Welcome to HCH Bitesize, the podcast series brought to you by Holiday Cottage Handbook and Hostfully!
In today’s episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Bevan Thompson from Hostfully sharing his top five tips to supercharge your short-term rental listings on major platforms like Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo.
1:50 The OTAs every rental should be listed on
2:35 Google Vacation Rentals and direct bookings
3:55 Tip No. 1: optimise the content in your descriptions
6:08 Tip No. 2: know your target guest
7:12 Bonus tip: fresh is best – make your listing stand out
9:17 Tip No. 3: put guests in the picture
11:13 Tip No. 4: mystery shop your listing
12:09 Tip No. 5: review to get reviewed
14:47 Find out more about Hostfully (your first guidebook is free!): https://get.hostfully.com/46p7pafubra1
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