Recently I’ve been looking to book a family holiday for one week in July, so I turned to the listing sites where I could deal directly with the onwer. Thinking this would be the easiest, quickest, and smoothest way to book. Sadly, my recent experience as a guest, is a lesson in how not to behave […]
When setting your pricing you must always: offer value for money know your ideal guests then market your value for money property to them 1. Value for Money Take this example of two holiday apartments. Apartment 1 is a one-bed basic apartment priced at £300 a week. It’s basic, no extras; what you see is what you […]
As we move into the low season it’s natural that the booking calendar is looking leaner than it did a few months ago. Don’t panic it’s to be expected but don’t sit on your laurels either. Here’s what you can do to get more bookings for your holiday home in low season. 1. Talk it up […]
How to market your holiday rental Picture the scene You’ve spent all that time and effort on marketing your holiday rental and convincing guests to book with you. They do and they are not disappointed. You exceed their expectations and they have a fantastic time in your holiday rental, in your part of the world. […]
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 […]
Do you feel that you’re “doing” Twitter because you feel you should? You spend time on Twitter talking about your holiday rental but you feel that no-one is really listening? Twitter is so busy and fast moving that you’re struggling to be heard above the noise? You’re not alone. It’s true that there is a lot […]
As holiday rental owners, that’s exactly what we want to do – increase profits from your holiday home. But how? Some would advocate you invest as little as possible, offer your holiday rental for a mediocre amount of money each week and as a result fill it as many weeks as possible. But why? When there’s so little […]
And I don’t mean the type you have to call 999 for, I mean the real fire, in the fireplace, that guests just love! And sitting here in winter, wrapped up in my home office, with a rug on my lap (and sadly no fire in sight), I can understand why! A real fire or log […]
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 […]
For all holiday rental owners the purpose of our website is to ultimately get people to book. Yes we want website visitors to stay on our pages, to look at our lovely photographs, to read about us, but ultimately we want them to progress to making a booking. To increase your chance of this happening: Here […]