Overview

Many people dream of buying a house in the country or near the coast, with outbuildings that can be converted into holiday lets; or of taking over an existing holiday cottage business. Gillean Sangster did it. She moved to Scotland with her husband where they started their own successful holiday cottage business. In this book she tells you how you can do it too. This book will help you to identify your market, choose a property, and then prepare and present it for maximum effect. It will also help you to: sort out the finances with minimum fuss; deal successfully with planning permissions; market your business effectively; run your letting business day to day; and provide good service so that your clients come back again and again.

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Author:   Gillean Sangster
Publisher:   Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:   How To Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9781845280390

ISBN 10:   1845280393
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   24 June 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9781845281939
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1. An Introduction Part 1: Preparing to enter the Self catering business 2. Are you ready? 3. Identifying your guests 4. Choosing your area 5. Choosing your property 6. Building and converting 7. What you need to Provide 8. Designing, decorating and furnishing your properties 9. Sorting out the finance 10. The tourism industry 11. Other Tourism Organisations Part 2: How to run your business well 12. Marketing and advertising 13. Providing the service 14. Running the business 15. Keeping up standards 16. Knowing the regulations 17. Business matters 18. Maintaining the momentum

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Gillean Sangster runs a successful holiday cottage business in Scotland. She is co-author of The Downshifter's Guide to Relocation also published by How To Books.

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