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Don’t Miss Holiday Let Success in Chester! | Free Event for Holiday Let Owners · Host Planet: Airbnb, Holiday Let, and Vacation Rental Insights

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  Hello and welcome to Houseplanet Bite Size, that podcast brought
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  to you by Houseplanet and House Philly.
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  My name is James Farley, the founder of House Planet, and our
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  goal is to share everything you need to know about buying and
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  managing short term rentals. Today's guest is me and I'll be
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  talking about Holiday Let's Success, the free event we're
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  hosting in collaboration with Sykes Holiday Cottages on
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  Tuesday the 11th of November in Chester.
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  Thank you for joining us on today's edition of Houseplanner.
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  Bite size bit of a change from the normal routine.
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  You've just got me to chat to you today I'm going to be
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  discussing Holiday Let's Success, the free event that
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  Houseplanner is organizing in collaboration with Sykes Holiday
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  cottages. It will take place on the 11th
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  of November in Chester and I've got 5 compelling reasons why
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  short term rental house and property managers, plus industry
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  professionals should be joining us on the Today.
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  First of all, it's an opportunity to learn from the
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  best in the business. Here, directly from leading
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  short term rental experts, property managers and industry
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  innovators, you'll get actionable insights on
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  everything from marketing and guest experience to regulation,
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  tax and scaling your portfolio. I'm going to pick out a few of
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  the speakers and the sessions that you can look forward to.
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  First of all, we'll be starting with Graham Donahue, the CEO of
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  Forge holiday Group, Sykes Holiday Cottages, obviously one
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  of their brands. Graham is ultimately responsible
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  for more than 30,000 holiday rentals across the UK and
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  Ireland. He'll be talking about holiday
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  let trends and how AI is shaping the future of STRAI is a subject
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  very close to Graham's heart. He talks about it a lot, He's
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  really ingrained in it. And he'll be sharing tips on how
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  STR hosting property managers can utilize AI to get more
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  bookings and to build their brand and to make sure that
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  they're visible on LLMS like ChatGPT.
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  Alistair Handicide from PASC UK will also be there.
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  He'll be talking about regulation and lobbying efforts,
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  in particular the statutory registration scheme that we're
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  waiting to come to fruition in the UK and also the prospect of
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  mandatory EPC ratings or minimum EPC ratings for holiday let
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  properties. So great opportunity to hear
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  from Alice and to quiz him on all the different lobbying
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  efforts that are ongoing. Revenue management expert Zach
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  Alley will be there from launch base.
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  He'll be talking about data and how it can help you to win in
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  2026. Zach will be getting really
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  granular, getting to the heart of the matter, telling you
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  exactly what's happening in terms of pricing trends,
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  occupancy, and how you can make sure that you get your rates
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  right for next year. We've got Matt Jeffrey there
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  from Zeal Tax. Of course we'll be talking about
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  capital allowances. His session is titled End of an
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  era for holiday let taxes, What's changed and what's next?
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  Another golden opportunity if you're a holiday let owner in
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  the UK to talk to Matt directly about your tax situation and how
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  if you claim the capital allowances, of course you can
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  potentially save a lot of money. Finley Nesbitt from Avantio will
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  also be there. He'll be talking about tech
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  trust and traffic, the path to more direct guests.
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  Of course, as house and property managers, we're all looking for
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  more direct bookings, so Finley will be sharing a bunch of tips
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  and case studies there. Ian Thompson, the UK and Ireland
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  country lead from beyond. He'll be talking about why
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  market pacing matters in an evolving market.
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  And we've got Joe Hedges there from the Libby collection.
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  Details make the difference. Libby of course work with a a
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  lot of different brands helping STR host and property managers
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  to stock premium products to help improve the guest
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  experience and ultimately charge a higher rate.
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  Of course, Louie Andrews from Ovo Network is there.
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  He'll be talking about beyond base camp elevating the guest
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  experience. Ovo Network have a really high
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  direct booking percentage and pride themselves on providing an
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  exceptional guest experience so we can learn from one of the
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  best in the business there. Harriet Kerr, the portfolio
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  director of Sykes Holiday Cottages.
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  She'll be talking about partners in performance growing together
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  with Sykes Holiday Cottages, outlining how you can work with
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  one of the biggest brands in the sector.
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  Sharon Bigger, the VP of marketing from Price Labs.
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  I'll be interviewing her about how to master dynamic pricing.
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  We've got Stephen Core from Vault share there how you can
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  increase your short term let's revenue with EV charging.
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  This is something that's definitely entering the
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  mainstream now. So many guests are searching for
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  EV chargers and if you've got one at your property, you're
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  really going to stand out. And one of the best STR speakers
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  on the circuit, Robin Clifford, the director of sales at guesty.
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  He'll be talking about self driving homes, a look to the
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  future for the STR space. Always a speaker not to be
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  missed, so make sure you stick around for that.
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  So first of all, then of course, learning from the best in the
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  business, you'll be able to network with like minded hosts,
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  vendors and people from across the industry.
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  Of course, you'll be able to learn the latest industry
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  updates as we were mentioning in terms of regulation, tax,
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  technology, market trends and AI.
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  It's a great opportunity as well to boost your bookings, your
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  profitability, your guest experience and get more direct
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  bookings as well. Well, we've got sessions
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  specifically about direct bookings so you can learn from
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  the experts, learn from people who have been there and done it
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  and of course, meet a lot of trusted names in the STR space
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  And last but not least, it's 100% free.
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  All you need to do is go to the website.
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  We'll put the link in the show notes.
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  It's houseplanner dot club forward slash events.
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  You just register and we'll make sure that your name is on the
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  list, but make sure you act quick.
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  We only have a few spaces remaining, as well as the fact
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  that it's free. There'll be a free lunch there,
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  provided by the brilliant team at Sykes, and they're even
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  putting on some drinks at the end of the day.
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  So free lunch, a glass of fizz or a beer or a non alcoholic
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  beverage, whatever floats your boat.
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  An opportunity to learn and network with some of the best in
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  the business. Really hope you can make it.
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  It's Tuesday the 11th of November in Chester at the HQ of
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  Sykes Holiday Cottages is a very short walk from the train
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  station. We even have a decent hotel rate
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  so if you want to come the night before we can get you a cheap
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  hotel rate as well. So if you do sign up, we will
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  send that to you. So yeah, really hope to see you
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  that it's going to be a brilliant event.
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  Head to the website to register houseplanet dot club forward
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  slash events. We'll put all the details in the
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  show notes as well, so hope to see you there.
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  All right, that's it for today's episode.
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