Holidu Magazine

Discover how personalisation, attention to detail, offering local experiences and sustainability are key to standing out in the competitive holiday rental market.

Wondering how to boost your holiday rental bookings? Looking for advice on revenue management strategy for your private accommodation? Holidu has got you covered. Capturing income and ensuring profitability isn't as simple as setting rates and moving on. Other variables come into play, like defining strategies to enhance guests' experiences in your holiday rental. Here's how to meet your guests' needs and make them feel truly special.

Find out how to improve your guests' experience in your holiday rental through simple actions and personalised services.

Find out how to protect your holiday rental against unforeseen events with the right insurance. From covering damage and theft to liability insurance, this article provides a comprehensive guide to safeguarding your holiday rental.

Turning your home into holiday accommodation can be a lucrative and rewarding venture. Whether you want to earn extra income or make the most of an unused property, turning your home into a desirable place of refuge requires careful planning and attention to detail.

Preventive maintenance is essential to ensure an optimal holiday rental experience. Regular inspections, care of appliances, well-maintained furniture and a functional plumbing system are essential to avoid costly surprises and maintain guest satisfaction.

Resolving a conflict quickly and through dialogue will make you a more professional host. Try to satisfy the guest in proportion to the problem while always maintaining their inherent rights and duties intact. Here are some tips for dealing with conflicts and resolving them in the best possible way.

Discover how smart home technology can transform your property, from smart thermostats and smart locks to voice assistants and automated lighting systems.

How to communicate with guests? In any respectable business, communication with the public and especially with customers is crucial. Knowing how to address others, generate sympathy, be polite, convey a good image... Communicating well is a sign of professionalism and instills confidence in guests.

"Safety first" is more than just a buzzword. When it comes to holiday lets, it's an essential mantra. As a host, you have certain legal responsibilities you need to meet. Fail to do that and you could be in some seriously hot water. Before you start advertising a holiday home for rent, make sure you understand the full legal implications of what you're doing. To get started, read on for an overview of your responsibilities and issues with holiday rental hosts' liability.

You've found a holiday rental website you like and have started to advertise a holiday home. Now the first guests are arriving, so what’s next? Creating a professional invoice may seem like a minor step, but it's actually essential. If you try to cut corners here, you could face legal problems. Read on for the guidelines you should follow.

If you own a property in Spain that you let out while being based in the UK, then you will have to consider how to declare your rental income, even though you might not be living in the same country as your holiday home. Do you want to know what the rental tax in Spain is for non-residents? This handy guide provides information on taxes and regulations applicable to non-resident hosts with holiday rentals in Spain.

Would you like to boost the profitability of your holiday home? Well, we're here to help you do just that, as well as improve occupancy rates. But what exactly is the occupancy rate? Essentially, it's the percentage difference between the total available days of our property and the actual days it's occupied.

Here's a basic guide for hosts to ensure that your holiday apartment or house is both tasteful and a pleasant place to stay. The host's priority should be the utmost satisfaction of the guests. This is achieved by studying decorative formulas, and modern and practical ideas that appeal to various types of guests. But, beware, we must also avoid those mistakes that are often made in holiday rentals and can detract more than add. Will you join us in this article to discover how to furnish a holiday rental?

Holidu, one of the leading vacation rental companies in Europe, has announced the opening of a new office in Seville. With this expansion, the company strengthens its presence in Western Andalusia, where it was already operating from its headquarters in Málaga, and consolidates its growth in Spain.

Need to maximise your summer holiday rental performance? Want to know how to prepare for the peak season? In the following article, we'll give you some key tips on this. We'll explain how to provide quality service, increase profits, and attract travellers to your client portfolio. We'll analyse the current holiday rental market and provide you with strategic information to optimise your properties for increased demand, and we'll tell you how to implement effective pricing strategies to enhance guest experience. Join us through this guide to kick off the peak season on the right foot on our holiday rental portal.

Renting out holiday accommodation can be quite daunting for hosts. After all, people you don’t know will be staying there. So, here we lay out the most common mistakes made by holiday rental hosts. The aim is to steer clear of them at all costs to avoid problems and safeguard your property.

In this article, we'll discuss how to set prices in holiday rentals, explain what dynamic pricing is, and in contrast, how fixed prices work and what advantages and disadvantages they entail. Join us in this guide to establish prices and ensure your holiday rental business runs smoothly.