Advisory - Holiday Rentals

Making money from your holiday property is becoming easier thanks to the popularity of holiday rentals direct from the owner, and thanks to the worldwide use of the internet you can welcome guests to your holiday rental from all over the world.

There are a number of websites available that offer advertising for holiday rentals and the more of them that you put your property on, the more exposure you holiday rental will get, which in turn will lead to more enquiries and therefore more holiday rental bookings.

Optimising your property on these websites, is not as hard as you would think, firstly you need to make sure that your holiday rental listing stands out from everyone else’s.

Here we can you a few pointers for your holiday rentals listing which could make the difference between a fully booked holiday rental and an empty property!

• Pictures
Make sure that the pictures that you choose to use for your holiday rental make your holiday home look the best it can look. Make sure that the images for the holiday rental are clear, and are actually of your holiday rental apartment.

If the website that you are advertising on allows you to name the pictures, and then make sure that you add as much information on the holiday rental picture as you can, a full description of what your potential holiday renter can see is ideal.

Upload as many pictures as you can, the more that people can see your holiday rental the more intrigued they will be for more information and the more likely they are enquire and eventually book with you for their holiday direct from the owner.

• Apartment Description
After the images the apartment description is the next thing to concentrate on. Here you will be given the opportunity to show off your holiday rental in words. In your holiday rental description include everything that is available for your renters to enjoy if and when they stay in your holiday rental. Let them know about swimming pools whether they are private or shared, if there is complex security, Don’t miss out even the smallest details, let them know if there is a travel cot, high chairs, wheel chair access, sun loungers, BBQ, don’t leave anything out….these are what could make or break someone deciding to stay in your holiday rental.

• Area Description
Where your holiday rental is situated is one of the main reasons why somebody has chosen to look at your holiday rental listing. They may have been to the area before, or someone who fancies trying somewhere new, whoever is looking at your holiday rental listing needs to know a bit about the area, include all the local amenities that are available, the supermarkets , the local bars, restaurants, takeaways, how close you are to the beach and other local attractions. This is all an important factor on whether someone will choose your holiday rental over another.

• Availability & Available Information
Keeping the information on your holiday rental listing updated and accurate is important; you don’t want to be wasting anybodies’ time.
There are two different opinions on the updating of your availability calendar, many holiday rental owners choose not to keep these as updated as they could, as not to deter enquiries, in particular those that have alternative properties as they can offer this as a holiday rental.
Keeping your availability calendar up to date, can help you with the organisation of your holiday rentals, and let you see when and if you and your family are able to take a break in what is your holiday home!

Holiday Rentals can be as easy or as hard as you can make it; the few simple pointers that we have mentioned above can help you on the path to holiday rentals success.