Q: How do I know the rentals are legitimate?
A: The online service we provide for holiday home owners is comparable to that offered by a newspaper or magazine through which holiday homes are advertised, we still recommend that you take steps to protect yourself by requesting references and a list of past renters from the homeowners before agreeing to rent. If this does not fully answer your question please feel free to contact us.
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Q: Can I find a listing using the listing number?
A: To find a listing, enter the listing ID number in the search box on the homepage
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Q: Can you list or modify my home for me?
A: No problem. Unlike other web sites we do the hard work for you.
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Q: How can I improve my property headline?
A: We have a few tips and suggestions:
- Check that you use correct spelling
- The use of symbols, numbers, or letters must adhere to the true meaning of the symbol
- Avoid excessive capitalization, repeated and unnecessary punctuation or symbols, and gimmicky repetition
- Change your title often to keep your listing fresh
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Q: What are the Listing Guidelines?
A: We have a few guidelines; please take a moment to review them.
- An email address, phone number, URL or all caps is strictly prohibited.
- Listings that contain URL’s (websites) and email addresses cause many problems for our owners and renters. When listings contain URL’s, renters try to follow those links and get lost in the maze of pages, never to return to view other possible rentals. If every listing contained a link to a personal website, statistics show that listing views and inquires would drop by 40%.
- You are allowed up to a maximum of five properties per advert as long as they are in the same complex.
- Your listing must reflect accurate information about the property.
- Please do not copy information from another listing.
- All listings must be reviewed to ensure that they adhere to the guidelines specified in each section above. When building your listing, please double-check every field to ensure they don’t include such items as, incorrect information, the characters < or >, ALL CAPS, email addresses, phone numbers or websites. These items will cause your listing to be rejected now or possibly deleted at a later time.
- Thealgarveportugal.com reserves the right to alter or permanently remove any listing that violates our guidelines or we feel could compromise the potential renter and/or our site’s integrity without warning or notice.
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Q: How do I modify or remove my listing?
A: Simply e-mail us with any changes and we will do the hard work for you
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Q: What is the Availability Calendar?
A: The Availability Calendar provides a simple way to publish the availability schedule for any property.
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Q: Does my home address appear on my listing?
A: No, your actual address will not be displayed anywhere on your listing. We only collect the address to verify that it is valid.
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Q: How long can I advertise on TheAlgarvePortugal.com for Free
- A. You can advertise for a minimum of 12 months for free*. You can continue your advertise your property for free after this time* by simply renewing your advert.
(*Subject to terms and conditions)
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Q: An email I sent to inquire on a property bounced back to me. What do I do?
A: If a message is returned to you undeliverable or an owner is not responding to inquiries, please contact us.
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Q: How do I contact owners to inquire about or reserve a property?
A: When you find a holiday home rental home you are interested in, inquire about it by contacting the owner directly using the inquiry form on the right of the listing, or call their phone number (it’s usually listed underneath the inquiry form).
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Q: How can I complain about a property or owner?
A: TheAlgarvePortugal.com reserves the right to remove or not remove a listing based on the legitimacy and severity of the complaint. If you have a complaint about a property on TheAlgarvePortugal.com – please report it to us.
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Q: Why won’t the owner respond to my inquiry?
A:We encourage all of our advertisers to respond to inquiries within 24-48 hours. Hopefully there is a legitimate reason for their unavailability—it can sometimes take a few weeks for an owner to respond to an inquiry. Some of our owners travel often, and some may not be able to respond to every inquiry if they receive a high volume for unavailable dates.
If a phone number is available (underneath the listing’s inquiry form), give that a try! If the owner has not returned your call or your emails, we suggest inquiring one more time before deciding to move to alternate rentals on the site.
Note: Make sure to check your junk mail/spam folder for any emails from an owner, as they may accidentally end up there. As well, if you did not receive the inquiry confirmation, it’s possible that your email address was mistyped- so feel free to resubmit another inquiry!
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Q: How do I upload and change photos?
A: You have the ability to add up to 10 photos to your listing for FREE.
1. Click on ‘upload photo now’ or ‘upload new photo.’
2. Find a photo on your computer by clicking Browse.
3. Navigate to the folder where the photo is located, choose the photo you wish to upload and click Open to upload it. You will see a preview of your photo on the page.
4. Click on ‘finish’ at the bottom of the photos page to continue the listing process.
To add more photos after the first 8, follow these steps:
1. From your dashboard, click ‘buy more photos.’
2. On the ‘add photos’ page, locate the listing for which you’d like to purchase photos.
3. Click the square that contains the number that corresponds to the number of photos you’d like to purchase.
4. Click continue at the bottom of the page.
5. Click ‘pay now.’
6. From the payment confirmation page, click ‘manage listing(s) now.’
7. On your dashboard, locate the listing for which you purchased photos, then click ‘edit’ next to ‘photos.’
8. Add your additional photos by clicking ‘upload photo now’ on the add/change photos page.
You can also add and purchase photos directly from the add/change photos page by clicking in the empty photo boxes ‘buy additional photo’ and following the directions above.
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Q: Can I copy photos from another website to post on my listing?
A: Many other sites copyright your photos once you add them to your listing, therefore they cannot legally be uploaded to our site without permission. You must obtain permission from the other site before uploading those photos to your VacationRentals.com listing. Additionally, you may only use a photo that you did not take yourself once you have received permission from the owner of the photograph.
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Q: Why should I have 10 Photos?
A: Your listing has just 10 seconds to capture the attention of a potential guest. Use every opportunity to showcase your home with the maximum number of photos available on your listing.
Q: What are some helpful tips for my photos?
A:Here are our guidelines and tips for uploading photos:
- Maximum upload is 10240 KB (around 10MB)
- If your changes do not show up on this page of your property page, try clicking Refresh on your browser.
- uplading can take several minutes. If using a modem, ensure your photos are under 100k each or the upload will fail.
- Make sure the file names have no special characters or spaces.
- Include photos of each of the bedrooms, the living and dining areas, the view from the house and an exterior shot of the house property.
- With space for 16 photos, you have plenty of room to showcase local attractions and additional amenities like a pool, hiking trail or large green space.
- For additional tips on more ways to highlight your property through photos, visit our Owner Community here.
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- Unlimited free photo updates – change property photos online seasonally or as you make updates to your home.
- The more photos you have on your listing, the more inquiries you will receive. Make your property stand out with up to 16 pictures.
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