I will be posting some advice for prospective tenants tomorrow.

Now that Summer is here and many people are feeling the effects of the credit crunch it is time to start thinking of more creative ways of getting the most out of life without spending vast quantities of cash.

Cheaper Holiday Ideas

One way to do that is to find a cheaper way of having a holiday.  LetaLife is unusual in that it allows for people to place free 'Wanted' adverts on its property pages.  More interestingly people are able to say in their own words what they are looking for.  We don't narrowly categorise adverts and let those people reading our pages or searching on Google make their own minds up about what it is they want to find or look for.

So it is perfectly feasible to advertise that you want  holiday accommodation for a week or a fortnight on our pages and on the correct pages to do so.

People with furnished accommodation who have a vacancy may consider letting to holiday makers - but bear in mind you may have to pay a refundable deposit against breakages etc

Do you live in a holiday area?

If you live in an area traditionally associated with holidays, or if you live somewhere that hosts sporting or cultural events you may have a potential goldmine in your property.

Places such as Wimbledon (OK a bit late for that now) where the tennis comes from ;)  , or Silverstone (car racing etc) or Edinburgh (cultural and fringe festivals) or Llangollen (International Eisteddfod) etc etc have an influx of visitors every year and accommodation becomes hard to find.

If you have a spare room or an entire property suitable for these visitors then using a website like LetaLife is an ideal way to make sure that plenty of people looking will know about it.

One day while Googling to see what sort of things were coming up about LetaLife I happened on this blog entry

What a Difference a Pay Day Makes!!!by banana @ 2007-06-11 - 13:08:49

I've a bijou rustic building that I usually call the shed,
It nestles at the bottom of my lawn,
So it has a rural setting
'twixt the grass and compost heap
And can look a proper treat at early dawn.

Shamefully unregarded this jewel of the sod,
Its value more than diamonds and pearls,
I only just discovered how to let it shine at last
Follow closely as I share this with the world.

I write a little advert for my sweet rustic retreat
And place it where most people come to look,
When the Carnoustie Open Golf begins
Then there I'll be online
For American millionaires to find and book.

They'll be overwhelmed by its quaintness and its charm
And the three thousand quid I'll get won't do me any harm.

I was just browsing on a property rental website called LetaLife.com and found the Carnoustie page of rental adverts.  I was amazed to find houses going for thousands of pounds a week for the duration of the Carnoustie Open Golf Championship.
It prompted this poem - I hope you like it.

Sadly had to remove the Alexa toolbar from our computers the other day.  Our various security setups simply won't tolerate it running and after a number of crashes we decided to take it off.

Its a pity because we used to find Alexa very useful in many ways - but our security is the most important thing and so Alexa had to go.