Reading Time: 7 minutes Owning a holiday home isn’t just about securing bookings, there are many essential tasks that coincide with running a holiday rental. One of which is ensuring guests safety. As a responsible holiday home owner, you have a duty of care to keep your guests safe and to carry out a risk assessment. What is a risk assessment? A risk assessment …
Reading Time: 8 minutes A Summary of UK Travel Habits in 2020 and Trends for 2021 The state of the travel industry in 2020/21 is a complicated affair. Even amidst a crisis, current data can give us helpful insights into how people feel about travelling at home and abroad, and how we in the industry can best support and reassure tourists and holiday cottage …
Reading Time: 5 minutes Humans are curious creatures, and we’re always going to want to explore the world around us to broaden our experiences of life and to better understand different cultures. But it’s a hard fact that the way in which we travel currently is having an impact on the planet. Here is where slow travel comes into play. “Slow travel, also known …
Reading Time: 13 minutes (Updated 30 June) Note: This is not official advice from Schofields, but is intended to provide guidance which may help. These are difficult and unprecedented times that we all find ourselves in. The coronavirus is significantly impacting the travel and tourism industry and although we are in uncharted territory, it’s important that holiday let businesses are prepared. The next few …
Reading Time: 5 minutes In a recent survey we ran, travellers expressed their concerns for holiday companies not being financially sound, worried that their bookings would be lost or cancelled if they went bust, and their concerns for their own personal health. Nevertheless, our data reveals that even amidst a global pandemic, people still want hope for the future. People are still renewing their …
Reading Time: 8 minutes (Updated 1 July) Providing a safe and clean property has always been one of the highest priorities for holiday let owners and managers. It’s now more important than ever to re-evaluate your cleaning procedures and take measures to clean and disinfect your rental to protect yourself and your guests. It’s essential to regain the trust of travellers that you reassure …
Reading Time: 8 minutes The self-catering accommodation industry has often been the brunt of bad press – primarily due to complaints about the holiday rental not being as advertised or being “dirty”. Holiday cottage booking agents are also guilty of shunning accountability when things go wrong, by stating the booking contract is directly between the accommodation owner and the guest. The law for holiday …
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