Advice & resources for letting a holiday home
Whether you already own holiday let or are thinking of investing a holiday home, most people have ongoing concerns about how to run a holiday let or what is the best way to get more bookings…
Thankfully, there are some excellent resources available that give advice on marketing, renting and maintaining a holiday let.
From downloadable rental agreements to inventory checklists and tips on taking photos – the advice is endless.
So get yourself a drink, a comfy chair and take a few hours to soak up all the advice from these resources.
Here are some of the best holiday letting advice sites:
Offers lots of great tips from Christine Karpinski, author of How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner and Profit from Your Vacation Home Dream. She also has over a decade of first-hand experience renting her own holiday homes.
Although the content is tailored to the US, the advice is just as relevant for holiday let owners in the UK and Europe.
Useful downloads available on the site:
Renting Your Vacation Home: A Step-by-Step Guide
One of HomeAway’s UK focused sites, holiday-rentals.co.uk also has a PDF guide to download
http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/vd2/files/hr/en/std/HolidayRentalsBook.pdf
The site also has an ‘Owner Advice’ section that provides useful tips and advice on buying, letting and marketing your holiday home.
Holidaylettings.co.uk, now part of Rightmove, was established in 1999 by Ross Elder and Andy Firth and is one of the largest letting portals targeting the UK.
Communities – if you need advice on running a holiday let, or have a question, then it is likely that another owner has already experienced a similar issue. Explore these communities for lots of useful advice on managing a holiday home. Contribute, get involved and share your knowledge.
Run by Paolo, this is a unique forum for holiday rental owners, by holiday rental owners. It’s full of free advice, ideas and discussions. There are country specific sections oo the forum, where you can get advice from other friendly owners who have experience in your market.
Author of Renting your Recreational Property for Profit, Heather Bayer provides tips, advice and practical suggestions on how holiday home owners can market and manage rentals to increase occupancy and maximise income.
Originally from UK, Heather now runs a cottage rental management agency in Canada. Again, although the content is tailored to the US/Canada, the advice is just as relevant for holiday let owners in the UK and Europe.
Any others? Please add your holiday letting resources in the comments.
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