Another season rolls around
It has been a slower than normal start to the season for us this year.
That is not so good for income but has made it easier to get some repainting done; (more à la mode colours my wife tells me!) one or two bits of minor maintenance completed, the garden in better shape and the bikes and B-B-Q’s cleaned and ready.
The advanced reservations are currently well up on ‘09 but we have seen precious few guests during March and April.
Even over Paques you could have fired the proverbial cannonball across our central courtyard and your aim would have to have been spot on to hit someone. And hopefully miss our little red squirrel!
However, May is very good, June still a bit spotty but July is also very strong. Like last year there are a number of short lead bookings arriving, and also requests for ‘broken’ weeks.
Unlike last year we have started to receive a trickle of bookings from the UK. That may become more than a trickle after the election.
Also encouraging is a couple of bookings from the Etats Unis, have hardly seen an American for two years.
What we are going to see is a truckload of Australians. They are obviously convinced that the GEC is over for them.
What was that advertising slogan Australia tourism were promoting in recent years - ‘Where the bloody hell are you?’ Well I can answer that - they’re all in France.
A Bientot, Bruce.