20 Jan 2016
Barcelona, 19 January 2015 - Barcelona-based Only-apartments, launch NEW website with a quadrupled stock portfolio of more than 120,000 apartments after purchasing Professional Holiday Rentals and the Migoa holiday brand in July 2015. The subsequent merger of both property websites positions Only-apartments – (who were the first short-term property rental website, launched 2003) as 1 of the top 5 short-term property rental websites in Europe
Increased holiday destination choice Having previously positioned itself as a European Capitals specialist, with more than 90% of its rentals concentrated in big cities - Only-apartments new merger and integrated website launch, will offer an additional 90,000 properties to its original 30,000 stock, in a far more diverse selection of destinations. Working with an increased number of professional agencies for quality holiday rentals and private owners for more personalised options, the variety of additional stock will include; Houseboats in Amsterdam to modernist penthouses in Barcelona, holiday home's in the Spanish Costa's to coastal villas in Croatia, party pads on the Balearic & Canary Islands to ski chalets in mountain locations such as Andorra, Sierra Nevada, The Pyrenees & Alps.
New Website Functionality The newly designed Only-apartments website has focused heavily on user experience and offers a better design with bigger images, increased page loading speed, improved search algorithyms showing better and more relative results for the user and better performance on laptop, mobile and tablets with increased social media and whatsapp sharing capabilities. There are also more flexible payment policies, as well as increased payment methods and security.
Free cancellation and new payment policies Among the new highlights for the new Only-apartments website is the introduction of a series of new payment and cancellation policies, varying from standard with free cancellation within the first 48hrs, medium to strict, depending on the chosen property and owner.
Professional and private owners The new website technology available will also allow professional property Managers to quickly manage and rent multiple properties, either as complete sets or as individual properties. This will provide the ideal group travel solution, where large numbers of people are looking to stay in the same location or building, but within private apartments, whether that be personal or business.
About Only-apartments: Are a short-stay apartment rental booking site that believe that 'booking an apartment, should be as easy as booking a flight'. After beginning life when the husband and wife team needed to find a way to rent their Barcelona apartment after moving in together, they started privately renting their 2nd property to guests. They were quickly approached by friends in similar positions and started to grow a small portfolio of apartments in Barcelona and other major European cities. Today, Only-apartments specialise in online short-stay property rental and have 120k apartments in 109 countries, worldwide.