The Holiday Lets Company - Archive - April
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HAS THIS BEEN ONE OF THE QUIETEST EASTERS IN CORNWALL?

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Every self catering holiday home owner knows that public holidays and school holidays are the busiest times of year fro them. And Easter this year was no exception. So they spend a good amount  of time when the kids are at school preparing for the busy season.

Easter is one of the busiest holidays because there is a double Bank holiday and the prices are competitive because it isn’t classed as a peak time of year. However, self-catering Holiday home owners say that the Easter holidays are usually a taste of what’s to come for the summer. So if they are quiet at Easter, they wont be as busy during the summer.

Due to growing Petrol prices and the not so good weather over the bank holiday weekend this year, tourism experts were worried that it would stop usually high flow of Self-catering holiday home makers coming on their Cornish Holiday! The petrol prices have risen by an average of 27p since 2010! That’s almost 14p a year! Some Holiday home owners said that last year they offered to pay for the petrol cost of the trip for their holiday makers – However this year they have said that due to such a huge rise in prices that if they offered this in 2012 holidays they would probably go bankrupt!

Due to the recession still affecting a lot of Cornish Holiday makers decisions, Self-catering Cottage holiday home owners and caravan and B&B owners have to make sure their properties have an extra special something to  make them unique in comparison to their rivals.

Having said that, this Easter Cornish Holidays grossed a £10 million profit for the tourism industry.

The usual change of events is the rates for accommodation and attractions. However, with everything else like tax and especially petrol prices soaring, Self-catering holiday home owners, cottage holiday home owners, B&B’s and Caravans owners alike have all kept their prices very similar to last year.

Good news though as local businesses have admitted that Cornish holiday visitor numbers seem to be up from last year commenting it “has been like August”.

With critics commenting that actually visitor number swear down slightly on last year but spending remained the same this suggest that either the Cornish Holiday makers that are coming down are spending more; or that more Cornish people are having “Staycations” during the school and public holidays.

So in short, Soaring prices will affect the tourism industry in Cornwall in terms of new visitors coming down more often; however it will also tempt Cornish people to stay at home during the holidays and the Cornish countryside for them selves!

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Going The Extra Mile – The Holiday Lets Company; what you see is what you get?

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Here at The Holiday Lets Company we strive to be the most comprehensive website in the south west within 5 years. With an average of 2 new customers signing up every day, We aim to have at least 500 customers live on the site by the end of year one. And we feel this is more than achievable.

But why do we think customers will want to come with us? What makes us different to all the other websites for advertising out there?

For a start we offer a website for self catering holiday homes, Self-catering Cottage holidays, caravans and B&B’s that is modern, uncluttered, easy to use, and easily accessible be the mobile generation. The website itself offers all the tools an owner will need make the most out their holiday property and maximise their profit. Most Caravans in the U.K have running costs in excess of £6000 a year. Most owners have little or no help with their and have to source any help they might need themselves. And with over 2.6 million self-catering holiday homes in the U.K right now The Holiday Lets Company feels there is a market for our product.

Our website offers all the tools the Self-catering holiday home owner will need to successfully advertise their holiday home but with out the substantial cost that an agency website charges. They will also have the added peace of mind that if something goes wrong we will be there for them to support them in times of need. The way we achieve this added value is by having an exclusive section of the website for the owners that have interactive buttons that they can activate when a problem arises. When activated The Holiday Lets Company will begin the search for you. They will do all the shopping around and price comparison for the customer so they don’t have the added stress of sorting it out. We will then contact the owner with the best deal we could find – fulfilling our promise to deliver peace of mind and excellent customer service.

The Holiday Lets Company offers so much more than just an advertisement on a website – we are offering a dedicated service for peace of mind and don’t charge a penny extra for any of it. You will pay one a off 12 month subscription with us – and that’s it! Not extra costs, no hidden fees. With The Holiday Lets Company what you see is what you get. Clean, honest and easy!

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How Is The Olympics Going to Affect Tourism in the U.K?

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Tourism in the U.K is consistently popular year after year; however something that is going to affect the Self-catering holiday home rental UK wide market, this summer in particular is the Olympic Games 2012.

So come and have a Cornish holiday this summer as the Olympic torch begins its historical journey at Cornwall’s legendary landmark Lands Ends. It will slowly make its way through the South West and then the rest of the country; leading all the way up to London where the grand event will be held from July to August. The Monumental torch will light for the first time on the evening of May 18th 2012. Throughout its journey, the torch will be carried by approximately 8,000 different torch-bearers and it will visit every single county in the U.K and will be witnessed by billions in total until it arrives at its rightful place in London from July 27th until Sept 9th 2012.

Cornish Holidays will be greatly affected, but in a positive way. The Procession for the Torch will be taking place around the half term holiday and close to the bank holiday in May. The Route is going through every major town in Cornwall. Starting at Lands Ends it will travel through Penzance, Helston, Falmouth, Truro and finally ending up in Cornwall’s central self-catering holiday home rental U.K landmark, Newquay. This will inevitably bring a lot of tourism to these towns and the surrounding areas of Cornwall. This will help give the Self-catering holiday home industry in Cornwall the boost for the summer that it needs.

The general feeling may be that the self-catering holiday home industry may drop in popularity during the Olympics in parts of England that are not in close proximity of London. Also it is apparent that if tourists are out all day watching the games the last thing they will want to do is come in and cook. They would obviously find it easier to stay in a hotel where all of the meals are made for them. While this sort of service may be easier it will, especially during the Olympics, be a lot more expensive particularly in the heart and centre of London.

The wiser choice would be to stay on the outskirts of the capital in one of the hundreds of Self-catering holiday homes or welcoming B&B’s that the surrounding areas have to offer, and travel in on the train or tube. Then at least tourists will be cutting the cost of their accommodation even though they may have to fend for themselves.

In Mecropress.com they have discussed in great depth the important focus of the growth of the sport tourism that will occur during the Olympics. But it won’t just be sport tourism that will be affected. The Olympics aim was bring in a lot more holiday tourism from across the globe; Hence why there were a lot more tickets being sold in other countries rather than the U.K. Having said this, the holiday accommodation will still be in high demand as holiday makers from anywhere in the world will need somewhere to stay!

So overall the tourism industry will be affected during the Olympics, but in a positive way. And mainly it will just be the cliental base that changes slightly. In short everyone, Hotels, self-catering holiday home owners, B&Bs and holiday cottages can expect a very busy period on their hands!

Is it cheaper and easier and rent your self-catering holiday home through a park or an independent website?

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Is it cheaper and easier to rent your self-catering holiday home through a park or an independent website?

Cornish Holidays are most popularly occupied by tourists seeking out a self-catering holiday home or Cottage Holiday. When purchasing a self-catering holiday home like a caravan, it is easy to be encouraged to have “everything is done for you” by the dominating holiday home rental Uk market – Holiday parks! Especially with first time buyers, who have no idea of where or how to start advertising their brand new property, the offer to have everything done is just too good to be true. Prices for this service range from £2000 a year up to approximately £7000 a year.

For this price you get all of your advertising for your self-catering holiday home. You get all of the linen and caravan cleaned and any maintenance that is needed to the property during the season. They also take care of all of the bookings and handling of finances on the van for the whole year. So there’s nothing to worry about; at the end of the year the owners receive a nice sum of money form the park from all the bookings you’ve had.

Unfortunately that is not always the case. The park have the right to rent the caravan for whatever price they can manage to book it out for during quieter periods. Each booking taken comes at a cost as the park will usually take a percentage of however much the booking was. Everything that is needed to be done throughout the year including the percentage of each booking is taken at the end the year and deducted from the final amount. So while you, the owner, may have had a full years worth of bookings, more often than not you’ll find that end result is not quite as rewarding as first thought. In some unfortunate cases the owners actually end up owing the park some money at the end of the year. This is because the site fees and maintenance throughout the year add up and once the park deduct a percentage of each booking on top of this, there is usually nothing left!

This is why having your own website or going on a site like The Holiday Lets Company is better for you.  Not only do you control how much your self-catering holiday home can be rented for, you can keep 100% of the profit! And added extra is that you speak personally with the holiday makers that will be staying in your holiday home so you have a clear idea of who you are renting too. Also most websites charge from in the region of £50 to £500 so the price for advertising through them is astronomically cheaper than park fees would be. And there aren’t any hidden costs or deductions.

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The Holiday Lets Company - Archive - April
Header image

HAS THIS BEEN ONE OF THE QUIETEST EASTERS IN CORNWALL?

Posted by Alex in News - (0 Comments)

Every self catering holiday home owner knows that public holidays and school holidays are the busiest times of year fro them. And Easter this year was no exception. So they spend a good amount  of time when the kids are at school preparing for the busy season.

Easter is one of the busiest holidays because there is a double Bank holiday and the prices are competitive because it isn’t classed as a peak time of year. However, self-catering Holiday home owners say that the Easter holidays are usually a taste of what’s to come for the summer. So if they are quiet at Easter, they wont be as busy during the summer.

Due to growing Petrol prices and the not so good weather over the bank holiday weekend this year, tourism experts were worried that it would stop usually high flow of Self-catering holiday home makers coming on their Cornish Holiday! The petrol prices have risen by an average of 27p since 2010! That’s almost 14p a year! Some Holiday home owners said that last year they offered to pay for the petrol cost of the trip for their holiday makers – However this year they have said that due to such a huge rise in prices that if they offered this in 2012 holidays they would probably go bankrupt!

Due to the recession still affecting a lot of Cornish Holiday makers decisions, Self-catering Cottage holiday home owners and caravan and B&B owners have to make sure their properties have an extra special something to  make them unique in comparison to their rivals.

Having said that, this Easter Cornish Holidays grossed a £10 million profit for the tourism industry.

The usual change of events is the rates for accommodation and attractions. However, with everything else like tax and especially petrol prices soaring, Self-catering holiday home owners, cottage holiday home owners, B&B’s and Caravans owners alike have all kept their prices very similar to last year.

Good news though as local businesses have admitted that Cornish holiday visitor numbers seem to be up from last year commenting it “has been like August”.

With critics commenting that actually visitor number swear down slightly on last year but spending remained the same this suggest that either the Cornish Holiday makers that are coming down are spending more; or that more Cornish people are having “Staycations” during the school and public holidays.

So in short, Soaring prices will affect the tourism industry in Cornwall in terms of new visitors coming down more often; however it will also tempt Cornish people to stay at home during the holidays and the Cornish countryside for them selves!

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Going The Extra Mile – The Holiday Lets Company; what you see is what you get?

Posted by Alex in News - (0 Comments)

Here at The Holiday Lets Company we strive to be the most comprehensive website in the south west within 5 years. With an average of 2 new customers signing up every day, We aim to have at least 500 customers live on the site by the end of year one. And we feel this is more than achievable.

But why do we think customers will want to come with us? What makes us different to all the other websites for advertising out there?

For a start we offer a website for self catering holiday homes, Self-catering Cottage holidays, caravans and B&B’s that is modern, uncluttered, easy to use, and easily accessible be the mobile generation. The website itself offers all the tools an owner will need make the most out their holiday property and maximise their profit. Most Caravans in the U.K have running costs in excess of £6000 a year. Most owners have little or no help with their and have to source any help they might need themselves. And with over 2.6 million self-catering holiday homes in the U.K right now The Holiday Lets Company feels there is a market for our product.

Our website offers all the tools the Self-catering holiday home owner will need to successfully advertise their holiday home but with out the substantial cost that an agency website charges. They will also have the added peace of mind that if something goes wrong we will be there for them to support them in times of need. The way we achieve this added value is by having an exclusive section of the website for the owners that have interactive buttons that they can activate when a problem arises. When activated The Holiday Lets Company will begin the search for you. They will do all the shopping around and price comparison for the customer so they don’t have the added stress of sorting it out. We will then contact the owner with the best deal we could find – fulfilling our promise to deliver peace of mind and excellent customer service.

The Holiday Lets Company offers so much more than just an advertisement on a website – we are offering a dedicated service for peace of mind and don’t charge a penny extra for any of it. You will pay one a off 12 month subscription with us – and that’s it! Not extra costs, no hidden fees. With The Holiday Lets Company what you see is what you get. Clean, honest and easy!

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How Is The Olympics Going to Affect Tourism in the U.K?

Posted by Alex in News - (0 Comments)

Tourism in the U.K is consistently popular year after year; however something that is going to affect the Self-catering holiday home rental UK wide market, this summer in particular is the Olympic Games 2012.

So come and have a Cornish holiday this summer as the Olympic torch begins its historical journey at Cornwall’s legendary landmark Lands Ends. It will slowly make its way through the South West and then the rest of the country; leading all the way up to London where the grand event will be held from July to August. The Monumental torch will light for the first time on the evening of May 18th 2012. Throughout its journey, the torch will be carried by approximately 8,000 different torch-bearers and it will visit every single county in the U.K and will be witnessed by billions in total until it arrives at its rightful place in London from July 27th until Sept 9th 2012.

Cornish Holidays will be greatly affected, but in a positive way. The Procession for the Torch will be taking place around the half term holiday and close to the bank holiday in May. The Route is going through every major town in Cornwall. Starting at Lands Ends it will travel through Penzance, Helston, Falmouth, Truro and finally ending up in Cornwall’s central self-catering holiday home rental U.K landmark, Newquay. This will inevitably bring a lot of tourism to these towns and the surrounding areas of Cornwall. This will help give the Self-catering holiday home industry in Cornwall the boost for the summer that it needs.

The general feeling may be that the self-catering holiday home industry may drop in popularity during the Olympics in parts of England that are not in close proximity of London. Also it is apparent that if tourists are out all day watching the games the last thing they will want to do is come in and cook. They would obviously find it easier to stay in a hotel where all of the meals are made for them. While this sort of service may be easier it will, especially during the Olympics, be a lot more expensive particularly in the heart and centre of London.

The wiser choice would be to stay on the outskirts of the capital in one of the hundreds of Self-catering holiday homes or welcoming B&B’s that the surrounding areas have to offer, and travel in on the train or tube. Then at least tourists will be cutting the cost of their accommodation even though they may have to fend for themselves.

In Mecropress.com they have discussed in great depth the important focus of the growth of the sport tourism that will occur during the Olympics. But it won’t just be sport tourism that will be affected. The Olympics aim was bring in a lot more holiday tourism from across the globe; Hence why there were a lot more tickets being sold in other countries rather than the U.K. Having said this, the holiday accommodation will still be in high demand as holiday makers from anywhere in the world will need somewhere to stay!

So overall the tourism industry will be affected during the Olympics, but in a positive way. And mainly it will just be the cliental base that changes slightly. In short everyone, Hotels, self-catering holiday home owners, B&Bs and holiday cottages can expect a very busy period on their hands!

Is it cheaper and easier and rent your self-catering holiday home through a park or an independent website?

Posted by Alex in News - (0 Comments)

Is it cheaper and easier to rent your self-catering holiday home through a park or an independent website?

Cornish Holidays are most popularly occupied by tourists seeking out a self-catering holiday home or Cottage Holiday. When purchasing a self-catering holiday home like a caravan, it is easy to be encouraged to have “everything is done for you” by the dominating holiday home rental Uk market – Holiday parks! Especially with first time buyers, who have no idea of where or how to start advertising their brand new property, the offer to have everything done is just too good to be true. Prices for this service range from £2000 a year up to approximately £7000 a year.

For this price you get all of your advertising for your self-catering holiday home. You get all of the linen and caravan cleaned and any maintenance that is needed to the property during the season. They also take care of all of the bookings and handling of finances on the van for the whole year. So there’s nothing to worry about; at the end of the year the owners receive a nice sum of money form the park from all the bookings you’ve had.

Unfortunately that is not always the case. The park have the right to rent the caravan for whatever price they can manage to book it out for during quieter periods. Each booking taken comes at a cost as the park will usually take a percentage of however much the booking was. Everything that is needed to be done throughout the year including the percentage of each booking is taken at the end the year and deducted from the final amount. So while you, the owner, may have had a full years worth of bookings, more often than not you’ll find that end result is not quite as rewarding as first thought. In some unfortunate cases the owners actually end up owing the park some money at the end of the year. This is because the site fees and maintenance throughout the year add up and once the park deduct a percentage of each booking on top of this, there is usually nothing left!

This is why having your own website or going on a site like The Holiday Lets Company is better for you.  Not only do you control how much your self-catering holiday home can be rented for, you can keep 100% of the profit! And added extra is that you speak personally with the holiday makers that will be staying in your holiday home so you have a clear idea of who you are renting too. Also most websites charge from in the region of £50 to £500 so the price for advertising through them is astronomically cheaper than park fees would be. And there aren’t any hidden costs or deductions.

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