Reading Time: 8 minutes Letting out a holiday home and getting bookings isn’t easy. Pricing, marketing, changeovers, property and guest management are just a few tasks that need to be completed. Although owning a holiday home is demanding, it’s one that can be highly lucrative if managed well. All you need is a bit of advice and support to make the process easier. Luckily …
Reading Time: 1 minute The 2019 Holiday Home Awards are underway! We’re celebrating the achievements of the very best websites who go above and beyond for the holiday home industry. Our team have worked our way through and narrowed down a shortlist of those businesses that standout in the following 10 categories: Best Resource for Rental Owners Sykes Cottages Lodgify MyVR Hostfully Best Self-Catering …
Reading Time: 5 minutes If you’re running a holiday letting business, of the biggest concerns is the damage that can be caused by guests throwing a party and trashing your home. It happens! Take these real-life examples… London Airbnb trashed on New Year’s Eve A 16-year-old girl throws a party in hired holiday home causing around £40,000 worth of damage Despite the horror stories …
Reading Time: 5 minutes There are so many things to consider when booking a holiday cottage, such as – which area to stay, are the preferred dates available, how much will it cost and what is there to do nearby. But what about travellers with a sensory impairment and/or physical disability? Their priority is to find a cottage that’s suitable for their disability, before …
Reading Time: 8 minutes During the last few years, current and would-be holiday rental owners have really grasped the big opportunity to capitalise on the demand to stay in a holiday rental or Airbnb. Bringing an increased variety of rentals, higher standards and new niches into the marketplace. With the sheer amount of holiday lets in existence now, the pressure to market yourself well …
Reading Time: 7 minutes Whether it’s the current global plastic pollution problem or the melting ice caps in the Arctic, the state of the planet has never been such an enduring hot topic of conversation and debate as it is now. According to the BBC, of the estimated 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic that has been produced to date, only 9% has been recycled. …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Little known legislation is coming into force in England and Wales which could affect more than half a million homes with a septic tank, many of which are rural holiday cottages. What’s changing If your holiday cottage septic tank drains directly into a watercourse, such as a ditch, stream or river, you will no longer be able to after 1st …
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