Archive for August, 2010

  • Room pictures with different types of lenses

    Needless to say, the pictures in your listing are the most important tool for getting more bookings. The angle of the lens you use will affect the perception that travellers get of your place. Here is a comparison of pictures of the same rooms using...

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  • The importance of good grammar

    You can make a great first impression and attract more LetMeGo travellers when your listing is free of spelling and grammatical errors. Travellers who are searching for lodgings may be wary if they see multiple mistakes, so it’s vital that you don’t overlook this important step...

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  • Video: How great leaders inspire action

    In this TED talk, Simon Sinek explains a simple but powerful model for inspirational and business leadership that starts with the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers. In fact, this video was the inspiration for our new motto:...

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  • “Stay unique, stay human”

    “Stay unique, stay human” is our new motto, replacing “let lodgings bid for your stay”. We wanted a phrase that really expressed the reason we created LetMeGo, and that also represents how travellers and hosts are interacting through our service. We think that “stay unique,...

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  • ReferToEarn – Our Take on the Affiliate Program

    We are proudly announcing the ReferToEarn feature, perfect for those who love both to give (their friends the opportunity to book the perfect lodging), and to receive (some money in exchange). This is the LetMeGo take on the idea of a referral program, and we...

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  • Attracting travellers interested in vacation rentals

    LetMeGo and RealVacationRentals.com are now sister sites. If you offer guest units or accommodations that can be catalogued as apartments, bungalows, cabins, castles, cottages, townhouses, villas, or yurts, you can get more exposure for your property. Simply follow these instructions carefully. First and foremost: If...

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  • RealVacationRentals.com Goes Live!

    It took several months of work, but we were finally able to tweak the Merrcury Engine (the software behind LetMeGo) to be able to launch a service that specializes in vacation rentals: RealVacationRentals.com Unlike most online directories of vacation rentals, RealVacationRentals.com allows you to submit one...

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  • Web Developer for Testing via Javascript (Bogotá)

    We are hiring at LetMeGo.com! We are looking for a software developer to focus on test automation, which heavily uses Selenium and Javascript. This person will join our ninja-grade development team working from our offices in Bogota. This is a full-time, long-term, independent contract. This...

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  • Narrative transforms the insignificant into the significant

    Dan Ariely, one of my favorite authors, writes a short but interesting article about the Significant Objects Project, “an experiment [...] to determine whether you could take an object worth very little and make it worth much more by giving it a story, by endowing...

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  • FAQ: How do I keep my calendar up-to-date?

    After you have completed your lodging listing on LetMeGo, one of the many additional tools you can take advantage of is your availability calendar. When a traveller submits an itinerary with their specific dates, LetMeGo will use your calendar to determine if your property is available. ...

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