With lots of rooms available how can you ensure yours stands out from the crowd and you get it booked? These 5 tips will help you rent your room out during the Edinburgh Festivals.
1. A picture is worth a thousand words
Guests want to see where they will be staying. If you can, try and provide good quality images of what you are offering. Show at least one photo of the room, a photo of any communal spaces and an outside photograph. Adding photos will do more to promote your property than all the other tips combined. Getting this right will help you not only get your room rented out but you are more likely to reach the price you are looking for. Photos will give the guest a level of confidence that they know what they are paying for, it also shows you have nothing to hide. You can add photos to each room you list within your control panel.
2. Who are you
Provide a little bit of information about who you are. Again guests want to know who they will be sharing with for the duration of their stay. Keep it simple, you don’t need to add your life story, but maybe you can indicate what type of festival activities you are interested in or whether you’ll be at work during the day. This will help the guest decide whether the room might work for them.
3. Price realistically
Renting your room out over the summer can be a good way to generate extra cash. But you should think carefully about how to price your accommodation. There is a lot of demand for places to stay but there is also a healthy amount of competition between hosts. Things to consider when pricing your room are location, quality of room and general furnishings and the amenities provided with the accommodation. Take a look at what’s currently available; this can be a good guide to the price you should be charging.
4. The devil’s in the detail
Write a clear and full description of the room you have available. The more information you can provide, the more a potential guest is able to decide whether the room is going to work with them. Guests would rather know about a limitation up front than to find surprises when they arrive. But be positive, remember to explain all of the good points about your property!
5. Keep up to date
It’s important to keep your room information up to date – especially the availability. Once a guest has chosen your room they will want to make a booking straight away. They need to be confident that the availability information you are displaying is accurate. You don’t want to be double booked! Updating your information is a straight forward task – just log in to your control panel, go to rooms and click “set room availability”.
With these tips your chances of getting your room rented out this festival will increase significantly. Remember to add your room to EdinburghFestivalRooms.com
5 ways to get your room rented
With lots of rooms available how can you ensure yours stands out from the crowd and you get it booked? These 5 tips will help you rent your room out during the Edinburgh Festivals.
1. A picture is worth a thousand words
2. Who are you
Provide a little bit of information about who you are. Again guests want to know who they will be sharing with for the duration of their stay. Keep it simple, you don’t need to add your life story, but maybe you can indicate what type of festival activities you are interested in or whether you’ll be at work during the day. This will help the guest decide whether the room might work for them.
3. Price realistically
Renting your room out over the summer can be a good way to generate extra cash. But you should think carefully about how to price your accommodation. There is a lot of demand for places to stay but there is also a healthy amount of competition between hosts. Things to consider when pricing your room are location, quality of room and general furnishings and the amenities provided with the accommodation. Take a look at what’s currently available; this can be a good guide to the price you should be charging.
4. The devil’s in the detail
Write a clear and full description of the room you have available. The more information you can provide, the more a potential guest is able to decide whether the room is going to work with them. Guests would rather know about a limitation up front than to find surprises when they arrive. But be positive, remember to explain all of the good points about your property!
5. Keep up to date
It’s important to keep your room information up to date – especially the availability. Once a guest has chosen your room they will want to make a booking straight away. They need to be confident that the availability information you are displaying is accurate. You don’t want to be double booked! Updating your information is a straight forward task – just log in to your control panel, go to rooms and click “set room availability”.
With these tips your chances of getting your room rented out this festival will increase significantly. Remember to add your room to EdinburghFestivalRooms.com