Lengthen your season & profit from the Tot's difference!Over 70% of our bookings for 2008 are outside July & AugustLetting your property can be a tricky affair but with Tots to France we support you all the way. We will introduce you to a sector of the market that actively seeks to holiday outside July and August and in doing so substantially lengthens your lettings season. But what makes Tots to France different?
- We niche market to families with pre-schoolers and babies who choose to travel outside of peak season
(about 70% of our bookings are outside July and August and our busiest months are June and September with bookings starting as early as March)
- We visit each and every property and act as an advocate for you in our dialogue with parents
- We will only ever feature a relatively small collection of properties so you can ensure that your property will be seen
- We have plenty to offer in terms of our understanding of the market, demand, pricing and what makes the difference between a property that is fully booked and one that remains empty
- We have won business 3 awards (as well as a PR award) and are currently finalists in 2 further national awards
- We have received widespread media coverage including the national broadsheets, glossy magazines, radio and TV. Tots to France was also profiled on the BBC's Money Programme (BBC 2, August 8th 2008).
What next? We are always on the lookout for attractive properties and committed houseowners. We will gladly help and advise you on how to make your property 'genuinely family-friendly' and help you stand out from the crowd! Coming soon... Tots to Spain: Launch Oct 2008 Tots to the UK: Launch early 2009 Contact us today! We would love to hear from you. (Fill in the form below) Here is what our houseowner's think: “At Le Beau Chateau, we have been delighted to find a business partner who shares our passion to provide clients with the best possible holiday accommodation in France, tailored to their specific requirements. Tots to France have a level of detail and commitment to their customers that is unsurpassed in the industry.” Nikki and David Needham, Charente Maritime “Wendy Shand visited us in December 2006 in her role as director of Tots to France, a company specialising in arranging French holidays for families with pre-school age children. We had shown interest in the ‘Tots to France’ idea as a way of attracting more families to our holiday gites. As parents with pre-school children do not have the confines of taking their breaks during school holidays, they make an excellent target market for the quieter months of the year. During her visit, Wendy advised us on a range of issues from health and safety to the added extras that we might like to make available to our guests and the current demands of young families holidaying abroad. She takes a serious and professional approach to her work and inspects prospective properties with the eye of an experienced parent. We found her practical and honest comments to be invaluable and working to meet the high standards demanded by the Tots to France model has helped us to develop our business in a way that we would have found difficult without her input. As well as offering advice on the type of equipment families with young children find useful when on holiday and making our accommodation more ‘family friendly’, Wendy also gave us some potentially profitable ideas such as providing a range of home cooked ready meals for tired parents who do not want to cook and this is an idea we have embraced enthusiastically and will be putting into practice this year. The close relationships Wendy develops with her property owners by visiting each one personally, provides assurance to her clients that they will be guaranteed holiday accommodation that has met exacting Tots to France standards and this is at the foundation of the company’s success. Wendy has the professional attitude of an accomplished business woman coupled with the common sense and practicality of a mother and it is this dynamic combination that enables her to satisfy the needs of both clients and business owners and will prove to be the essential element in the future growth of Tots to France.”
Sandra Endersby, Le Manoir Champagnois “We were introduced to Wendy via a family member last summer as someone who may be able to help us in finding bookings for our gite. As soon as we made contact by email I could tell that this was someone who knew what she was doing!
The next step was for her to come (with her delightful family) to visit and "vet" us. We thoroughly enjoyed meeting her and felt straight away that she had hit a niche in the market which could be perfect for us. So far we have had amazing results. Four weeks booked before christmas where we're normally biting our nails in May. Apart from this we have also been extremely impressed by Wendy's never ceasing willingness to help at whatever hour of whatever day with whatever query. Always handled speedily professionally and with kindness, understanding and good humour.” Rosie Lane, La Grange du Puylagarde Here's what the business world thinks of Tots to France:
“Tots to France, from conception to inception has been an object lesson in how to identify, target, and effectively access a niche, which in hindsight, is too obvious to have been neglected!! Not everybody has the vision, or confidence, to ‘formalise’ a feeling that ‘if I want a product like this, others will too’. By applying a disciplined, progressive approach to developing your business model, based on an impressively strong initial business plan, you have quickly achieved a stable, sustainable enterprise. “Your intimate knowledge of the requirements of both client groups: holiday buyers, and property owners: combined with your natural flair and determination to develop a top-end, comprehensive product, has rapidly put TTF on the map. In doing so you have generated genuine growth potential.” Richard Fraser-Williams V.Att (Nor) Senior Business Advisor Mentor Môn “Wendy combines sensitivity and creativity. She listens carefully to what the market place is telling her and then comes up with creative ways to solve the problem or develop the opportunity. These skills coupled with hard work, drive and determination have resulted in a business that is well run using innovative technical solutions to access resources efficiently. Crucially the business has identified and is in tune with its market and exudes a confidant ‘we care’ attitude in all that it does. Tots to France is unusual; breaking new ground and has a sustainable business formula. It should do well.” William Cuthbert Managing Director CW Fellowes Ltd Accountant and Business Adviser If you would like to find out more about our unique business, then do get in touch with us by filling in the form below.
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