have checked my inbox and my spam folder.I haven't received an enquiry from you.
I suggest you try again. [msnsmile2]
jeansusrentals
12-02-2011, 05:41
Nope - I didn't get it either!
Jean
Me niether - suggest you try again and hopefully it will come through
We didn't receive this either[msnsad]
We didn't get it either - [msnsad]
steph_goodrum
12-02-2011, 12:51
I've checked the enquiries listed for 4 bed owners from 9th-11th and can't see anything for your dates (just in case your email ins't the same as your name) and there is nothing there. I'm wondering if you looked at a 3 bed and it has gone to the 3 bed owners (of which there are fewer) who may well be booked up. If you got an autoreply then your request must be in the system somewhere.
I hope it's not too incomvenient for you to send it again and on behalf of the owners apologise that it hasn't worked quite as it should have done. Hope you find something suitable (I'm sure you will) as we wouldn't want you to have to "slum it" in Disney, when we know there's something much better for you out there waiting.:)
tony2000
12-02-2011, 12:57
We are a 3 bed and we did not get your enquiry.
Tracy
We are 3 bed and didn't get it either.
Likewise 3 bed not received an enquiry for you.
We didn't receive your enquiry, either, and we have a 4 bed home. Best idea is to try again, Mike, It might have been one of the computer 'blips!'[msnwink]
bjpointon
12-02-2011, 19:55
We had a Mike Willmott but slightly different dates, we are 4 bed 3 bath
floridadreamvilla.co.uk
13-02-2011, 02:26
If he clicked the link he said he did, it was to OFV and not OV so OV owners won't have seen it.
Ah, simples, eh?[msnwink]:D
freddiehollie
13-02-2011, 14:05
Now I'm confused.
Why did I not get any contacts from OFV? Are they all booked up?
Why did I get an email saying I would be contacted? Obviously from OFV.
Why have that link, if it doesn't work?
More importantly. Many thanks to those from OV who have now contacted me.
I'm busy reading up on them all.[msnsmile2]
So at least after asking the question, I got to the right place in the end.[msnwink]
steph_goodrum
13-02-2011, 15:12
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by freddiehollie
Now I'm confused.
Why did I not get any contacts from OFV? Are they all booked up?
Why did I get an email saying I would be contacted? Obviously from OFV.
Why have that link, if it doesn't work?
More importantly. Many thanks to those from OV who have now contacted me.
I'm busy reading up on them all.[msnsmile2]
So at least after asking the question, I got to the right place in the end.[msnwink]
[/quote]
I'm just curious, Mike, are you saying you have had direct contacts from Ov owners without putting in a request? This is agaisnt the site policy for the reason that if somebody makes contact throught the pm system but not the enquiry route, it could be that somebody who is not associated with the site will also do so and you will not have the verification that they are not bona-fide villa owners but agents or mcs who may have found this is a way to try and poach the customers of the site. Of course they may offer a good price but that doesnt necessarily mean they will offer a good experience.
you may be missing out on many other villas to choose from, like many owners we have avaialbility but as we havent had a request you wont have our details.
Wondered that myself Steph
freddiehollie
13-02-2011, 16:45
When I put "Contacted Me" I should have put "Responded" to my original post:D
Of which both you Steph & Lynne, very kindly did[msnsmile2]
I therefore just followed "Your" links to your sites.
Very sorry for any confusion. We don't want to break any rules[msnwink]
I know which area we would like to stay in, as we have been dozens of times and are fortunate to go 2/3 times a year. (Working round our annual passes)
Your feedback is always of great help, for newcomers and old hands. I think we all learn interesting and new things on this site.
Thanks Mike that explains it
steph_goodrum
13-02-2011, 17:16
Thanks for the explanation Mike. I'm sure at this stage you will find somewhere in the area youu like and have a great trip.
As you say we can all learn something on the two way street of information and education.
christhear
13-02-2011, 17:29
Does this therefore mean that anyone who did not respond on this thread has lost out on the possibility of a booking. I personally did not reply as it was obvious that the enquiry had not gone out and believed that it would be sent out again.
freddiehollie
13-02-2011, 21:46
Hi Christine.
No not at all. What I've done is do some more searches in more specific area's, based on this sites maps.
Currently I've sent out to 12 villa owners asking for prices & availability, on the attached enquiry form on each listing.
That way I hope not to get to many to choose from.[msnwink]
Funnily enough though, I've still not had one reply. That said it is the weekend, so hope some turn up this week.
If not it will be back to the drawing board.[msnsmile2][msnsmile2]
It is most odd that you have had no responses even though it's the weekend. I would not have received the enquiry in the first place as we are a 5 bed, but something is definitely not working!!! You should have had several responses from 12 by now. OV owners are usually very quick off the mark.
Good luck anyway and have a great vacation.
Sandra
floridadreamvilla.co.uk
14-02-2011, 01:24
Do you want to email me at john@orlandovillas.com from the email you made the enquiry from and with an obvious subject line and I can double check we received your enquiry and that it was sent out?
luckylady
14-02-2011, 03:50
Something is definitely wrong the majority of owners would respond within a few hours.[msnsmile2]
freddiehollie
14-02-2011, 20:01
Still no responses.[msnsad][msnsad]
Very strange.[msnwink]
freddiehollie
14-02-2011, 23:30
I have now re-sent the 12 "Direct to Owners" requests, following the email form on the bottom of each owners page. [msnsmile] Also sent a direct email to John.
Hope it works this time. Funnily enough I use email for work, so use it daily to correspond with customers, with no problems.
If it doesn't work this time I don't know what to do.[msneek]
Disney beckon's[msnwink] Modern technology[msneek][msneek]
floridadreamvilla.co.uk
15-02-2011, 00:18
I've not had an email off you. Can you try it again please and put something REALLY obvious on the subject line like "JOHN ~THIS IS NOT SPAM" so I can spot it if it drops in my Spam folder.
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by freddiehollie
Also sent a direct email to John.[/quote]
caroline
15-02-2011, 00:25
This is very weird, do you have a different email address you could try? Most OV owners reply within a few hours and certainly the same day.
freddiehollie
15-02-2011, 01:19
How about this then. Still no responses from anyone off OV site.
So I tried one villa off another site[msnsad]. Got a resonse within 2 hours with all info I asked for.
Is this an email gremlin or what[?]
Mike
Can I suggest yyou check you are sending the mail correctly, and that your own e-mail address is correct for replies, please? I certainly have not had anything from you, and I reply as soon as received"!
I have never seen any email from you either. I had a similar experience with guests with whom I had regular correspondence and then suddenly all the emails I sent to them were coming back to me as unable to deliver 'timed out'. I have still not been able to contact them on that email address, but thankfully they had another address which worked. Some sort of gremlins!
Andrena
steph_goodrum
15-02-2011, 11:13
It seems really strange especially as the autoreply obviously got through to you. But for youu not to have had a single reply to me indicates is't getting lost somewhere between your outgoing and John's ingoing. We do have somem curious ones where for some reason the enquiry goes into the spam folder which must be associated with the reply email as the format from Ov server is the same for all of us. The chances of all 12 having the same problem as we use many different isps between us must be very remote.
mfairhurst
15-02-2011, 17:57
Hi Mike we had a e-mail from you from another site and no problem so what is the difference if it is the same e.mail?
MAUREEN
www.onlinefloridavillas.com/villas/1683.aspx
check out [edited out - we don't allow links to sites like this], I saw many villas available for Dec.
Mike,
You sent me a private message saying that I was one of the villas you were interested in and I responded but haven't heard from you.
Andrena
freddiehollie
19-02-2011, 01:52
Hi Andrena, I have just sent you a direct message. Hope it gets through[msneek]