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In a nutshell….
*Subject to minimum commissionable bookings, otherwise a monthly listing fee of $20 per month may apply. Sorry about this. It’s to stop the dishonest few who leech bookings without paying commission.
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No 1 with Google – get found first!! (That’s really all the reason you need)
Why list with Darwin Holiday Apartments? Quite simply, because people looking for holiday apartments in Darwin find our site first. Try it now - go to google and search for Darwin holiday apartments, and check our position in the results – we’re number one.
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We get found ahead of sites like stayz.com.au, totaltravel.com.au , and realholidays.com.au (which are all owned by large multi-nationals that really know nothing about Darwin) because we’re local and our focus is solely on Darwin, and solely on unique independent holiday accommodation. So – get found first – that’s really all the reason you need to list your property with Darwin Holiday Apartments.
Your own website and booking engine included, totally free!
Yes that’s right, totally free (except for the $12 a year domain name registration). With fully embedded availability and booking engine. Please don’t spend thousands on your own website, when you can have one through us, with online booking capability, totally free. Check out some of these great sites:
www.gardeniaescape.com.au - www.homeonhickory.com.au - www.theviewdarwin.com.au - www.horizondarwin.com.au
Already got your own website? No problems, plugging our search and book capability into your website is easy! Just send us an email to get started today.No start-up cost and low commission
List as many properties as you like, for free, and just 8% commission on successful bookings. You can optionally upgrade to a featured property listing on the home page from $50 per month, but you really don’t need to do this. Guests search for available properties and if they see one they like, they book online. For a comprehensive list of owner plans and pricing options, click here.
List on multiple websites at no charge, and manage all your listings from the one account.
Darwin Holiday Apartments is part of the group of websites operated by Darwin Holiday Apartments Pty Ltd. List on any of our websites for free. This includes Australia Holiday Apartments (www.australiaholidayapartments.com.au), Darwin Executive Apartments (www.darwinexecutiveapartments.com.au), Darwin Holiday Rentals (www.darwinholidayrentals.com.au) and many more. Simply select the websites you want your property to appear on from within your owner account – it’s that easy. For a full list of websites you can list on for free, click here. **Free listing is subject to minimum commissionable bookings, otherwise a fee of $20 per month may apply**
Instant Confirmation Bookings
There’s plenty of evidence that consumers prefer to book and pay online with instant confirmation – our most recent customer survey, with over 500 respondents, came back with a resounding 81% of guests preferring instant confirmation. Our competitor sites offer the ability to send enquiries for independently owned accommodation online, but none offer the ability for guests to look, book, and pay with instant confirmation , all in one easy secure transaction. With our instant confirmation bookings, your guests will love the ease with which they can check availability, pricing and book instantly online. Instant confirmation saves them sending off countless emails and having to wait for owners to get back to them – so they certainly won’t be tempted to book elsewhere. Instant confirmation means clients can see immediately if the dates they want are available, and book them straight up, right there. If you have bookings from other sites, you can easily block these dates in your calendar, or add them as owner bookings and manage all in your reservations in one place.
Take bookings from your own website.
Our powerful back-office system can drive multiple websites, including your own. You can easily integrate our search and book capability – including rates and availability calendar – at no extra cost, and take bookings from your own website. It takes just 5 minutes to setup. For an example, see www.gardeniaescape.com.au
Powerful property and bookings management system
We have partnered with Seekom (www.seekom.com) to deliver property owners one of the most advanced property and bookings management solutions in the world. Your owner account enables you to easily manage all your properties and bookings from within the one place.
- easily mange multiple rates, including different rates for short and long term stays, and last-minute rates
- easily manage multiple properties, and multiple rooms per property (eg hotels)
- automatically charge a security deposit and other extras such as additional trundle bed, extra person, weekly servicing, etc
- add an interactive google map to your listing
- for a full list of features available within your Seekom owner account, click here
You can even plug the booking engine into your existing website - at no extra cost - it’s easy. You maintain complete control – block certain dates if you need to, change rates according to peak seasons and premium events and see it live, immediately, on your property page. This is an amazing, industrial-strength product – you will simply be amazed at the flexibility it offers. You can even up-sell by offering packages and optional extras, such as VIP welcome packs, optional car hire, and tours.
Complete control of payments, and commission automatically deducted
With our instant confirmation online booking system, our commission is collected at the time of booking and you collect the balance however you choose. So there’s no need for complicated invoicing, cross-checking of who’s stayed, and so on.
Email your guests directly from within the booking
Our comprehensive bookings management system automatically generates confirmation emails and booking receipts, and allows you to email your guests directly from within the booking. So no matter where you are, you’ve got a complete booking history in the one place.
Email Templates save you time and money by:
- having emails auto-filled with details from the booking system (no manual calculations, no cutting and pasting)
- enabling you to create your own customised emails
- sending emails from within the booking (no need to log in to outlook, hotmail, gmail, etc)
- automatically scheduling emails (no need to remember to send check-in details!)
- keeping a log of all sent emails in the one place.
Sample email templates have also been created which you can use as-is, or as a basis for creating your own. Click here to learn how to use email templates.
Add Owner bookings and bookings from other sources at no extra cost
You can easily block dates and add your own bookings from with your owner account. Commission is NOT charged on owner bookings or bookings from other sources, however you can manage all your bookings for all your properties from within the one owner account.
Comprehensive Marketing Program
Darwin Holiday Apartments is the premier site for independently operated holiday accommodation in the Top End. Our site is different to the national operators such as stayz, takeabreak, and so on because we’re actually local, and we specificially target people looking for independent accommodation in Darwin, so every cent of our advertising budget reaches people looking to visit Darwin, not the rest of Australia. Our marketing plan includes comprehensive advertising in printed media and television, partnerships with relevant tourism organisations, targeted online features and reciprocal links with other tourism sites, extensive search engine optimisation and much more.
Professional web presence with up to 13 high-resolution photos to showcase your property*
As well as being easy to find and easy to use, your online presence needs to present your property as professionally as possible. With Darwin Holiday Apartments, you get a trusted website with a top quality web listing for each property. The web listing includes details such as facilities, amenities, google map of the location, real-time online availability calendar, customer testimonials, and lots more, plus the ability to upload up to 13 high-resolution photos to showcase your property. The features are outstanding and present your property in the best possible light to prospective customers.
Owners newsletter and updates
Network with other local owners. Darwin Holiday Apartments is exclusively for owners and managers of independent holiday accommodation in Darwin. Benefit from our extensive network of contacts, including regular updates from Tourism NT and Tourism Top End, marketing hints and tips, the latest trends, upcoming events to mark in your calendar, and lots more.Listing your property is easy, and it only takes a few minutes. We promise not to send you junk mail, and you can close your listing at any time. Click here to see our recent newsletters.
