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I am insured through I4me and just been on the phone with the brokers about the possibility of a claim from denial of access, as I4me said I should be covered. Having spoken to them, it would seem that I should be able to claim for cancelled (not postponed) trips that have been refunded, and bills e...

The form from my council was very basic- ref no from business rates, name address etc, vat no and companies house no (both N/A for me) and bank details. No mention of private usage. I received no notification of application and the grant was paid into my account about 2 weeks after filling in the fo...

Having just heard from another FHL owner who had asked their local council about the grant and been told that there was no mention of FHL's in the budget therefore they didn't think they'd be eligible, I have just rung my local council. Just rang the business rate department of my local council and ...

Yes, I didn't hear anything about start ups either. I heard a little more on the radio about it since posting this and it would seem that nobody really knows how we would get this yet (if we are eligible)- whether we would need to apply to the local council or it would happen automatically. I may co...

Can't find anything about this on the forums- apologies if I have missed it. The budget yesterday announced a £3000 cash grant for small business that have business rate relief... does this include holiday lets? If so I wonder how we go about claiming it

Hi, I am just setting up the online reservation and booking manager for my Promote my Place website, and also setting up a stripe account as part of the process. I am filling out the form to set up my stripe account and am not sure whether for the 'business address' they want the address of my holid...

Hi, should this one go straight into my spam with no reply do you think?? Good day Am Mr Hennessey Cooper and i will like to make inquiry on behave of four adult, i will like to know if your property will be available for three weeks in the bellow date,i will want you to get back to me to confirm th...

Has anybody supplied an amazon fire stick so that guests can access their own netflix account? It seemed like a good solution to me for the current guests who would like to access their netflix so I have offered to buy one tomorrow as I thought it could be a good thing to have at the cottage. Am now...

I have had a request for a longer term let from beginning Sep through to mid December for a local family having building work done on their home. I already have a short booking in Sep, and one in Oct which the family is happy for me to honour- they will vacate to family. They are also planning to go...

Thanks for the replies- I hadn't realised that you had the chance to accept or decline a booking with instant book? I had thought that with instant book the guest just makes the booking and its done- that's why I was a bit wary as at the moment without it enabled I can chose to decline a request or ...

Apologies if this has been asked before- I have had a quick search of the forums.... I have been listed on Airbnb for a year or so but have been too scared to use instant booking! I was wondering how many of you on Airbnb use the instant book- am I being over cautious? Not living on site I feel that...

Thanks all for your help- I am aware that I can't claim for my time- I sometimes use the washing machine at the cottage when doing a change over but usually use my machine at home, so wondered if there was a standard formula for doing laundry at home inclusive of electricity, water, detergent wear a...

Hi, I have been a bit quiet on here since going 'live' with my let a year or so ago! Am just getting my first years expenses together and seem to remember there is some kind of formula to use to work out expenses of doing laundry? I have been doing all the washing and ironing myself at home. Have tr...

Hi- should I offer a mid stay clean/ linen change half way through a 10 day booking? Thanks!

Hi Jeddy, I am new to all this too! As I started up in the colder months I tend to strip the beds immediately and not make them up again until soon before the next guests arrive- in the summer I think I'll make them up straight away ready for the next guests. I have my first departure and arrival on...