Well, another wonderful season.
The peak season started off slowly but picked up strongly from January on and it's still going strong to date.
It's my 10th anniversary year, and i thought i will not hike the rents this season. Although the guests do not know. There are some who still bargain. The world wide recession has hit tourist purses hard and there's a lot of guests who otherwise would't have bargained, but now are forced to do so. I had somebody from the National geographic -genuine photographers, who said they were on a budget. I'm pretty nervous actually. Because if it's like this now, what's the off season going to be like.
Last year I did some marketing trips to Chennai, Mamalappuram, Pondicherry and Bangalore. Just left some posters lying around at some some key guesthouses and restaurants that are listed and it worked. So around April I plan to vist Rajastan, Goa (again) and places like Mysore, Hampi and Ooty to do so more marketing. My feeling is it's going to be a bad off season. So marketing might help. And I need to visit these place anyway. Never been to Hampli or Rajastan and it'about time.
Peak season is as busy as ever. Made some serious mistakes with my booking at times, took some double bookings and some French guests, some important french guests were not too happy.
On tripadvisor I thought I did pretty well. Only 2 bad reviews in the last 6 months and quite a lot of good ones, especially about the boat. The ecohouseboat is doing fantastic. It's really the best housboat in my category. That is - take out the over the top luxury and in in midrange to top-end I think "The Pride Eco-houseboat" is really the best in the world.
Johnson Gilbert
www.alleppeykeralahouseboats.com
Johnson
https://www.keralahouseboatsalleppey.com
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Staying on Johnson's houseboat was amazing. Very accommodating staff, great food. Woke up one morning to the sound of children singing across the water.
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