The Full English: The United Kingdom's Airbnb, Short Term Rental & Property Investment Show

Mike Atkinson
The Full English: The United Kingdom's Airbnb, Short Term Rental & Property Investment Show

The place to learn about buying, investing, hosting and growing your Airbnb business in the United Kingdom. Host, Mike Atkinson, has conversations with Airbnb and Short Term Rental professionals from England, Wales, Scotland and across the United Kingdom. Some have achieved success through property development, some through property investment, and others through relationships with landlords. They all have one thing in common, they have achieved financial freedom via the Airbnb platform. By listening to the people who have done it, you can learn what's needed to get started yourself.

  1. 01/30/2023

    #10 Polly & Mamadou: Airbnb, Oxford, Automation, Guest Experience & Guesty

    This week, we are very lucky to have both Polly an Mamadou on the show They are a couple, they both studied in the beautiful city of Oxford. And, this is where they operate their short term rental property investment business. They have proven to be quite a potent partnership together - Polly has an entrepreneurial flair and Mamadou is an engineer at heart. My take is that Polly has provided the drive and Mamadou has provided the cold, hard engineering of the systems, which has made scaling their business possible. Maybe that’s an over simplification, but either way, they have achieved great success with their Airbnb business. In this conversation, they were both willing and importantly very able to speak openly and concisely regarding the challenges they have met and how they have overcome them. We explore: How to develop and implement automation of systems: How to furnish a property and insight into the difference it makes: Guest communication  AND  the importance using a good channel manager. If you would like to reach out to the show, please do so at thefullenglishairbnb@gmail.com. If you would like to reach out to Polly and Mamadou, please see a selection of methods below. Along with a discount code for Guesty: Link for Guesty Pro (for those with more than 3 properties) https://hubs.li/Q01zmjND0 You'll get 20% off the onboarding cost Link for Guesty for Hosts (for those with 1 to 3 properties): You'll get $20 off their first invoice Polly and Mamadou Airbnb referral link: www.airbnb.co.uk/r/mamadoupollyw You'll get £20 off their first invoice Website: www.bnb-living.co.uk You can reach Polly on Instagram at: https://instagram.com/pollywilding?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

    52 min
  2. 01/16/2023

    #8 - Eddie Bingham: National Parks, Airbnb, Short term rental, North Wales & Property Development

    This is my conversation with Eddie Bingham. This is the second consecutive conversation with a North Wales specialist, as I continue to explore our great British  National parks, and short term lets in and around them. Eddie has, over the last 9 years, grown his property portfolio in North Wales from zero up for 40 properties. He has achieved this by following the tried and tested method of buy, refurbish, rent and refinance. Or the BRRR method, as it is also known. It is not only great to see how this method has been used so effectively, but also, how it has been combined with short term lets, in and around National Parks. Eddies has a mix of properties in his portfolio, with about a third of his properties being short term lets and the remainder traditional longer term lets. He very much looks at each property on its merit, and decides whether it is best suited for long or short term letting, and consistently reassesses them. A very sound way of thinking about it. If you are thinking about short term lets around National Parks in the United Kingdom, there are some great takeaway in this episode.  As well as Some fascinating insight into what types of property do well,  both in terms of typology and location. If you find this one interesting, I suggest you also listen to last weeks show. Episode number 7, with Geoff Waller, who also operates in and around Snowdonia National Park. To reach out to Eddie, you can do so at  eddiebingham5@gmail.com You can e mail the show at thefullenglishairbnb@gmail.comor connect with us on facebook at ‘The Full English Airbnb Podcast’.

    47 min
  3. 01/09/2023

    Episode 7: Geoff Waller, Snowdonia short term rental expert

    This is my conversation with Geoff Waller. Geoff has worked a full career as a police detective and subsequently taken on high level corporate roles at the likes of Mircosoft. His most recent challenge is his foray into the short term rental business. I was keen to have Geoff on the show, as his properties are in North Wales, within the vicinity of the stunning Snowdonia National Park. When I first became interested in short term lets, it was as a result of listening to great success stories of airbnb's in national parks in the States, such as the Joshua tree National Park, in California. So, I have been keen to find out more about short term lets in and around our great British National Parks. Especially, what makes a good short term let in the area and what are the main challenges one will encounter when taking one on. Geoff has used all of his clearly very practical life long experience and turned it exceptionally well to property development. The site he purchased was overgrown and neglected, the land was water logged and the some of the building derelict, yet he has managed to turn it into a thriving business – making great profits and significantly increasing the value of the land. Geoff’s story is not for the faint hearted and to do what he has done has taken, skill and patience along with a financial position which has enabled hm to take the time required to deliver this development. Geoff is happy to speak to you about letting his properties, or for any query you may like to raise with him. If you would like to get in touch with Geoff, you can do so on: geoffreywaller8@gmail.com If you would like to reach out to the show for any reason whatsoever, please do so at: thefullenglishairbnb@gmail.com

    47 min

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The place to learn about buying, investing, hosting and growing your Airbnb business in the United Kingdom. Host, Mike Atkinson, has conversations with Airbnb and Short Term Rental professionals from England, Wales, Scotland and across the United Kingdom. Some have achieved success through property development, some through property investment, and others through relationships with landlords. They all have one thing in common, they have achieved financial freedom via the Airbnb platform. By listening to the people who have done it, you can learn what's needed to get started yourself.

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