// By mirror.co.uk //
Robert Gray stands to lose three quarters of his rental income once he converts all three of the cottage he owns in Portscatho on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall
The role of insurance in the short-term rental sector
// By shorttermrentalz.com //
STRz speaks to some of the industry leaders on the topic of the specialist insurance needs of the short-term rental sector.
Cornwall may force holiday lets like Airbnb to be registered
// By cornwalllive.com //
Sykes Holiday Cottages has released its Holiday Letting Outlook Report 2022, looking at trends and investment opportunities for holiday letting in the UK.
Sykes’s UK Holiday Letting Outlook Report 2022
// By sykescottages.co.uk //
Sykes Holiday Cottages has released its Holiday Letting Outlook Report 2022, looking at trends and investment opportunities for holiday letting in the UK.
Wales clamps down on holiday lets with draconian new council tax rules
// By landlordzone.co.uk //
The Welsh Government is to bring in its promised local tax rules for holiday lets to address the problem of unaffordable housing.
Vrbo report: 80 per cent of UK travellers confident of holiday in 2022
// By shorttermrentalz.com //
Despite another challenging year for travel, families in the UK are feeling increasingly confident that they will be able to go on holiday to their favourite international holiday hotspots in 2022.
£1bn fund for UK hospitality businesses unveiled
// By shorttermrentalz.com //
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £1 billion fund for hospitality and leisure firms affected by the Omicron variant
New tax system for Airbnbs and holiday lets being finalised by government
// By lettingagenttoday.co.uk //
The UK government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used for holiday and short lets.
Airbnb holiday lets could ‘invalidate insurance of other flats in the same block’, says councillor
Property owners who have rented out their flat as a short-term holiday let could invalidate the insurance of the whole block it was part of, according to a Swansea councillor.
Heatmap shows Cornwall areas with most second homes and holiday lets
// By: https://www.cornwalllive.com //
The proliferation of second homes and holiday lets in Cornwall has been shown clearly on a new heatmap which indicates some areas have up to 71% of properties being used in that way.