Name of your website?Horizon Holiday Cottages
Your name?
Dennis Cook
Your Location (city, etc)
Cape Town
Please give us a short summary of your website?
Horizons Holiday Cottages offers affordable fully equipped self Catering family cottages and Cabanas in a rural coastal valley suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; offering a tranquil country lifestyle. We are situated on the Southern peninsula, near all the attractions of Cape Town, and Cape Point route, but have easy access to the city of Cape Town about 30 minute’s drive away. Noordhoek, the jewel of the Cape Peninsula offers a colourful village atmosphere, with numerous attractions, local and nearby. Not for nothing is Noordhoek known as Cape Town’s secret destination. Our rates are affordable, but the quality of our accommodation is uncompromised. Facilities include large pool, DSTV, Wi-Fi Internet access, and excellent security
What inspired you to launch your own website
To provide more effective means of marketing our tourist accommodation business
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
This website launched 2003
What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?
Family friendly affordable vacation accommodation
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
keep it for income generation
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
the returns are not commensurate with the investment
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
unsure
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Not really applicable
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
None
What has been your biggest challenge?
Turning visitors to the site into customers
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
SEO on own initiative0 focusing on careful selection of keywords
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
It has been extrememely rewarding and I have learned a lot
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
5 years- with no end date planned
What is your website address?
Horizon Holiday Cottages
