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In this episode of the Holiday Cottage Handbook Podcast, we welcome Bart-Jan Leyts, Founder and CEO of Otamiser, who shares valuable insights about how short-term rental hosts and property managers can boost their visibility on major OTAs (online travel agencies) like Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo.

Bart-Jan outlines the story of Otamiser, how often you should update your listing, the worst things you can do as a host, and the one simple thing everyone can do to improve their listing's ranking.

Bart-Jan named Casiola as his favourite brand and gave Thibault Masson a special shout-out.

2:58 The story of Otamiser
8:28 How to rank highly on the OTAs
9:44 How to integrate Otamiser
10:20 Frequency of updates to listings
11:33 The difference Otamiser can make
12:42 The cost of Otamiser
13:28 How to get your listing right from day one
15:13 The simple things you can do to improve your listing
17:23 How the OTAs decide which listings to rank the highest
19:28 The OTAs are scoring everything you do
20:09 The worst things you can do with an OTA listing 
21:01 The differences between the major OTAs
21:59 The one thing you can do to improve your listing
23:04 Otamiser’s new tech: Autorank
24:22 The trends to be aware of
25:21 How to get your pricing right and how often you should change it
27:03 What to expect from Otamiser
29:57 Favourite brand: Casiola
30:35 Individual shout-out: Thibault Masson
31:13 No. 1 lesson learned: let people grow in certain roles

Links:

James Varley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdsvarley/
Holiday Cottage Handbook: https://www.holidaycottagehandbook.com/
Free ticket for Your Air Success on Friday 8 November: https://www.holidaycottagehandbook.com/yourairhost
Free e-book download: https://www.holidaycottagehandbook.com/e-book
Property Management Masterclass podcast series: https://www.holidaycottagehandbook.com/property-management-masterclass

Bart-Jan Leyts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-jan-leyts-b427151b1/
Otamiser: https://www.otamiser.com/

Mentions:

Casiola: https://www.casiola.com/

Thibault Masson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmasson/

Sponsor links:

HCH Financial Services: https://www.hchfs.com/

Your AirHost: https://www.yourairhost.co.uk/

Zeal: https://gozeal.co.uk/services/industries/hch-furnished-holiday-lets/

Key Data: https://www.keydatadashboard.com/products/prodata?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=holiday_cottage_handbook

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