Owner's referrals

[Matt]

I too have an online guest book where guests complete their comments regarding their stay.

The link to this site is made available to all potential guests and the link is listed in my reply to enquiries. Previous guests can leave their contact details should any potential guests wish to contact them regarding the home and their stay.

Matt

[drew2]

Having made the transition from renter to owner in the last year appreciate your concerns and I think that this is one reason why many people who return year after year go back to the same place. You must use a site such as this so that you can contact the owner directly, ask as many questions as you need to, ask for references from satisfied previous customers and ckeck the guest book for the home if the owner has one. You'll find there are far more reputable owners than rogues, but you need to do your homework.
Drew

[CJakob]

Thank you all for your comments.
I understand the certifications issues that arise when one owner is verified giving it certainty to the ownership of the offered home.
However, there is not shown any experience of previous renters. Guestbooks, as some of you have for your homes, should be a quite useful way to show that. I encourage everyone to have one of those books for his/her house.
In the mean time, for the one I've done my research, as it have no guestbook, I'll do my questions.
Thanks again to all for the different viewpoints.
Regards, Cristian.

[Magical Dreams]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by CJakob
I've carefully looked for all your site with a whole of info and am currently contacting an owner for renting a house.
However, I was not able to find a history log of previous renters of any house so as to have any referral from a previous user of the house as it's used in other community sites (eBay for example) where you check for a reputation.
Is there anything equivalent in your site? if not, why isn't it?
Thanks for the patience from this newbie.[msnwink]
Cristian.
[/quote]
As previously stated, We have a much better system.
You can be rest assured that all the villas on here are owned by reliable owners. We all spend a lot of time on here making sure our guests get the best holiday possible.

I hope some of the comments on here put you mind at ease!