The Holiday Let Success Podcast with Elaine Watt

Karen is the Founder of The Business of Holiday Rental & is a successful holiday home owner, running her luxury holiday home, Spring Cottage, based in Yorkshire. 

Karen shares her guiding principles of running the best version of your holiday let | vacation rental business possible.

She shares what holiday home | vacation rental owners struggle with the most and how to overcome it, along with:

*Her biggest failure

*Her biggest successes

*Where she sees her best marketing returns

*The importance of photography

*How to ask for and use feedback

*How to stage your holiday home for a photographer

Plus some great free downloads that you can start using in your business right now!

Go to www.holidayletsuccess.com/biz

Are you struggling to keep on top of all your calenders, across all the different channels available, such as airbnb, Flipkey and Homeaway?

Are you struggling to find a perfect calender and booking tool for your own vacation rental | holiday let website?

Do you want to take online bookings but aren't sure how to do it?

Then this is the episode, and the software, for you.

The extremely knowledgeable Sebastien Grosjean, joined me from BookingSync.com a brilliantly created piece of software that will, cost effectively and efficiently, address all the questions I laid out about - and more!

Join me as BookingSync CEO and Founder Sebastien talks about what the software can do for you and shares his valuable knowledge after 25 years experience in the Vacation Rental | Holiday Let Industry.

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People love to travel with their pets.

In the UK alone a third travel with their pets each year, at a cost of £460 million.

A market not to be ignored.

But how can you do it without losing your marbles, whilst offering a great service to owners travelling with pets?

Here's my take, complete with pet friendly checklist! Enjoy the episode, then let me know what works for you - have you had any pet disasters and how did you handle it??

Listen in at www.holidayletsuccess.com/pet

In the second part, Jasper shares:

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Really happy to have been joined by Jasper Ribbers of Get Paid for Your Pad Podcast.

Jasper is a true Airbnb genius and he shares the background of Airbnb, how it started, how the sharing economy is changing the world  and the good and the bad of the sharing economy.

He shares airbnb's security and reviews system and we chat about the type of people that use airbnb.

Jasper also talks about the financial freedom airbnb has allowed him and how his life has changed as a direct result of the airbnb platform.

In the second part, which will be out tomorrow, Jasper shares:

* How we as holiday home owners can use airbnb

*The components of a good listing

*How to get results on airbnb

*How to get great reviews

*Pricing strategies

*Huge discounts on some of the best Data Driven pricing companies

*Huge discounts on his own course that walks you step by step through getting up and running on airbnb - a must listen!

Looking forward to sharing this with you!

Head on over to www.holidayletsuccess.com/jasper

Just how important is it that we respond immediately to enquiries from potential guests?

How long does it take you to respond to an enquiry from a guest, wherever that query came from?

Let me know at www.holidayletsuccess.com/worm

Ep 028: To Clean or Not to Clean?

That is the question.

What do you do in your holiday home ?

Do you expect guests to don their rubber gloves and start scrubbing before they leave? Battling bed covers and removing rubbish?

Or do you ask for nothing but a level of respect and the following of a few 'house rules'?

I have very clear views on how I think things should be done and how I treat my guests on checkout.

What do you expect from your guests?

Let me know at www.holidayletsuccess.com/clean

How and why should I use Pinterest for my holiday let | vacation rental business?

Will I have time to add this social media platform to my marketing?

How easy is it to use?

Is there really that much traffic from Pinterest?

The answers to these questions and more are all addressed in this episode where social media marketing expert Cynthia Sanchez shares the strategies, know how, facts and figures on the huge potential that is Pinterest

(Did I mention it's free and simple to use? And lots of fun!)

Listen in now at www.holidayletsuccess.com/pinteresting

Your answer to the ever present question of how to impress your guests starts with knowing where to invest in high quality, and how to make them feel at home, or even better then home, a luxurious version of home.

Getting a full night’s sleep is definitely high on the list of essentials to a superb stay in your holiday home-it consistently comes up in feedback as important to guests when away from their own bed.

Get the Ultimate Holiday Let Success Checklist so you can create the bedroom of your guests dreams, download the free checklist now.

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Wordpress genius and all round great guy Rob Cubbon joined me on the show to talk all things Wordpress Website related and really shared valuable knowledge on getting going building the site you want for your holiday let.

It's a lot easier than you might think, plus you're completely in control once it's up and running!

Rob shares the vital elements for your Holiday Let Success. Tune in now!

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