Holiday Rentals and preventing fraud

July 7th, 2010

While creating Realestasia I’ve been thinking about the risk of fraud and dishonesty that could face our clients and users. I am bringing up this issue because in reality it casts a negative view over our core business and I think it is better to get it out in the open to try to minimise the risks. I have seen a lot of websites advertising holiday rentals and few address this concern other than with a disclaimer stating they take no responsibility for inaccurate listings.

I’ve identified the following general risks:

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The death of the package tour

May 11th, 2009

I have been on my share of package tours around Asia in the past decade. The first I can remember was on Dragonair to Beijing for 5 days/4 nights. Now, clearly the airline must have been Dragonair but I cannot remember the name, location or even details of the hotel that was bundled into the package. I also received a lovely red and grey carry-on bag emblazoned with the Dragonair logo that was blessed with the power to make me feel like a complete and utter tourist.

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A few words about Realestasia

April 19th, 2009

Welcome to the Realestasia Blog, thanks for dropping in to read about us as we work towards the launch of the site. We are talking to some very interesting people around Asia about their properties and some very nice luxury developments. Given how things are travelling now, we should be launching in mid 2009. Make sure you sign up here to be notified when we launch.

In one sentence, what is the site all about?

Realestasia helps you find holiday or vacation rentals in Asia so you can design the holiday you want.

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