Once your property is ready for paying guests, the next step is to get guests to find you and the dilemma of “where should I advertise my holiday home” raises its head. As private holiday home owners, we don’t have endless advertising budgets in fact they are really tiny! So we have to choose wisely and […]
How hard can it be turning your second home into a holiday home? After all it’s only a word change isn’t it? Well, it’s not hard but there’s more to it than a word change! Before you can start earning from your second home, and operate it as a holiday let there are certain changes that need to be […]
During a recent exercise class I found myself making an analogy with this class and the way I run my own holiday rental business. Let me explain. There are 20 ladies in this class. We’ve all given up an hour of our time and have paid the same amount of money to do the class. Yet, […]
I often say that you don’t need to be a financial whizz to run a successful holiday rental business. That’s because it’s true – you don’t: But you do have to be in control and know your income and your expenses in detail. You are a business owner – so act like one! As […]
Holiday Rental Success to me, is providing my guests with the best possible holiday experience I can. I want that experience to be amazing. So how do you deliver an amazing holiday rental experience? You focus on the detail! A property may be in a great location, have excellent facilities and be surrounded by fabulous restaurants. But that’s not enough. It’s […]
An investment in some professional photographs for your holiday rental that’s what! Images sell a holiday home more than words on a page ever can. They make a holiday rental stand out from the competition, they grab the eye and the attention of future guests and they can attract more bookings. Spending (or I’d rather say investing) now, […]
Talking Mindset These are the questions as a holiday rental owner you should ask yourself (the Should Ask Questions); to find out if your mindset is in the right place. The right place to move your business forward and to earn more! After all, that’s what we all want. How many of the following do you answer […]
Are you family-icious? Get your holiday rental family-ready. As we all know, self-catering holidays are a popular choice for families. Whether it’s parents with pre-school children taking holidays out of peak season or families with school age children booking your property during the school holidays, it’s a big market. To ignore the family market is to […]
These essential, non-essential items to put in a holiday home’s kitchen are items that guests will use regularly at home. But items they wouldn’t expect to find in a holiday rental. Non-Essential as guests can still cook and prepare food without them. Essential as they add value to your guests holiday experience. Exceeding guests’ expectations is always […]
High standards of cleaning and cleanliness are ESSENTIAL No matter where your property is, how much you charge, who your target market is – cleanliness is key. So here’s my essential cleaning advice for holiday home owners: Equipment Invest in good quality equipment; from vacuum cleaners to cloths to detergents. They do the job more effectively […]
Here are 5 simple tips how to style your holiday home on a budget and they are all things you as a holiday rental owner can implement. My styling advice is always to work with what you’ve got. It’s not about ripping everything out and starting again. And I know that a stylish holiday home can […]
Do you know you need help with your holiday home? Yet you plough on, chasing your tail, trying to manage it and run it all by yourself. Yes? Well you need to get help! That’s certainly how I used to be. But I had a choice; to carry on complaining about how much I had to do or […]
You know your holiday rental properly well, but imagine what it’s like for your guest arriving there for the first time. They don’t know what the wifi code is, how the dishwasher works, where you keep the hairdryer, how to unlock the patio doors. So by leaving out a detailed welcome folder explaining such things […]
Think of a mantra as “a guiding principle which inspires you to do whatever special things you do” (Roger von Oech). As holiday rental owners we too should have guiding principles. They should be at the heart of what we do and will make what we do rather special. I’d say I have many guiding principles, […]
Styling a master bedroom for a holiday rental can be tricky. You need to find the right balance between luxurious, yet not over fussy; stylish yet homely. But boy is it worth getting right! Beautiful photographs of a luxurious well-styled master bedroom will really help sell your holiday rental. I know mine does! And yours […]
Amongst holiday home and vacation rental owners social media can be a scary phrase and one that’s sometimes easier to walk away from than to tackle. But I want you to tackle it and to embrace it and learn how it can help you to increase awareness of your property build relationships with potential guests […]
Get your guests’ holiday with you off to a flying start by following these simple steps to impress. All without spending a lot of money! 1. Spotless Cleaning Cleanliness is next to godliness according to the ancient proverb. Or put another way “cleanliness is next to success” and if you haven’t already done so, this should be forefront […]