Booking Gold Coast Holiday Accommodation
Are you on the lookout for Gold Coast holiday accommodation
? Prior to making a decision, my experience suggests that you should ask four important questions :
Question One : Are you of the opinion that staying in the right holiday accommodation of your preference will often make your time away with family or friends more enjoyable?
Question Two: Do you worry about arriving at your holiday destination only to discover that you absolutely detest the apartment that has been allocated to you?
Question Three: Is it important to you to be able to choose the specific holiday apartment or home that will meet your needs before you leave home?
Question 4 : Would you also like the convenience of being able to check its availability and price in your own time and the capability to book it online?
If your answer is "Yes " to the above questions, then you will find that, unfortunately, the vast majority of holiday accommodation providers fail to meet your expectations on most counts.
In a typical experience when you visit their website or phone them, you will be given a price for your requested accommodation (a hotel room, an apartment, etc). And if you're lucky, you might be able to check online the availability of the accommodation you need on the dates you want. If it's your absolute fortunate day, you may even be able to book it on the internet.
But what you will struggle to get in the majority of cases is the power to book a specific room or apartment, or maybe to be guaranteed that you'll, for example, stay on a high floor or have ocean views.
The usual reply to such requests is: "We shall do all we can to accommodate your requirements, but we will not guarantee that as it is always subject to availability on the date of your arrival."
What this means in effect is that you're really booking your holiday accommodation in advance knowing only the name of the hotel or apartment building in which you'll be holidaying, plus some limited information regarding the room or apartment that'll be allocated to you when you arrive - subject to what is available.
The reason for this procedure is that the accommodation providers try to maximize the occupancy rate of their hotel or apartment building (i.e. their profit ). They do that by making absolutely certain that there are minimal unoccupied openings between bookings and that all of their rooms or apartments (even the inferior ones) get booked.
And the most effective way to do that is to delay the allocation of rooms or apartments until guests arrive, and to provide guests with specific requests the usual response, "We shall do all we can ..... " In fact, there is only a restricted number of high floors and ocean perspectives, so who is going to stay in that second floor flat overlooking the highway!!!
Albeit, one or two fair operators do have a split pricing list and will inform you in advance that if you'd like a high floor with ocean view then you have got to pay more than that second floor overlooking the busy road. This way you know in advance what you are getting when you make your booking.
However, there are a few operators who go all the way to provide a detailed list their individual properties on their sites, with full description, photos, floor plans and virtual tours. This is actually giving the buyer the liberty to choose. Amazingly, the prices of these places are the same with what you get with the, "We shall do all we can ....." merchants.
Business commentators argue that in order to thrive in business, businesses must find how to give the customers what they desire for the price they want to pay for it. But most critical of all, companies must be truthful with their customers and tell them up-front what they are actually purchasing and for what cost.
Accommodation suppliers on Australia's Gold Coast, and indeed around Australia, can learn a thing or two from these types of providers about the best way to treat your customers with honesty and respect.
by: carlywhitmore
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