Katie knows intimately what it’s like belonging to an agency and here she explains how this compares to running your holiday accommodation yourself.
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Leaving an agency and managing your own business: Part 1 – Your options
If you’ve handed your holiday accommodation over to an agency to market it for you, how’s that going? We have seen more and more owners joining online conversations saying that they’ve had enough.
Capturing all those special moments
Thinking about booking a professional photo shoot of your holiday accommodation? Here’s how to get the very best results.
Sharing Social Media Tips: a chat with owners
Getting more from your social media pages. Holiday accommodation owners share what works for them and what doesn’t. Find out more.
Tweaking your OTA listings – what we chatted about
Tips to tweak your OTA listings to help you get more direct bookings; a summary from our chat with holiday accommodation owners.
Lets talk about bookings – a chat with owners
Our recent chat about all things bookings with holiday accommodation owners was a fantastic brain-storming session. Here’s a brief summary.
Will a standalone website reach a large audience?
If you invest in your own direct booking website, you’ll want peace of mind that it will reach a large audience. Here’s how to do that.
Cancellations – direct bookings vs. OTAs
Cancellations are a hot topic among holiday accommodation and vacation rental owners. When the owner is in control, the financial risk is lower. Surprisingly – far fewer guests actually cancel when they book direct.
“Direct bookings saved me £20k in 2022”
It’s astonishing how much a holiday rental owner can save in commissions when they have their own website as well as an Airbnb listing.
How easy is it to switch to managing your own bookings?
Holiday accommodation owner Lizzy explains the process of switching from Airbnb only to direct bookings being the main booking source.