Tag: GUARDHOG

The role of insurance in the short-term rental sector

Reading Time: 6 minutesUK: Ahead of the upcoming Short Stay Summit at Tobacco Dock, London, on Thursday 19 May 2022, STRz speaks to some of the industry leaders on the topic of the specialist insurance needs of the short-term rental sector.

Rentals United partners with GUARDHOG

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Channel management solution Rentals United has announced a partnership with GUARDHOG Technologies to provide a risk management platform for hosts. The platform, called SUPERHOG, will offer risk management tools including ID verification, all backed by a £1 million guarantee. A search functionality can also allow property managers to find information about their guests. Rentals […]

STRz podcast 17: Humphrey Bowles, SUPERHOG and GUARDHOG

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Humphrey Bowles, co-founder of SUPERHOG, and CEO and co-founder of GUARDHOG, joins the latest episode of the ShortTermRentalz podcast to discuss addressing issues with scammers and fraudsters, the ‘party house’ phenomenon, and the need to “embrace” the Gen Z demographic for the future of the short-term rental industry.

GUARDHOG launches global ID verification platform SUPERHOG

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: P2P insurer GUARDHOG Technologies has launched a sister company, SUPERHOG, which it claims will provide financially “guaranteed” global ID verification services to the vacation rental community. The sister company was born out of the GUARDHOG team’s learnings from insuring millions of nights of bookings over the last three years. They recognised that insurance, by […]

Andrew Boldt on GUARDHOG’s sponsorship of the Shortyz 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: GUARDHOG co-founder and director, Andrew Boldt, expresses his excitement ahead of the inaugural Shortyz Awards on 11 March 2020, and discusses his company’s sponsorship of an award at the event. Home-sharing insurance specialist GUARDHOG has also been announced as a sponsor for the Best OTA / online accommodation booking platform category [along with Pikl], […]

HOST 2019 interviews Humphrey Bowles, GUARDHOG

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: ShortTermRentalz speaks to GUARDHOG co-founder Humphrey Bowles at HOST 2019 at the Business Design Centre in London about the company’s new SUPERHOG product and the pitfalls emerging in home-sharing insurance. For more information, visit the GUARDHOG website here.

GUARDHOG unveils GUESTCOVER protection insurance

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: As the summer holiday season winds down, GUARDHOG has unveiled its GUESTCOVER guest protection insurance, in light of scammers targeting users of home-sharing properties.  Polling 2,000 members of the public, the pay-per-stay home-sharing insurance specialist found that nearly one in ten Brits has at some time arrived at an Airbnb or short-term rental property […]

GUARDHOG: Families renting out homes to pay for their holidays

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: In this latest guest article, home-sharing insurance specialist GUARDHOG has unveiled research that nearly half of Brits who have listed their homes on platforms like Airbnb are doing so to afford their own holidays. GUARDHOG said: “Nearly a third could face financial heartache by having strangers to stay without getting cover. “As the schools […]

GUARDHOG launches blockchain deposit cover for hosts

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHome-sharing insurance specialist GUARDHOG has announced a deposit cover in time for the peak summer period. From £2 per stay, hosts can buy a £1,000 deposit cover meaning gusts do not have to provide an upfront payment. The company says this will ultimately reduce the hassle of managing traditional deposit-holding systems, which was causing problems […]

Insurance for home sharers: Humphrey Bowles, GUARDHOG

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: ShortTermRentalz spoke to GUARDHOG co-founder Humphrey Bowles about providing insurance for home sharers in the sharing economy and the company’s launch of its latest product, “Deposit Cover”, which can be taken out by either the host or the guest. Who are GUARDHOG? What services do you provide and who are you looking to serve? […]