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L'Ampolla Holiday Apartment

Preparing your holiday home for rentals


Equipping your holiday home


Cleaning and maintenance of your holiday rental


Holiday home insurance


Guide to getting the most out of your advertisement on ViewHolidayLettings.com


Dealing with enquiries



Equipping your holiday home

Although this may seem obvious, the best advice really is to think about what you would expect to find in a holiday property and equip your holiday home accordingly.

The key is to create a home from home, to enable guests to settle straight in and enjoy their holiday from day one. It is crucial to equip your holiday rental well, consider the luggage allowance and advertise the equipment you provide, for example a hair-dryer, iron, travel adapter plugs, cots and high-chairs. A satisfied holidaymaker is far more likely to book again and recommend your holiday rental to friends.

Consider accounting for rainy days, English television channels, DVD players, stereos, board games, computer games etc. Make sure you equip your holiday home for the maximum occupancy, so if you advertise it sleeps 10, make sure there is adequate cookware, crockery, seating, dining and living space. Also, don’t forget the extras, holidaymakers hate to arrive to find there are only 2 sun-loungers to share between 10!

Bedding and towels – don’t forget you will need at least two sets of bedding and towels for the maximum occupancy to cover for same day changeovers.

Consider how you will regulate for breakages etc. Consideration also needs to be given to a security deposit system so it can be used in conjunction with an inventory list. Remember to keep your inventory list brief, covering main items of value. You need to accept and account for a certain level of breakages, for example, crockery, glasses etc. We would recommend you buy some spares and keep them stored in a private lockable area.

We would also advise that you provide a torch and a first aid kit in the villa and list their locations on the inventory list. It is advisable to provide basic information in the villa, including emergency contact numbers, emergency services numbers, doctors and pharmacy information. Also include the location of the electrical box in case the electrics trip (a fairly common occurrence here in Spain!).

Cleaning and maintenance of your holiday rental

Employing a trustworthy, reliable and conscientious Property Management Company is absolutely crucial to the success of your rentals. Please see our additional services section for further information on property management.

Holiday makers like to have a personal service, and by using a company who take care of the full, in-resort service, means a seamless service for you as the holiday home owner and for the holidaymakers. A ‘one stop shop’ approach means that from check-in to check-out your holiday home is being monitored by the same people, even when the pool is being cleaned or the grass cut. Any potential issues are dealt with immediately before they become a problem.

Holiday home insurance

Be careful when you chose insurance for your holiday home. You need to ensure that the policy covers you for commercial holiday lettings. You will need building and contents insurance and you will need public liability insurance.

Take advice from your bank or holiday home mortgage provider. In some cases public liability insurance is included in the buildings and contents insurance, but make sure you check the limitations and small print.

Guide to getting the most out of your advertisement on ViewHolidayLettings.com

Photos

Photos are your 1st opportunity to gain the holidaymakers interest. If your photos do not do justice to your holiday home you will lose significant rental income. If the holidaymaker is not enticed by your 1st photo they will not look any further.

Professional photography service

For this reason we offer a professional holiday home photography service. Please see our additional services section for more information.

Virtual tour

Our research has proven that holidaymakers are 85% more likely to book a holiday home if there is a virtual tour facility available. Please see our additional services section for more information on our virtual tour services.

Holiday home descriptions

Your holiday home description is your 2nd most important tool for getting bookings in. To ensure success your description must be honest and informative, focus on your holiday home’s key selling points. Remember the copyright rules, and do not copy from any other advertisements, failure to comply with these rules will result in your advert being deleted from the website.
We have a proven track record in writing extremely successful holiday home descriptions and offer this as one of our additional services.

Dealing with enquiries

Where possible it is advisable to provide a land-line and mobile contact telephone number to holidaymakers wishing to contact you by phone. Additionally, being contactable by email is essential. Remember to take advantage of our free SMS text alerts advising you when an enquiry comes in.

Answering holidaymakers enquiries quickly, professionally and efficiently is key to your success in converting the enquiry to a booking. Bear in mind that the holidaymaker is likely to have enquired about a number of rental properties, so a high quality response is imperative.

Always respond to a holidaymaker even if you can’t accommodate their booking. They are likely to remember you for their next holiday if you send them a nice reply.