Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Organise Your Bach Online This Summer
ORGANISE YOUR BACH ONLINE THIS SUMMER WITH BACH CLUB
Less time organising your holiday home - more time enjoying it
Managing the family holiday at the bach (or "crib") has been made much easier with BachClub.co.nz - a new free internet service that lets you manage bach bookings, usage and maintenance, and access information about holiday events, weather and holiday life. BachClub contains magazine-style articles on Kiwi holiday culture and everything you need to know about owning a Bach.
A facility called BachRent allowing owners to easily market and manage their bach (typically an under-utilised asset) for rental is planned in the near future.
Peter Miles, BachClub's founder, says, "Administering a shared holiday home can be a real hassle. BachClub provides a private, secure facility for bach communities to jointly look after a holiday home. Quite simply the tools we've designed take the pain out of having friends and family share a bach - so everyone's guaranteed a great break."
The website features images from Auckland photographer Jocelyn Carlin's book "Beach" and a range of lifestyle articles. Local holiday-spot events, weather reports and surf reports are also planned.
The club facility allows users to co-ordinate occupancy, schedule special dates such as parties, BBQs or working bees, and post messages inside their club. BachClub provides a way for all of the bach users (often an extended family) to co-ordinate plans and manage the bach no matter where they are located.
With BachRent planned for release later this year BachClub will expand its services to include optional rental marketing with automated search and booking facilities. "The average New Zealand bach would be lucky to have 20% occupancy throughout the year. Baches constitute a significantly under utilised asset. By using the planner features built in to BachClub we can seamlessly integrate rental management," says Miles.
BachClub is a free service. To encourage membership growth BachClub have an introductory competition. First prize, a Fuji digital camera, will go to the most prolific BachClub evangelist.
We are happy to make pictures of NZ beach scenes from photographer Jocelyn Carlin's book "Beach" available free of charge for publication.
For more information contact Stephen Knightly on (021) 656 063.
----------------------
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
Emirates Team NZ: America's Cup - Looking To The Future By Building On The Success Of Barcelona
NZEI Te Riu Roa: An Effective System Tackling Absenteeism Should Have Educators At Its Centre
National Library Of NZ: National Library To Host The Lilburn Lecture 2024 – The Music Critic: An Endangered Species In Aotearoa?
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: Experience Out-Of-This-World Music With The NZSO And Star Violinist 
NZ Institute of Safety Management: Open Letter To Minister On Labour Day Urges Investment In WorkSafe, Not Radical Change
Aged Care Association: ACA Urges Government Action As Future Of West Coast Palliative Care In Question