🏠 Mini adventure ideas for your guests

👋 Welcome to the 10+ new subscribers who have joined our newsletter community this week.

As we all witness a change in the resident at No. 10 Downing Street, amongst other things it will be interesting to see how the new government now approaches the planned changes to the FHL tax regime and proposed registration scheme.

See you next Saturday at 5pm?

Phil

Founder, My Holiday Guide

IN THE NEWS

In a previous newsletter we highlighted what the main parties manifestos said about FHLs and housing, with the Labour manifesto being quite light on FHL specifics.

The new cabinet has been announced and Lisa Nandy is our new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

In doing a bit a research for you all, one of the first articles that came up was from 2022 where the Labour Party (and specifically Lisa Nandy) announced that they would bring in a licensing scheme for holiday let properties.

We will watch how the new Government policies start to form with interest and provide further updates in the following weeks newsletters.

Hostaway has recently introduced dynamic pricing to its list of features. If you are looking for a Property Management System (PMS) and want to make use of dynamic pricing it might be worth checking out their offering.

Within our resources directory we have created a list of Channel Managers and PMSs.

Lodgify, the PMS and Channel Manager platform has introduced a number of new features including introducing Apple Pay and Google Pay, VRBO message syncing and improved payment management.

As part of Phocuswright Europe that recently took place in Barcelona, leaders from Interhome, Bob W., Awaze, and Guesty discussed the challenges and opportunities facing FHL owners and property managers; especially when compared to traditional hotels.

The broad takeaway was that there are opportunities for hosts, owners and property managers to further improve the service they are providing to guests; retaining the uniqueness of individual properties that FHLs offer, whilst further embracing technology to provide a higher level of service before, during and after a stay.

You can read a summary of the discussion here:

Other News

• Following Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole council’s decision to implement a tourist levy, they have now decided to delay the implementation following appeals from hoteliers

• The Irish Self Catering Federation (ISCF) have launched a new National Standard for Self-Catering Accommodation

• Insurance provider Pikl has partnered with insurance managing general agent Prestige Underwriting, backed by Aviva to provide additional insurance products for FHL owners

Upcoming Events

• Property Investor Show, Excel London - 4/5 October

• Scale UK, The Oval London - 6/7 November

LISTING PERFORMANCE & GROWTH
Tips and strategies to enhance the visibility and attractiveness of your holiday let.

Mini Adventure Ideas for Guests

Some of you may remember the BMW Mini advertising campaign from 2001 in which they encouraged the adventures you could have with your Mini car.

As guests continue to be price conscious, although you may well already provide suggestions for guests on places to visit, restaurants and attractions to visit within your digital welcome guide, how about providing some low cost mini adventure ideas that guests can gain inspiration from? Providing a list of some imaginative ideas may also help guests see you as a considerate host and support referrals and positive reviews.

To help you provide a list of mini adventures, we have create a list of over 40 ideas for you that you can view.

As an idea, alongside putting some ideas within your welcome guide, you could also create a series of posts on social media.

If you’d like a PDF of this list that you can print and include within your welcome guide, just hit reply and let me know?

SAVINGS
Here's a quick round up of discounts and deals we are aware of from providers to the holiday let industry.

• Habitat have up to 50% off in their summer home & furniture sale

• Emma mattresses have up to 35% off their ‘cooling’ mattresses

INTERIOR DESIGN
Interior design inspiration and decor tips.

PROPERTIES OF THE NEWSLETTER
We all love looking at and getting inspiration from other properties so here’s our top pick for this edition.

NO FOMO
Missed last weeks newsletter? Here’s one thing you might like.

How To Choose A Photographer

In last weeks newsletter we highlighted some tips on how to choose a photographer to capture your holiday let.

You can read the full article below:

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