Frequently Asked Questions

Grace & Truth Accommodation provides details of a range of quality Christian-owned or run holiday homes. It provides full search and comparison of properties in a range of locations.

Whilst Grace & Truth Accommodation concentrates on Christian holiday accommodation, and is provided as a service for fellow Christians, it actually makes use of the technology used to host a general holiday website called Go2 Holidays. Some of the Questions and Answers below may relate more directly to the main Go2 website but most are applicable to Grace & Truth Accommodation.

Properties listed on Grace & Truth Accommodation may or may not also be listed on the main Go2 website, at the owner's discretion - others are exclusive to Grace & Truth Accommodation.

The main Go2 website, upon which Grace & Truth Accommodation is based, allows you to find self-catering holiday lets, lodges, and cottages by searching through a catalogue of thousands of properties. On the main Go2 website are gathered together a wide range of properties provided by a number of companies, as well as those which owners list directly on Go2.

You may think of Go2 a little like an electronics store for holidays. It 'stocks' a range of products from a range of companies and act as a shop-front for their products. You may search for what you want, and when you find it order it from the 'manufacturer'. In this case the products are holiday lets, and the manufacturers range from private owners right up to the largest of companies like Hoseasons.

Grace & Truth Accommodation uses the same underlying technology as Go2 and hence benefits from the constant improvements made to that site, but it has been developed to provide a unique forum for advertising and finding Christian-run holiday lets. As Christians we have developed this site as a free service to others, and we hope you find it useful.

At the time of writing the main Go2 website has over 15,000 self-catering holiday lets listed - and that number is constantly growing. This huge selection of properties is gathered from the largest of holiday companies, such as Hoseasons, Cottages4you and Sykes Cottages, through area specialists such as Imagine Ireland, Coast & Country Cottages, Farm & Cottage Holidays and Blue Chip Vacations, right through to independent owners who advertise directly on Go2. When you search using Go2 the search results will include properties from any or all of these companies.

Obviously the selection on Grace & Truth Accommodation is much smaller, but we hope it will gradually grow to provide a unique and helpful resource.

Just use the panel on the left of the Home page to enter your search details (click the Home button or the Grace & Truth Accommodation main logo to get to the Home page). You can enter a country, county or town name (or leave any or all blank) and even the property name if you know it. You can also enter the minimum number the property should be able to sleep and also enter the dates you wish to travel between if you want to check which properties are available. When ready just click the SEARCH button.

As there are only a limited selection of properties currently listed on Grace & Truth Accommodation we would suggest that you keep your search selection 'wide open' for the present. For example simply search for all properties in Wales, or Scotland. As more properties become listed, you may then want to narrow the search down by Town.

From the search results presented when you click SEARCH on the left panel, you can page forwards and backwards throught the results (if there is more than one page) by clicking the buttons at the bottom of the list. When you've found a property which interests you just click on its name and a full property details page will be displayed. How much details are seen will depend on the provider of the property - some provide more extensive details than others. But usually you'll see the name, area, description, photographs, a map, and some information about the features provided at the property. In addition you can also check availability on the calendar provided.

Should you require further information, or should you wish to book the property, just click the large button near the bottom of the page. This will redirect you to either the website of the property provider, or directly to their Booking pages (depending on who the provider is). Just click 'back' on your browser to return to the Go2 page.

All prices listed on Grace & Truth Accommodation are in British Pounds as standard. However, you may see a price converted to another currency simply by clicking on the price in question (they are all shown as links). This will take you to the Yahoo! Finance website and display the price converted to Euros (from where you may select another currency to view the price in).

As bookings for each property listed on Grace & Truth Accommodation are made directly with either the owner or the manager of the property, you will need to pay in the currency which they accept (as detailed on their website). However, most owners take payment via online credit card services and these will usually allow for conversion from other currencies - just be aware of any currency conversion charges which may be added on at the time.

To advertise your property on Go2 or Grace & Truth Accommodation all you need to do is choose the appropriate website and create an account and follow the instructions. Click the Create Account button at the top of the page, enter some details including a username and password and you're on your way! From there you can begin adding properties, entering their details, uploading photographs and updating availability data. (N.B. Whenever you use the Login link in the future to log in to your account, you'll notice that the Login page is hosted on Go2... don't worry, it redirects you back to Grace & Truth Accommodation afterwards.)

Advertising your property on Grace & Truth Accommodation is currently free. The site is provided as a service for fellow Christians and therefore, at present, we have waived any rental fee. We are however conscious that there are companies and journals who charge for similar advertising and we do not wish to provide unfair competition, so we may have to review this in the future. But for the present this is a free service.

Advertising on the main Go2 site costs from just £25 per property per year.

Properties listed on Go2 and Grace & Truth Accommodation benefit from a range of facilities to provide wide descriptive content and feature lists, as well as multiple photographs, maps, and full availability data. We encourage our members to keep this data as up to date as possible, to benefit those who browse our website, and to this end we've worked hard to make the user interface of the property management and editing pages as simple as possible. Indeed you should find each section very straightforward to follow. Once you've created an account, or each time you login using your username and password, you are taken to the 'My Account' details pages (see the My Account button near the top of this page), where you have pages for editing your main Account details, properties, photographs and availability data.

Properties listed on Grace & Truth Accommodation may or may not also be listed on the main Go2 website, at the owner's discretion - you may choose to keep your properties exclusive to Grace & Truth Accommodation. To do this you simply choose whether to also list the properties on the Go2 website by ticking the checkbox on the property details editing page. However the usual Go2 rental fees would apply if also listing on Go2.

Should you need assistance, or have a question you can't find the answer to, simply drop Ian an email at ianpotts@graceandtruthonline.com. He'll be pleased to help.

Once you've logged in to your account simply click the 'My Account' button at the top of the page. Then click on the 'Properties' button. You'll see a grid listing all the properties you have in your account (empty at first!). Just click the 'Add New' button at the bottom of the grid to add a new property. You'll see a form appear like the image below:



On here you can enter the various details about your property. Be sure to include at least the basics of Reference, Name, County, Town, Short Description (for search results), Long Description, Pricing and so on. Also, don't forget the Website URL which will take the user to your website when they want to book your accommodation. If you have no website of your own, then simply provide your own contact info (email/telephone/postal) clearly within your property description.

You can enrich your listing by ticking the features it has and by uploading pictures. Once you've entered enough information simply click the Save button. A listing will appear in the grid. You may edit again by clicking the edit button.

At any time after entering property details you may click on the Preview button in the grid to see how the property will look when listed. Just click back to return to the 'Properties' page. When you're happy with the listing and would like to have it listed on the site simply edit the listing and tick the 'Property ready to be listed in search results' button at the bottom of the edit form. This tells us that you're property listing is complete and ready for review. We'll give it a quick check (usually within 48 hours) and then you'll see it listed in Search results.

Should you wish to remove a property from Search results simply untick the 'Property ready to be listed in search results' button.

Extra photographs may be uploaded for your properties on the 'Photographs' page, and availability edited on the 'Availability' page. Please try to keep this information as up to date as possible.

Advertising your property on Grace & Truth Accommodation is currently free. The site is provided as a service for fellow Christians and therefore, at present, we have waived any rental fee. We are however conscious that there are companies and journals who charge for similar advertising and we do not wish to provide unfair competition, so we may have to review this in the future. But for the present this is a free service.

Advertising property on the main Go2 site is however done on an annual subscription basis. The total cost of your subscription will depend on the number of properties you list. An initial fee will be payable at the start of each 12 month period, based on the number of properties you have listed in your Go2 account. However, you are free to edit, add and delete properties throughout the course of the year, and should an additional payment be due for the remainder of the term, this will be calculated according to the number of extra properties listed, and the length of the term remaining.

Your account balance is calculated automatically and any fees due will be shown on the Account Details page when you login to Go2. Payment is accepted through the Google Checkout system, which provides a simple, and secure, method of online payment. You have 30 days to settle any outstanding balance, after which, if unpaid, we will not delete your account or properties, but simply set your properties to 'dormant'. This means that all the details remain on Go2, but the properties will just not be listed in any searches which users perform. On settling the outstanding balance any dormant properties will be reactivated.

Annual subscriptions charges vary according to the number of properties listed. Details of our 2010 charges are provided below:

1 to 3 properties - £25 each, including full description, availability editing and 1 main photograph. An extra (unlimited) set of photographs can be added for an additional £5 per property.

4 to 10 properties - £25 each for the first three (£5 for additional photos pack), then £10 each (all inclusive).

Over 10 properties - as above for first 10, then £2 for each additional property listed (all inclusive).

N.B. Properties listed before 31st December 2010 will benefit from a free trial period of 6 months from the date of joining Go2. Your account balance will remain at £0.00 until the end of this trial period, when charges will then become payable if you wish to continue to advertise (if you don't, your properties will simply become dormant).

Bookings are made directly through the property owner. Grace & Truth Accommodation simply provides an advertising and search mechanism to put the buyer and the seller in contact with one another. On each property listed on Grace & Truth Accommodation you can provide a URL (website link) of your own website which the buyer will be directed to when s/he clicks on the large Bookings and Enquries button at the bottom of the property description page. From here they will be able to contact you directly, either by email, telephone, or even by post, in order to check final availability and/or book the property. If you have no website of your own, then simply provide your own contact info (email/telephone/postal) clearly within your actual property description.

Yes! Whilst the property listing facilities on Grace & Truth Accommodation are primarily designed for listing self-catering properties (cottages/lodges etc), there is no reason why you cannot create 'property' listings for your Guesthouse or Bed & Breakfast. You may ignore the 'property type' control when editing your property details, but the rest of the information (name, location, description, photographs) can be entered in just the same fashion. Whilst the From and To pricing is based on a weekly rate, you can nevertheless enter full details of the daily rates in your property description.