Travel Blog July Archive

Gecko Villa, Thailand Interview

By Interviewer at 07/06/07 05:22

Name of your website?

Gecko Villa, Thailand

Your name?

Ten Daeng

Your Location (city, etc)

Udon Thani

When did you start your website and why?

We started our website in 2000 to attract a global audience to what is a standalone Villa in Thailand's undiscovered Northeast. Only the internet allows us to reach the overseas market in a cost-effective way.

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

The website introduces and describes in detail not only Gecko Villa itself, but also the activities available there with full details on this exciting region that remains to be discovered by the international tourist and holidaymaker. A full pho gallery is also ioncluded so that visitors have a very clear image of the quality of the house.

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

Leasrning the basics of HTMl to start with, and then getting to grips with more advanced tools. Most website owners are using the internet as a tool, and the HTML skillset is not one they naturally have!

What nationalities does youre site attract?

A wide variety, from Thais to Eurpoeans, Japanese and Americans to visitors and holiday makers from further afiled. Of course, the nationalities of visitors to the site is also connected to the profile of villa renters in Thailand seeking a superior house rental such as Gecko Villa.

What is the biggest attraction to your site?

We believe that the product itself is the most important - a large country house set among the emeral rice fields of North East Thailand, with a delightful private pool. Of course, the local people themselves are service orientated and this is another reason vacationers seek out a holiday house for rent here - the friendliness and charm of the Thais themselves.

Who maintains your website and why?

Our website is maintained by an Englishman in Bangkok, as we do not have the required literacy upcountry, in what is primordially a rural or agricultural community.

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

Our business is alomst entirely internet driven, with the exception of word of mouth referals.

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

We believe that the internet offers great potential to smaller independents to market their services and products.

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

SEO is important but should not in our opinion be overdone. The natural appeal of a site is paramount.

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

Search engines are crucial as potential visitors will almost exclusively visit these to identify a possible holiday house in Thailand.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

The quality of the website itself; print and other media, and repeat customers. The unusual name also helps to attract attention!

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

We avoid any form of paid advertising or listing services.

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

Greater penetration in poorer markets and rural areas: the internet is an excllent tool for people in what are offten called third world countries, but often the national infrastructure and education are lacking.

Finally, what feedback do those who have visited both your site and Gecko Villa itself give?

Visitors are generally delighted: the site has given them full and accurate details of the holiday villa in both words and pictures. We then aim to surpass guest satisfaction during their stay at the property, so that clients in turn use the internet - or other forms of communication - with their friends, to encourage them to consider staying at Gecko Villa by simply opening their browser at home and clicking on to http://www.geckovilla.com

What is your website address?

Gecko Villa, Thailand

AFRICAN SPICE SAFARIS Interview

Name of your website?

AFRICAN SPICE SAFARIS

Your name?

James Ayugi

Your Location (city, etc)

Nairobi

When did you start your website and why?

2005 to let the world know about my tour company

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

AFRICAN SPICE SAFARIS is an African safari company owned and managed by local indigenous Kenyans and is one of the most comprehensive safari operator in East Africa, based in Nairobi . Kenya is the land of our birth and the very special corner of the world where safari was born

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

Marketing

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

Reading Mails, coz they are very few

What was your biggest mistake?

not nowing how to be ranked on top of search engines

Who maintains your website and why?

webmasters K Ltd becouse they are the ones who are marking my site

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

got alot of online booking from my site

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

Great idea

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

I dont know how it works

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

Yah

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Directory and search engine submitions

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

Offline markrting

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

everythingt is great

Who started the internet

i dont know

What is your website address?

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Magiarural: turismo rural y hoteles con encanto Interview

Name of your website?

Magiarural: turismo rural y hoteles con encanto

Your name?

George

Your Location (city, etc)

Madrid

When did you start your website and why?

We love romantic hotels

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

Complete brochure on romantic hotels and nice rentals in Spain. All the information in order to reserve directly.

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

All

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Good

What is your website address?

Magiarural: turismo rural y hoteles con encanto

naxs rooms Interview

Name of your website?

naxs rooms

Your name?

stelios vathrakokoilis

Your Location (city, etc)

naxos

When did you start your website and why?

3 months ago. So our custmers can book our hotels online without paying fees to the big advertised sites.

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

Book online hotels in naxos island Greece.

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

The online booking engine.Costs a lot of money.

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

The creation was easy because my brother created.

What was your biggest mistake?

Not have done this website 2 years ago.that will have save money o me and to my customers.

Who maintains your website and why?

Me and my brother.

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

The online booking make the hotel more atractive to internet customers.

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

Travel will be related with internet.IN the future no one will travel if not first use the internet to arange every detail.

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

I have do a little reading and my serps are good.

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

help.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

links.

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

mouth to mouth.

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

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What is your website address?

naxs rooms

Real Africa Adventures Interview

Name of your website?

Real Africa Adventures

Your name?

Denis

Your Location (city, etc)

Kampala

When did you start your website and why?

we started in 2004 to give people chance and access to what uganda has to offer in tourism

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

Real Africa Adventures was established as an alternative tour company specifically to deliver an enriching African holiday experience for people that also Care about the needs of the local people in developing countries Care about preserving the environment and natural resources Care about respecting local customs and practices Want more than the average safari package deal

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

Needs lots of time to update information

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

getting feedback from clients

What was your biggest mistake?

Having too much information on

Who maintains your website and why?

me together with my webmaster

Tell us how your business has benefited from your website?

90% of our business comes through the website

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

Great and will keep growing

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

I don't know too much about it

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

They are a help

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

linking to other sites

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

paying out to other p[romoters to push it has not worked

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

get faster Internet in Africa

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What is your website address?

Real Africa Adventures

Spain Holiday.com Interview

Name of your website?

Spain Holiday.com

Your name?

Claus Sorensen/Helena De Vlieger

Your Location (city, etc)

Malaga

When did you start your website and why?

Spain-Holiday.com was launched in 2002 as a simple hobby. Claus is a programmer and he wanted something else than his 9 to 5 job. He couldn't realize it was going to become that successful as it is now.

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

Spain-Holiday.com is the fastest growing company for holiday rentals ONLY in Spain. The website is representing more than 2400 holiday homes which are advertised by private homeowners.

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

All the time and effort placed in making an easy-to-use website

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

Not the easiest, but the most pleasant is handling the support section. I love the contact with the client, and being here every day to solve a problem, improving the website and helping holidaymakers to find a nice home to spend their next holidays in.

What was your biggest mistake?

To avoid these, we like to recieve feedback from home owners and holidaymakers to try and improve our website every day.

Who maintains your website and why?

Claus and Helena both work hard to have a well-maintained and updated website

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

In our case, our business is this website, so we of course believe very strongly in the Internet. It is defenitly becoming bigger and bigger and every year more people use the Internet to plan their holidays.

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

SEO is extremely important. We need to keep updated about the SEO strategies of the biggest search engines and make sure we are on top of the listings with important keywords. In our case, if people are looking for Vacation rentals in Spain or Spanish holiday homes, we hope they use www.spain-holiday.com and find what they are looking for. We are spending a lot of time and money on SEO as this is big part of what makes our business roll.

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

As we mentionned in the previous question, search engines are extremely important, as they bring the new client to our website. They are the ones that give us the traffic. So, we need to "take good care" of these and make sure to be on top of thier listings.

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

SEO

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

Advertising in magazines

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

That the seacrh engines valuate the effort we put in promoting our website, not only the money, but the time we spend on making a nice and user-friendly webiste.

What is your website address?

Spain Holiday.com

Pegima Tours and Safaris Interview

Name of your website?

Pegima Tours and Safaris

Your name?

Edward Githaiga

When did you start your website and why?

2005

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

We offer-Africa wildlife safaris, Kenya Tours, Tanzania lodge safaris, Masai Mara Camping Safaris, Mount Kenya Climbing, Amboseli Wildlife Safaris Kenya

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

php

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

Marketing

What was your biggest mistake?

Trusting individual

Who maintains your website and why?

Myself-

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

More Clients

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

Very good

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Very important

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

They market the sites more and more

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Search engines

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

Verbal

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

none

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What is my name Githaiga

What is your website address?

Pegima Tours and Safaris

Koh Sukorn Paradise Interview

What is the name of your Blog?

Koh Sukorn Paradise

What is your name?

David

Where are you from? (include country, state and/or city)

Thailand

What is your current age or age range?

35

Please describe your blog

9 Authentic Bungalows Is setting on the private and long silent beautiful beach of Sukorn Island... There are the most beautiful points to admire with the sunset and relax. Koh Sukorn Paradise Resort is also ideally located to discover many surrounding islands. About Koh Sukorn Paradise Resort Koh Sukorn is located in Trang Province (Thailand), on the Andaman sea. There are about 2000 people in 4 villages. On Koh Sukorn, the people are friendly and generously...

Describe the main purpose of your blogging, what are you trying to accomplish?

Tours & Trips Explore the Andaman Sea in style We consider you as our close friends. Relax and enjoy in your own unique way Koh Sukorn Paradise offers a new form of tourism. We offer the best quality service from personnel with a wealth of knowledge and expertise of all the travel routers who will guide you through the North Trang Sea, South Trang sea, Koh Mook, Koh Kradan, Koh Lao Lieng, Koh Takien, Koh Ngai, Koh Rok, Koh Bulon. And visit the beautifull waterfalls, of the Trang province.

What is the url of your blog?

Koh Sukorn Paradise

Travel Haiti Interview

Name of your website?

Travel Haiti

Your name?

James Dalphonse

Your Location (city, etc)

Hubbardsville

11/2006 began website to try to increase tourism in Haiti

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

adding memebers

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

uploading

What was your biggest mistake?

the name

Who maintains your website and why?

I main it, because I was the creator of it

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

more people have gone to Haiti as tourists

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

very positive

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Better than very positive

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

helped, more people have found the site

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

sending out invites

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

finding e-mail addresses

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

obtianing e-mail addresses

What is your website address?

Travel Haiti

vietnam tours, vietnam luxury hotels, vietnam luxury holidays, premium beach vacation, travel adventure luxury, vietnam luxury res

Name of your website?

vietnam tours

Your name?

andy

Your Location (city, etc)

Ho Chi Minh

2005 for tourist information about vietnam, Laos, cambodia

2005 for tourist information about vietnam, Laos, cambodia

Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc

The Indochina Leading Tour Operator providing all types of Ultimate Vietnam tours, Vietnam Luxury Tours, Vietnam Luxury Holidays, Vietnam Beach break vacations, Vietnam Adventure travel Luxury, Vietnam Executive Travel, Laos Eco-Travel, Cambodia Premium trips, Luxury nature discovery tours, Business or leisure travel, Incentive & conference trips, Luxury Private customized trips, Vietnam discount Luxury hotels and resorts up to 75%, Travel to Celebrate Life, Discover Cultures & Share to communities

What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?

collecting value information for web and how to bring my web to people from google or other search engines

What has been the easist part of operating your website?

nothing is easiest, all is difficult

What was your biggest mistake?

not to do much of web search before making my web

Who maintains your website and why?

myself and our IT

Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?

to get more people to our company as trael tour Operator and to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?

it will be very competitive, and web suffer or clients willget more benifite from net

What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

very important

What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?

i think. they could affect both, if you use their service they can do good for your search rank, and via versa

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

manual register to search engines and link to other web

What method has been least successful for promoting your website?

do not know

What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?

faster transfer and more reliable payment through net

You can enter a question of your choice and the answer here:

internet will be over helming the world?

What is your website address?

vietnam tours