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Archive for category: Holiday Rental Blog

Welcome to the holiday rental blog from Rental Tonic, all about niche marketing, running a holiday let & social media for holiday rentals

A Proven Checklist to get A 5-Star Airbnb Guest Reviews

A Proven Checklist to get A 5-Star Airbnb Guest Review

October 17, 2018/0 Comments/in Guest Service, Holiday Rental Blog, Marketing Tips /by Louise Brace
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A Beginner’s Guide to SEO for Small Accommodation Providers

June 11, 2018/0 Comments/in Advertising, Holiday Rental Blog, Marketing Tips /by Louise Brace
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How to Make a Lucrative and Legal Income From Your Spanish Villa

February 8, 2016/10 Comments/in Advertising, Business Planning, Holiday Rental Blog, Industry News, Legal and Finance, Villa Marketing Spain /by Louise Brace

So you own a Spanish villa that spends a large part of its life sitting empty? I’m sure you don’t need us to tell you how lucrative it could be for you to rent it to holiday makers while you are not using it, or even while you wait for a suitable buyer.

We’ve seen some amazing good news stories from owners who have turned around their fortunes by embracing holiday rentals as a source of income. For example, one of our owners was on the verge of losing his townhouse to the bank, but with a clever niche-marketing strategy he now consistently gets 30+ bookings each year, bringing in an important income of £25,000 to £30,000 every season. Not only did he save his house from being repossessed, he also paid off his debts, and is now looking for another rental property to buy.

Another of our clients who owns a luxury villa in Spain was struggling to find a buyer when the market crashed, but rather than reducing the sales price and selling for less than it cost him to build the villa, he instead decided to rent it out. He managed to achieve £140,000 worth of bookings after commission in his first year which has seriously helped towards his initial building costs and tax bills. That’s not a figure to be sniffed at!

Obviously any income you make from your holiday rental is taxable, just as your earnings from employment would be. And since 2013 the 17 autonomous regions of Spain have been introducing a licence procedure for holiday rentals, which works to ensure the industry is well-run, professional, and offers quality accommodation for tourists, which can only be a good thing!

Registering your holiday rental in AndalucíaAndalucia is the latest region to approve a very simple and free registration system, so that you can get your all-important licence number, which will allow you to use all of the online marketing channels available to you.

The law was approved on 2nd February and the law will come into effect on 12th May 2016, giving owners time to register.

Registering your Spanish villa for holiday rentals is a no-brainer, especially if you advertise your villa online to attract bookings (who doesn’t?). Many owners are too busy to set up and manage their own website and marketing strategies, so just like our clients we mentioned before they work predominantly with specialist rental agencies and listing sites to bring in bookings. But increasingly, these listing sites will only be able to advertise properties that hold a licence number, as we have seen with Airbnb and HomeAway in Catalonia, who faced big fines themselves from the Spanish authorities for continuing to advertise holiday rentals that were not registered.

If you own a holiday rental in another region of Spain, we recommend you read our article, which gives a quick run through of the latest requirements for registering a holiday rental in each region, so you can be sure that you are doing things the right way.

As sure as Benjamin Franklin was about the certainty of death and taxes, we are even more certain that villas with a licence number are going to have a massively out-perform those properties that are unregistered.

Think about it, you will have a massive advantage over clandestine rentals in terms of customer confidence, quality and legality, so you can easily take a lion’s share of the market from guests who will book your place over the unregulated villa next door – he may be trying to avoid the taxman, but that’s a false economy if he doesn’t have any income anyway!

As we mentioned before, there is no need to panic at all about the new Andalusian decree, unlike some tabloid reports it’s there to protect owners and guests alike and it’s free and simple to register.

We are going to be helping a couple of our villa owners through the paperwork as soon as the register opens to see how it all works, then we will report back with as much help and advice as we can offer to smooth the process for you.

Read our complete guide to registering your holiday rental in Andalucía.

How to create the perfect holiday rental listing

January 28, 2016/3 Comments/in Advertising, Holiday Rental Blog, Marketing Tips /by Louise Brace

Your holiday rental advertising listing is not performing, your bookings are down and you see other holiday homes in your destination with full calendars and happy guests. So why are you not achieving the same success?

Before you throw in the towel, take a good look at your holiday rental listing copy. Content can always be improved and optimising your content and writing copy that resonates with your ideal guest, should lead to increases enquiries and bookings.

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How guests search and book holiday rentals

September 1, 2015/1 Comment/in Holiday Rental Blog, Industry News, Marketing Tips, Web Design /by Louise Brace

At Rental Tonic we love it when companies share data and statistics that help owners and agents improve their holiday rental business and their communication with clients and guests: How clients book, who they are, where they find you, where they go and what they like and expect from a holiday rental. All this ‘big data’ helps you understand a client, the best places to reach that client and how to communicate with them in the future. Read more

Applying for your holiday rental licence in Spain

July 9, 2015/26 Comments/in Holiday Rental Blog, Industry News, Legal and Finance, Villa Marketing Spain /by Louise Brace

 The world of holiday rentals is changing and growing at a super fast rate. A sector was pretty much unregulated since its inception, is now subject to close scrutiny and regulation. With some regions handling their legislation roll out in a far more effective way than others. Read more

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3 Essential Steps to Writing an Effective Holiday Rental Listing

May 24, 2013/0 Comments/in Advertising, Holiday Rental Blog, Marketing Tips, Web Design /by Louise Brace

We see it all too often on the holiday rental sites; in a rush to get a new rental listing out via as many channels as possible, owners succumb to the urge to write the advertising copy as quickly as possible, rather than taking time and care to do it properly.

It’s a big mistake, and if you are guilty it could be costing you bookings.

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Lifetime Listings with Tots to Travel

Welcoming Guests this Summer Holiday Season

March 20, 2013/4 Comments/in Business Planning, Eco-Friendly Rentals, Guest Service, Holiday Rental Blog /by Louise Brace

I know many owners here in Europe are preparing to welcome their first holiday rental guests of the season as the Easter break begins.  The old adage “first impressions count” is never more important than when trying to run a holiday business, so why should a holiday rental be any different to a quality hotel?  Guests have the same needs; they may be stressed out from finishing up at work, tired from the journey, possibly with over excited children, and all they want is to arrive and find everything perfect so they can get straight on with the job of relaxing and having a good holiday. Read more

Family friendly holiday buddy

Adding something special to your family friendly holiday property

February 27, 2013/0 Comments/in Holiday Rental Blog, Marketing Tips /by Louise Brace

By now, many owners have realised that targeting your holiday rental to the family market is a good idea.  Parents with preschool children in particular are one of the main groups who book their holidays in those harder to fill off peak weeks.  It is no wonder that over recent years several specialist companies have appeared, like Baby Friendly Boltholes and Tots to Travel.  Larger established agencies are also seeing the potential of this market and dedicating special sections of their websites to it.  Mr & Mrs Smith for example, have recently unveiled a child friendly portfolio, and Sawdays now have a collection of properties perfect for families. Read more

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Buying a property to rent overseas – video guide

January 31, 2013/0 Comments/in Business Planning, Holiday Rental Blog /by Louise Brace

This is the time of year when people inevitably start thinking of new horizons and sunnier climes.  We have the usual raft of “Wanted down Under” and “Holiday Home Sweet Home” type programmes gracing our daytime viewing, and thoughts may well turn to the “wouldn’t it be nice to own a little B&B somewhere…” variety. Read more

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