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🏠 What’s the best way of sharing bookings with your cleaner?
And a summary of reactions to last week’s government announcement.
Phil Jackson
March 02, 2024
Living in the south coast has it’s attractions - I love the sandy beaches and smell of sea air, however sometimes, just sometimes a proper bit of snow would be nice to see rather than a range of greyness and cold rain!
Anyway, enough about me - How has your week been?
Another bumper newsletter for you this week to help your holiday let business grow and flourish - enjoy!
See you next Saturday at 5pm?
Phil
Founder, My Holiday Guide
IN THE NEWS
As the ramifications of last week’s announcement regarding the Registration Scheme and Planning Changes for England start to hit home, here’s a round-up of some of the responses, next steps and status across related changes throughout the UK :
Dorset Councillors have approved plans to charge double council tax on second homes
A Written Question has been submitted to ask the Scottish Government what analysis has been undertaken of the potential impact of short-term let regulations on the Scottish tourism sector and visitor economy
A reflection of the proposed rules from the Rural Services Network
Labour MP slams Airbnb clampdown as “not going nearly far enough”
A flat owner in Dirleton, East Lothian, who was refused permission to let it out for ‘short term’ use on the AirBnB website, has appealed to Scottish Ministers
UK lender trials ban on new holiday let mortgages for tourist hotspots
It is worth highlighting that it is still early days and the mechanics of these policies will take months to be formed and implemented. As we recommended last week, we encourage you to join your appropriate association (E.g. PASC, STTA, ASSC) to support their efforts in working with the relevant government agencies.
A round-up of other news:
Lodgify has launched their own Dynamic Pricing tool
Beyond (dynamic pricing software) have launched a predictive revenue solution to help owners maximise their revenue
Airbnb have announced their 2024 Preferred Software Partners list
HMRC admits MTD (Making Tax Digital) will be costly for landlords
Bunzl acquires Nisbets in £500m equity value deal
LISTING PERFORMANCE & GROWTH
Tips and strategies to enhance the visibility and attractiveness of your holiday let.
How do you share bookings with your cleaner? Do you find this process to be a bit hit and miss?
This week we have gone in-depth exploring the different methods you can use to share bookings with your cleaners - From simple and free to efficient and feature rich.
The list of potential methods is extensive however we have summarised the different methods as:
Using email or a messaging service such as WhatsApp
Sharing a spreadsheet of bookings via Excel or Google Sheets
Sharing (read only) access to your bookings calendar
Using a calendar sharing app such as Timetree
Adding your cleaner as a co-host via Airbnb
Using dedicated channel management software such as Bookalet that offers the capability to share information with cleaners
Read the full article here to delve into the pros and cons of these different options:
Attending and learning from others at conferences and exhibitions is a great way to meet others, learn new skills and see what’s new in the industry that might help your business flourish.
Here’s a list of some of the 2024 exhibitions and conferences focussed on the short-term letting industry.
Property Investor Show | 19-20 April | London
Scale Green | 23 April | London
Short Stay Summit | 24 April | London
The Glamping Show | 19-21 September | Stonleigh
Scale UK | 6-7 November | London
Have I missed any? Hit reply and let me know!
FEATURED RESOURCE
Highlighting useful tools for your holiday let
If you are considering refreshing your welcome book. Here is a comprehensive package of PDFs and Canva templates that you can use to take your welcome book to the next level.
IN THE DIRECTORY
Cleaning Checklist
Did you know that we have added a cleaning checklist to the list of templates?
This provides you with a great starting point to use and is also fully editable to allow you to adapt it to your needs.
SAVINGS
Here's a quick round up of discounts and deals we are aware of from providers to the holiday let industry.
Dusk have an outlet part of their website with some good deals on beds and bedding
Rinkit are having a warehouse clearance sale
The Ethical Superstore currently have 20% off their Fair Trade items
