Holiday Cottage Handbook

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Holiday Cottage Handbook

A podcast for property investors and managers. We share everything you need to know about the short-term rentals sector.We will help take your holiday home investment to the next level.Visit our website: https://www.holidaycottagehandbook.com/Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.holidaycottagehandbook.com/Download our free e-book: https://www.holidaycottagehandbook.com/e-bookEmail the show: james@holidaycottagehandbook.com 

  1. 2D AGO

    HCH Podcast 081: Lisa Roads: The secrets of scaling to 175 vacation rentals

    Send us a text In this episode of the Holiday Cottage Handbook Podcast, we dive into the world of property investment and management in Cyprus, uncovering what it takes to run a successful holiday rental business from the UK. Our special guest, Lisa Roads, shares her biggest lessons learned, strategies for scaling and exiting, plus insights into holiday let coaching and industry trends. Lisa also discusses the importance of getting your foundations right and shares her number one lesson lear...

    29 min

  2. 4D AGO

    HCH Bitesize 027: Five social media fixes in five minutes!

    Send us a text In this episode of HCH Bitesize, brought to you by Holiday Cottage Handbook and Hostfully, we’re joined by Paul Anderson, Founder of The Social Media Hotelier. Paul shares his top strategies for using Instagram effectively, focusing on how hosts and property managers can optimise their profiles, engage authentically with followers, and ultimately increase bookings. Whether you're new to Instagram or looking to refine your strategy, Paul’s tips will help you avoid common mistak...

    34 min

  3. MAR 13

    HCH Podcast 080: Roman Solyanyk: dynamic pricing vs. surge pricing

    Send us a text Remember the Oasis Ticketmaster scandal, when 'dynamic pricing' was blamed by the media for eye-watering ticket prices? The reality is that dynamic pricing had nothing to do with it: the actual menace was 'surge pricing'. During this episode, Beyond's Roman Solyanyk details exactly what dynamic pricing is, how it's completely different to surge pricing, and why it won't rip off your guests. Roman tackles the Oasis tickets controversy and explains how short-term rental hosts ...

    36 min

  4. MAR 11

    HCH Bitesize 026: OTA Optimisation with Bevan Thompson

    Send us a text Welcome to HCH Bitesize, the podcast series brought to you by Holiday Cottage Handbook and Hostfully! In today’s episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Bevan Thompson from Hostfully sharing his top five tips to supercharge your short-term rental listings on major platforms like Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo. 1:50 The OTAs every rental should be listed on 2:35 Google Vacation Rentals and direct bookings 3:55 Tip No. 1: optimise the content in your descriptions 6:08 Tip No. 2: know...

    16 min

  5. MAR 6

    HCH Podcast 079: Matt Jeffery: Everything you need to know about holiday let tax changes

    Send us a text The furnished holiday lettings (FHL) tax regime will be abolished next month and to help UK owners prepare for this major change, we've invited Matt Jeffery from Zeal Tax back on the podcast. Matt explains the changes in detail and outlines the fact that every holiday let owner in the UK needs to claim their capital allowances. This is tax relief that a whopping 80% of owners have failed to claim – primarily because general accountants are not equipped to assess it. Download ...

    34 min

  6. MAR 3

    HCH Bitesize 025: Rank higher on Airbnb with Bart-Jan Leyts

    Send us a text Welcome to HCH Bitesize, the podcast series brought to you by Holiday Cottage Handbook and Hostfully! In today’s episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Bart-Jan Leyts, Founder of Otamiser and Autorank, sharing how to supercharge your Airbnb listings and appear at the top of guest searches every time. 1:50 Tip No. 1: get the first photo right 4:25 Tip No. 2: utilise your gap nights 6:52 Tip No. 3: use your reviews 9:35 Tip No. 4: respond quickly to your guests 10:50 Tip No. ...

    17 min

  7. FEB 28

    HCH Podcast 078: Emma Kelman: How to scale to 100 rentals

    Send us a text Emma Kelman from The Island Holiday Company is the special guest’s on today’s show. During the episode, Emma talks about scaling, direct bookings, and how to deliver an outstanding guest experience. She also discusses the unique challenges of running a holiday let management company on the Isle of Wight. Emma named Beyond as her favourite brand and gave Christopher Dillon from Avantio a special shout-out. There are sponsor mentions during the episode for HCH Financial Servic...

    34 min

  8. FEB 27

    HCH Mortgage Podcast: Northern exposure, interest rates, inflation, and EPCs

    Send us a text In this episode of the HCH Mortgage Podcast, host James Varley chats with Samantha Turmaine from HCH Financial Services about why property investors are heading north. James and Sam also discuss interest rates, inflation, and EPCs – with news that holiday let properties look set to be mandated to achieve minimum standards of energy efficiency in a similar way to long-term rentals. Subscribe for more expert advice on mortgages, short-term rentals, and property investment. ...

    14 min
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    A podcast for property investors and managers. We share everything you need to know about the short-term rentals sector.We will help take your holiday home investment to the next level.Visit our website: https://www.holidaycottagehandbook.com/Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.holidaycottagehandbook.com/Download our free e-book: https://www.holidaycottagehandbook.com/e-bookEmail the show: james@holidaycottagehandbook.com 

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    • Creator
      Holiday Cottage Handbook
    • Years Active
      2023 - 2025
    • Episodes
      122
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      © 2025 Holiday Cottage Handbook
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