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We’ve still got a few free subscriptions to give away. Advertise your holiday rental accommodation on onelocation.com now and get a full years subscription completely FREE. We’ll also throw in a featured property listing which puts you on ALL key pages on the site AND at the  moment ALL Late Deal listings are completely free too. Adding a Late Deal listing to the site gives you the following:

1. Site homepage Your Late deal will be listed in prime position on the site homepage
2. Search results Your Late Deal appears as a special banner above your listing in the search results making it stand out from the crowd.
3. Twitter We tweet your Late Deal instantly to all our followers
4. Holidaycrunch.com Late deal instantly added to holidaycrunch.com which has a permanent link to the Times Online Travel section in the UK (this is a big deal!)
5. Facebook. We’ll automatically add your Late Deal to our Facebook page.

You will also get al this when the site goes live to the public in a few days time:

1. RSS feed. Your late deals will be instantly pinged to holidaymakers who have opted to receive our RSS Late Deal feeds.
2. Newsletter mention. We will be adding some of the HOTTEST late deals to our regular newsletters. Depending on your Late Deal offer we’ll include you on this too.
3. Gumtree. To give you extra exposure we’ll add your late deal to Gumtree.

It only takes a couple of minutes to add your late deal and already we’re seeing some pretty good results. Give it a bash, register your property and take advantage now.

How do you fill those annoying gaps in your calendar or those last minute cancellations? Here’s 3 simple ways that literally take minutes and won’t cost you a penny.

1. Add a late deal listing to onelocation.com
   As an owner you get these for FREE. Just enter the dates, the price reduction and click submit and your late deal will be live on the homepage within minutes. You’ll also appear higher in the search results and on the Late Deals page. We also mention your late deal on Twitter and Facebook.
2. Place an ad on Gumtree
   This is a super-quick way to get your availability out there. It’s free and only takes a couple of minutes.
3. Send an email to old customers
   You should have details (email addresses) of old clients. Why not drop them a quick email informing them of late availability. Not only does it keep your accommodation in their minds but it also spreads the word to other people who may be looking.

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Do you have a Cape Town event or attraction that you want to shout about? onelocation allows you to upload your event completely FREE of charge. Simply enter the details, add a pic and hit publish. Once we check it’s okay for the site (no gambling or adult material please) then we’ll add it the ever growing list of things to do and see in Cape Town. If it’s something we particularly like (or if you send us FREE tickets we’ll even make it a featured event which means it gets loads more views and hopefully more people through the doors.

The site has ONLY been live for a week and already holiday home owners will reap the rewards of advertising their holiday rental accommodation on the site. After only a few days we’ve reached No.1 on Google for the search term Cape Town World Cup Accommodation. Now bearing in mind the allocation of first phase tickets for the 2010 World Cup will be happening in the next couple of weeks this is fantastic news for all those holiday home owners already on the site. At the moment advertising your property is completely free so there’s really no time to waste. And remember we’re only giving away a few subscriptions to some early adopters so go go go before they’re all snapped up.

Tickets for the 2010 World Cup will soon be allocated to those lucky soccer fans whose name has been picked from the hat. More than 1.6 million ticket applications have been received by fifa since the first ballot phase opened in February. With 30% of applications from South Africa and 70% from overseas there’ll be some mad scrambling for accommodation from around the middle of April when the first allocation is announced. So with this in mind, ask yourself a question. Is your accommodation World Cup ready? If not then don’t panic … here’s what you need to do. Read more

As a special introductory offer we’re giving away 100 FREE annual subscriptions to the site. Yip, that means you get something for nothing and let’s face it in today’s current economic climate ‘Absolutely nothing’ is a pretty good price.

All you have to do is:

1. Register (as a holiday home owner) on the site
2. Add your property details; pics, accommodation details, location, availability etc
3. Then go to checkout and enter the promo code: LAUNCH100

This will give you 100% off the price making it as free as a bird. We’ve only got 100 to give away and they are being snapped up pretty fast. Oh and why not tell your friends too.