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Meeting pent-up demand for staycations: My Getaways MD Steve Taggert
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Steve Taggert, founder and managing director at My Getaways, discusses the challenges of operating amid uncertainty and lockdowns during the pandemic, meeting pent-up demand for staycations, and how travellers’ preferences will shift towards self-catered accommodation. My Getaways’ accommodation featured in ShortTermRentalz’ recent shortlist announcements for the 2021 Shortyz Awards.
Holidaymakers posing as key workers to “hoodwink” hosts
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Hosts across the UK are reporting having to defend their accommodation reserved for emergency workers during the latest lockdown against increasing numbers of people with “dishonest” claims posing as key workers, in order to get a holiday. The Old Bike Shop serviced apartments received a booking from one guest using the letterhead and […]
Goboony on UK staycations: What can we expect as lockdown eases?
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Jake Stone, UK country manager at RV rental agency Goboony, discusses what we can expect from the staycation market and how the motorhome industry can benefit as the UK prepares to ease its Covid-enforced lockdowns in the coming months. Although almost half of 2020 was condemned to strict travel restrictions, we witnessed an unprecedented boom in […]
UK holiday let prices skyrocket with staycation demand
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Research from “consumer champion” brand Which? shows that holiday let prices have increased by as much as 140 per cent in certain UK seaside destinations compared to the same time a year ago. While so-called celebratory “vaxications” are on the rise among travellers itching to spend their saved-up money on travel, there is, on […]
Roadmap announcement sparks reservation volume surge
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: February’s roadmap announcement sparked an increase in UK short-term rental reservation volume by 88 per cent compared to the reservation volume one week prior, according to short-term rental property management platform Guesty. The volume of bookings made between 22-28 February 2021 that were observed by Guesty was 160 per cent more than the average weekly reservation volume seen […]
STAA welcomes four new member companies
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The UK Short Term Accommodation Association [ STAA ], the trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has recruited four more companies to grow its membership further. The new members join over 90 other companies operating in the short-term rental sector who are already part of the association, representing the vast majority of the […]
Goboony reports surge in summer 2021 motorhome bookings
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: RV rental agency Goboony has reported a 30 per cent surge in UK summer bookings [July – September] for motorhomes, highlighting the growing interest for the segment during the pandemic. The sharp spike comes after the recent announcements concerning vaccinations, hotel quarantine following overseas travel, and the easing of lockdown restrictions. The motorhome rental specialist […]
STR: Short-term rental segment proves resilience in UK
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Performance data from an ongoing pilot study released by data intelligence and global benchmarking platform, STR, shows that the short-term rental sector has proven to be more resilient than most accommodation sectors during the coronavirus pandemic. Trade body the UK Short-Term Accommodation Association [STAA] believes this suggests that short-term rentals will be fastest out of […]
Hospitality businesses called on to manage safe hospital transfers
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Hospitality businesses, including guest houses, B&Bs and self-catered accommodations, are being called on to work with NHS hospitals across the UK to conduct safe patient and key worker transfers during the pandemic, as high numbers of patients remain in intensive care with Covid-19 or other emergencies. NHS hospitals in London, Carlisle, Cumberland, Devon, Hampshire, […]
STRz podcast 22: Dale Smith, Host & Stay
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Host & Stay founder and director, Dale Smith, speaks to ShortTermRentalz to discuss lessons learned from 2020, the company’s new Lux brand, booking trends and factors that will have an impact on traveller choices in 2021.