Regulation and Reward… There is no denying it, the second home/holiday rental market has changed beyond recognition. The days of just relying on network referrals, local press, own website listings, shop window advertising and repeat bookings to fill your holiday rentals to a moderate occupancy level, have long gone. Moderate occupancy levels are no longer…
Many Holiday Property Managers who have built their businesses over many years have a book of clients that they have taken care of for a long time. This can often be without any formal documentation that agrees exactly what is and is not included in the fees. The danger with Holiday Property Management is that…
13 weeks. That’s all we have left until Easter! We know that by saying this you are probably groaning as this may be worse than the supermarkets who no sooner than the Mince Pies and Christmas decorations are down and off the shelf, replace them with Easter Eggs. But 13 weeks is not that long.…
What does Holiday Property Management in the real world mean to you? Is it holiday rentals and bookings? Cleaning, inspections, maintenance and issues resolution? Administration, staff and client management? Does it vary and depend on the property, time of year and owner, or can it change over time depending on what’s going on with the…
A Christmas Carol… by Propierge As 2018 draws to a close, this will be the last blog that we will write and post this year, as no doubt most people will be doing their very best to limit their screen time over the festive period and spend some much needed quality time with friends and…
The holiday/vacation property management and rental arena is full of acronyms, PMS, VR, OTA to name but a few. If a PMS (Property Management System) doesn’t provide the tools to manage the properties in a physical or operational sense as they focus on the management of bookings, but these Booking Management Systems are referred to…
Don’t miss out on the Christmas Special Offer from Propierge! Extended Free Trial until 31 Jan 2019 and 2 Months Free at the end of the first year Places are limited to the first 20 Holiday Property Managers who sign up before Christmas. If you are already a paying Propierge customer we don’t want you…
The prioritisation dilemma of a small business owner when adopting Technology and change within their business If you’re someone who hates change, and holds tight the belief. ‘if it’s not broken, don’t fix it’, you’re certainly not alone. Change is something that many find hard to adapt to, but in the world of business, most…
There is no way of getting around it, cleaning can be a headache to manage, but it is of vital importance to successful Holiday Property Management. Whether a rental tenant, a property owner or their friend or family member is arriving, to a big luxury pad or to a bolthole by the sea, nobody wants…
It doesn’t seem that long ago when we were all sweltering in the heat of the summer, juggling arrivals and departures, worrying about whether there would be enough hands on deck to deliver the amount of same day turnarounds with everything that comes with them. Now the weather has taken a definite wintery turn and…