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Park Holidays UK to acquire Bridge Leisure
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Holiday park operator Park Holidays UK has announced it is to acquire one of its competitors, Bridge Leisure, which operates nine holiday parks in the West Country, Peak District, Yorkshire and Scotland. Offering caravan and lodge holidays, touring and camping, and holiday home ownership, the deal will cement Park Holidays UK’s position as the largest […]
Airbnb unveils top ten trending UK destinations in 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Airbnb has unveiled the top ten trending destinations in the UK, ahead of what is expected to be a bumper summer for staycations with international travel plans still in doubt. The latest list is based on year-on-year search growth of destinations compared to the same time a year ago, in the early stages of […]
Top tips to help consumers make the most of their UK staycations
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: The UK Short Term Accommodation Association [STAA], the UK trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has highlighted the relevant government guidelines to help consumers make informed and compliant decisions about taking holiday trips this spring. Here are the STAA’s six tips on booking staycations: Take a series of city breaks There is a […]
Bob W raises €10m in seed funding and expands into the UK
Reading Time: 3 minutesFinland: Helsinki-based tech-driven hospitality provider Bob W has announced that it has secured ten million euros in seed round funding. The investment round was led by byFounders VC and private equity outfit Finnish Industry Investment [Tesi]. Other top European real estate and venture capitalist investors include Kaamos, Superangel, United Angels and NREP through its 2150 investment wing, which just launched […]
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 […]