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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.   www.holidayletsuccess.com

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: 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!   In the second half, Jasper offers listeners of the Holiday Let Success Podcast some amazing discounts on his Udemy course and on Everbooked, an awesome analytics tool that helps you to adjust to pricing changes and maximise bookings for your airbnb listing. Thanks Jasper!! www.holidayletsuccess.com/jasper

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

Ep 027: Cynthia Sanchez | Social Media Expert | Pinterest for Holiday Lettings 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.   www.holidayletsuccess.com/gift

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!   www.holidayletsuccess.com

Yvonne changed the face of her Bed & Breakfast business, from £10K to £50K profit in 1 year.   How did she do this?    Join me as Yvonne shares how she used techonology, social media, automation, systemisation and good old fashioned customer care to change the face of her business and her life and how you can apply the same principals in your business.   www.holidayletsuccess.com

Thibault Masson joins me for a second time to share more of his 17 years in the Holiday Let | vacation Rental Industry:   We specifically cover powerful advice that you can apply in your own Holiday Let or Vacation Rental across areas such as:   *Managing your property from a distance *Managing your team from a distance *Collecting and using feedback *Social Media *Advantages of having your own website *Business resources *Antonio Bortolotti *List building   Tibo's key advice:   "Your guests don't rent a bedroom, they rent a home"   Don't forget to head over to www.holidayletsuccess.com and click the 'Leave Voicemail' button on the home page. Share with me your comments and experiences and join me on a future podcast!

Welcoming Mercedes Brennan of One Chic Retreat I absolutely loved meeting Mercedes and having her share her knowledge around the design of vacation rentals | holiday let homes. In the show, Mercedes shares powerful information on what can make or break a vacation rental and she's broken it down into an absolutely fantastic blog post which you can read below that shares her expertise. www.holidayletsuccess.com

Are you still in 2 minds about whether or not to get a photographer in to show your holiday let | vacation rental off to it's absolute best? Even though you know it could make a big difference to your business and the bookings you attract? I totally understand, it feels like a big spend, it feels like a lot of work to stage your place, how can you be sure it'll make a difference? This may well be the solution! Shootstay - Trade the open dates of your vacation home | holiday home for great professional photos or videos for free. It's simple, straightforward and free. Created by John McElligot, a professional photographer and lover of vacation homes, he noticed that not all properties had great photos and started asking what would make photography more accessible for owners and he found the solution in Shootstay!

Join me as I chat to Tony Raynor. Tony and his wife, Alison, bought and renovated Windermere Cottage in the Lake District here in the UK.   Windermere Cottage opened for bookings in February of 2014 and has been fully booked ever since.   Tony shares:   * Their biggest mistakes * Their biggest successes * Their marketing strategy * Their social media strategy * How they've used videography * Research and how important this step has been in their rise to success   Read all about it and get in touch with Tony via www.holidayletsuccess.com  

Gareth K Thomas of Reserve Apartments joins us today to share his knowledge and expertise on the front line, specialising in apartment lettings in the Edinburgh and Glasgow areas of the UK.   He shares: *5 Key elements of your Holiday Let website *5 Key elements of your Holiday let  Listing  *How feedback has helped their business evolve and serve their guests *Personal contact and it's importance   Learn all this and more is this episode over at www.holidayletsuccess.com  

I'm hugely honoured to be joined by Thibault Masson, who is an extremely successful holiday home owner. He has focused solely on his vacation rental business full time since 2013, but he has been in the business for 17 years. Thibault shares: His biggest failure in the vacation rental business His biggest success vacation rental business  Where he gets the most success in advertising his vacation rental The importance of relationships with other businesses where there may be an opportunity to refer How being honest with your guest on the suitability of your place from the outset could lead to your best reviews ever How he got lots of PR, his villa has been featured extensively in the French media - Interiors magazine ‘Hotel & Lodge, Gay mag ‘Tetu’ and the blog ‘Cote Maison’

Today I welcome Ian Woolley from HLS Solutions, he joins us for a second time to introduce more services that benefit Holiday Home Owners | Vacation Rental Owners, their free advertising platform 'Holiday Letting Finder'  and the lettings agreements they have produced. Listen in and learn how to get involved, access that big marketing budget and protect yourself and your business with the right agreements here: www.holidayletsuccess.com  

I'm a huge fan of systematising the running of your holiday let property, it's the fundamentals of any business and your holiday let property is a business too, and you are a business owner. I want you to enjoy your holiday let business, and implementing systems will help you to get to enjoyment as you'll know what is going on and when as well as who is doing each task at any given moment! Here's the basic list taken from my Maintenance system that I use in my holiday let property, here's to happy winters! Listen in now at www.holidayletsuccess.com

Vicky Wilkins joins us from VK Colourworks, an interior design company from Devon over here in the UK. Vicky shares some of the case studies of the holiday homes that she has worked on, changing the face of the business forever. Some going from failing desperately to thriving! She shares some of her tips on where to spend your money when making over or doing up your holiday home ready for rentals from scratch. And of course where to save, their focus is on working to a budget so they are super switched on to this. icky kindly put together a short breakdown of the brilliant formula she uses when decorating a holiday home, either for a complete redesign or when decorating and furnishing a holiday home for the first time you can download  '10 steps to interior bliss for Holiday Home Owners'  www.holidayletsuccess.com/vicky-wilkins  

10 different questions you need to ask yourself before you get started in the vacation rental |  holiday let industry because it's such a fast paced, interesting, exciting, brilliant industry to be involved in but at the same time they can be stressful the fact that it is so fast moving can be hard to keep up with, you have to be prepared and you've got to know that you have a huge responsibility by taking on guests!   So lets see what's involved!   www.holidayletsuccess.com