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	<title>HouseTrip Blog - Holiday apartment news, travel and rental tips &#187; HouseTrip</title>
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		<title>How To Stand Out From the Crowd: 25 Extras No Holiday Apartment Should Be Without</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 16:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday apartment stays almost always live long in the memory &#8211; but not always for the right reasons. None of these items are compulsory, but you may find that guests expect to find them, and will become irked if they are nowhere to be found. Include these items and you&#8217;re covering yourself &#8211; you&#8217;ll also<a href="http://blog.housetrip.com/owners/how-to-stand-out-from-the-crowd-25-extras-no-holiday-apartment-should-be-without/" class="continue">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>HouseTrip trials instant booking solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 09:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HouseTrip last week launched a trial of an instant (direct) booking solution. We&#8217;ve been considering this for a while, because although our messaging system has been very successful and has generated a huge amount of bookings, it is quite time consuming for owners and guests. &#160; &#160; The reason we launched the messaging system in<a href="http://blog.housetrip.com/changes-on-the-website/housetrip-trials-instant-booking-solution/" class="continue">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Most Popular Holiday Apartments in Paris!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered, when you look through holiday apartments in Paris, which are the most popular? How do people choose between them? Wonder no longer. To answer the question, we&#8217;ve collected together the ten most popular holiday apartments in Paris. These apartments are the real deal. They attracted more enquiries from guests in March<a href="http://blog.housetrip.com/our-holiday-apartments/top-ten-most-popular-holiday-apartments-in-paris/" class="continue">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Groups and Families Love Holiday Apartments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to Bruges last year with four friends (after seeing the film!) and we stayed in a holiday apartment. It worked perfectly, for a number of reasons. Two of the evenings we sat together in the lounge, having a drink and watching TV before we went into the town for dinner. One morning someone<a href="http://blog.housetrip.com/guests/why-groups-and-families-love-holiday-apartments/" class="continue">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How HouseTrip Works: For Owners</title>
		<link>http://blog.housetrip.com/owners/how-housetrip-works-for-owners/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-housetrip-works-for-owners</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HouseTrip for Owners As a dot com company, we believe that continual refinement is important and necessary (Google, for example, is rumoured to change their search algorithms daily!). We&#8217;re constantly evolving, as we respond to feedback from our users and the data we see from our web analytics. And as a start up, the pace<a href="http://blog.housetrip.com/owners/how-housetrip-works-for-owners/" class="continue">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>13 Ways to Maximise your Rental Revenue</title>
		<link>http://blog.housetrip.com/owners/13-ways-to-maximise-your-rental-revenue/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=13-ways-to-maximise-your-rental-revenue</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make sure that your apartment appears prominently in HouseTrip  search results. Guests use different filters and sorting mechanisms to organise their search results. You need to make sure that your apartment appears to as many guests as possible. 1. Feature highly in the default “Best Value” category. This is the way that HouseTrip search results<a href="http://blog.housetrip.com/owners/13-ways-to-maximise-your-rental-revenue/" class="continue">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Improvements to the HouseTrip Website</title>
		<link>http://blog.housetrip.com/changes-on-the-website/recent-improvements-to-the-housetrip-website/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=recent-improvements-to-the-housetrip-website</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homepage This has been redesigned in order to emphasise the strengths of HouseTrip.com as a platform. First, our top destinations have been listed across the top of the page, to make it easier for guests to see the cities in which we have a good range of properties. These are the cities where we currently<a href="http://blog.housetrip.com/changes-on-the-website/recent-improvements-to-the-housetrip-website/" class="continue">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why HouseTrip Offers Significant Benefits for Inexperienced Holiday Rental Guests</title>
		<link>http://blog.housetrip.com/guests/why-housetrip-offers-significant-benefits-for-inexperienced-holiday-rental-guests/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=why-housetrip-offers-significant-benefits-for-inexperienced-holiday-rental-guests</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Renting a holiday apartment for the first time can be a fairly daunting experience. After all, it’s not like booking a hotel. You can’t just find a place and book it online. Or can you? Holiday apartments in the past The holiday apartments industry has been around for a very long time, but it always<a href="http://blog.housetrip.com/guests/why-housetrip-offers-significant-benefits-for-inexperienced-holiday-rental-guests/" class="continue">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for us on Killer Startups!</title>
		<link>http://blog.housetrip.com/uncategorized/vote-for-us-on-killer-startups/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=vote-for-us-on-killer-startups</link>
		<comments>http://blog.housetrip.com/uncategorized/vote-for-us-on-killer-startups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please, vote for HouseTrip on KillerStartups by clicking on the image below and then on the &#8220;+&#8221; sign on the top left corner. Many thanks! Arnaud]]></description>
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		<title>HouseTrip meets Google!</title>
		<link>http://blog.housetrip.com/travel/housetrip-meets-google/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=housetrip-meets-google</link>
		<comments>http://blog.housetrip.com/travel/housetrip-meets-google/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arnaud</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone This is my first blog entry since joining the HouseTrip team a few weeks ago, shortly after launch. And it’s been a hectic first few weeks! But the signs are really promising. The team is great: the organisation is very dynamic, and most importantly, everyone is extremely nice to work with! We’re now<a href="http://blog.housetrip.com/travel/housetrip-meets-google/" class="continue">Continue reading</a>]]></description>
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