PromoteMyPlace – Page 14 – Marketing Tips for Holiday Cottages, Villas, Apartments & B&Bs

7 Essential First Steps for Promoting Your Holiday Let Website

“Why is my website not appearing in Google?” “I’ve setup a website, but I’m not getting any enquiries. Why is that?” Setting up a website is just the first step in promoting your holiday rental accommodation. There are certain things you need to do afterwards to make sure your website gets noticed. Here are seven [Continue reading …]

5 Reasons Your Holiday Let Website Should Be Mobile Friendly

It has never been more important to have a mobile version of your holiday rental website. Without it you’ll be missing out on a large chunk of potential business. What’s more, the demand for mobile friendly sites is becoming more and more pronounced. Now is the time to make sure yours is up to scratch. [Continue reading …]

Essential Items to Include in Your Holiday Rental

There’s nothing worse for guests than to arrive at their holiday rental (potentially after a long journey) only to find they have to go shopping straightaway to buy all the essentials they’ll need. This is one area we mention frequently, but it’s amazing the holiday rentals we’ve stayed in where the essentials haven’t been provided. [Continue reading …]

Marketing Your Winter Sun Accommodation

If you own a holiday rental property somewhere that enjoys warm weather through the winter months, you’re in the perfect position to look for clients who want to escape the cold, grey, short winter days and laze in some fabulous winter sunshine instead. Many people in northern Europe hate this time of year, so you [Continue reading …]

4 Reasons to Hire a Copywriter Rather Than Write Your Own Copy

But there is a world of difference when it comes to writing for websites, between good writing and writing that engages and persuades potential clients to become customers, whilst having appropriate and effective SEO and being natural, interesting but not too “hard sell”. And that’s where the skills of a professional copywriter who is trained [Continue reading …]

Marketing Your Holiday Rental to the Luxury Market

When you have a holiday let it’s important to market it to the most appropriate audience. Here we’re going to focus on marketing your holiday rental to the luxury market – which means we should begin with a caveat. If you’re going to do this, make absolutely sure your property warrants it. Every little detail [Continue reading …]

Ski Property Owners: Is Your Content Ready for Peak Season?

For many of you the high season for your holiday rental is coming to close with the winter fast approaching, but for those of you with ski properties the high season is just about to start. So are you ready to get as many bookings as you possibly can? If you own a property in [Continue reading …]

Promoting a Pet Friendly Holiday Rental Property

Not all holiday rentals allow pets, but if you decide yours will you are opening yourself up to a fairly large market. According to Travelsupermarket.com some 40% of Brits include their pets when going on holiday. It has the advantage of cutting out boarding fees and also means the whole family can enjoy a break. [Continue reading …]

Is It Time to Freshen Up Your Holiday Let?

Unless your holiday let is in the mountains, you’ll be coming to the end of the high season pretty soon. After welcoming guests into your holiday rental week in, week out for several months, your property could be looking a little tired. So take this quieter period as the ideal time to do something about it. [Continue reading …]

How to Increase Your Low Season Bookings

While the summer months often represent the best time of year for bookings to rentals not in the mountains, you can still find plenty of bookings during the low season. The trick is to know how to do it. A few simple changes could make it easier to get the results you want. Make changes [Continue reading …]