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Potential Pitfalls with holiday rental by owner

Posted in Advice on 22. May, 2009 | Be first to comment

Potential Pitfalls with holiday rental by owner

Potential problems with holiday rentals and how to resolve them So you though the hard work was winning bookings for your holiday home ? While renting out your holiday villa or apartments is a great way to earn additional income,  you are bound to come across certain challenges now and then. Courtney Wylie, Managing Director [...]

Advertise on holidaylettings website

Posted in Advice on 20. May, 2009 | Be first to comment

Advertise on holidaylettings website

Here’s how to get your property advertised on Holiday Lettings To get underway (no obligation), visit holidaylettings.co.uk and sign up as a new advertiser. That’s pretty easy : a) There is a registration box in the top right. Put in your name, phone number, email address and choose a password. b) Enter your postal address, [...]

Granny Flat Tax Risk

Posted in News on 18. May, 2009 | Be first to comment

Granny Flat Tax Risk

UK home owners whose property includes a self-contained annexe could soon face an extra council tax bill. ‘Granny flats’ could soon end up being banded for the tax in their own right. According to The Times, there are plans to revalue every property in the country, but this is not likely to happen until after [...]

How demand shifts to the UK during credit crisis.

Posted in News on 13. May, 2009 | Be first to comment

How demand shifts to the UK during credit crisis.

As holidays at home become more popular this year due to the credit crunch, the UK has jumped from 7th to 5th most popular country searched for on Holiday-Rentals.co.uk, overtaking the Canary Islands and Portugal, with the number of booking enquiries up some 90% year on year. Based on booking enquiries received via the popular [...]

Win a French Holiday Home !

Posted in Offers on 11. May, 2009 | 1 Comment

Win a French Holiday Home !

The Daily Mail is promoting a free to enter competition, sponsored by P&O Ferries, with a house in France up for grabs. Haven’t been able to find out much about the actual property so far other than this from the Daily Mail. The house has a large open plan sitting room with a log fireplace, [...]

Change to UK tax law on holiday lettings

Posted in News on 25. Apr, 2009 | Be first to comment

Change to UK tax law on holiday lettings

A tax break designed to boost investment in grass roots UK tourism will soon be taken away as it was deemed in breach of European Union common market rules. From the start of the 2010 / 2011 tax year furnished properties in the UK available as holiday lettings will no longer be able to be classed [...]

Holiday Rentals Offer Code

Posted in Offers on 15. Apr, 2009 | Be first to comment

Holiday Rentals Offer Code

We’ve just found a 15% discount code for new adverts at Holiday-Rentals.co.uk, recently merged with USA giant HomeAway and already one of the largest and most successful holiday home rental websites out there. One of the main benefits of using HomeAway Holiday-Rentals to let out your holiday home in the current financial climate is that [...]

Buckingham Palace holiday letting

Posted in News on 26. Mar, 2009 | 5 Comments

Buckingham Palace holiday letting

Seems as if the credit crunch is hitting the highest in British society ! A new listing on holidaylettings is described as follows : “A gated property with secure parking and armed guards, this is the perfect property to relax in complete luxury. Exquisitely furnished with many priceless antiques, royal collections and rare artefacts. 400 [...]

Renting your holiday property

Posted in Advice on 01. Mar, 2009 | Be first to comment

Renting your holiday property

When advertising your holiday home, make it stand out from the crowd. It is worth remembering that, in 2009 there are many more properties on the rental market than ever before. Due to the credit crisis we are all sick of hearing about by now, people are renting their second homes out of necessity. Advertising Online [...]

Advice for British expats in Alicante

Posted in News on 06. Feb, 2009 | Be first to comment

Advice for British expats in Alicante

Over 1 million Britons have bought a house in Spain over the last decade Some are not prepared for when the “dream turns sour” according to a report in yesterday’s Telegraph. To remedy this British citizens that have gone the whole hog and moved to Spain will be able to take advantage of free advice [...]

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