Let Your Lodge through Lake District Lodge Holidays

Lake District Lodge Holidays will take the hassle away from managing the bookings for your Holiday Lodge.....

Do you find you haven't really got the the time to deal with managing enquiries or bookings for your lodge let alone running it as professionally as you would like?

Would you like to ensure your Holiday Lodge continues to produce the maximum income possible from private holiday lets to cover at least your annual running costs?

Are you already using a larger cottage agency or park owner who charge a significant commission but don't deliver the level of bookings or service you expect?

Then speak to Mark or Simon at Lake District Lodge Holidays today on 015394 68032 or email info@lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk about how we can do all this at a very competitive commission rate. We have the expertise and knowledge of the Holiday Lodge rental market to manage your lodge in a way that gets results. The perfect partnership to get your lodge earning the income you need.

 

The perfect partnership to let your lodge with Lake District Lodge Holidays

 

About us

Lake District Lodge Holidays started in 2007 as a one lodge, one owner part-time operation. Due to significant demand for Waterside Lodge we passed enquiries and bookings to other owners and the concept of Lake District Lodge Holidays took shape.

Many owners have now joined Lake District Lodge Holidays through word of mouth and our now well established reputation based on the knowledge and understanding of the lodge rental market.

As lodge owners ourselves we understand everything that is required to let a lodge successfully - from the initial enquiry to after stay feedback and everything in between. This helps to deliver repeat bookings and guest referrals to secure future income (50%+ are repeat or referred guests at one of our lodges in 2012).

We now offer the biggest choice of holiday lodges and log cabins in the South Lakes area in one place and our website now regularly receives 10000 hits per month.

 

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Our services

Being a boutique agency and knowing our lodges intimately means we can offer a range of services tailored to each individual lodge owner depending on their needs. This recognises these will be different depending on the reasons for letting.

We offer three distinct levels of service with commission starting at just 15%.

1. Bookings Management – everything from an initial enquiry through to post stay correspondence.

2. Full Management – Bookings Management plus dealing with all aspects of running the lodge on behalf of owners.

3. Bookings Management and additional web exposure – building on our high organic google search rankings, we will get additional bookings to boost those which owners already have, but are perhaps struggling to fill dates even in peak times.

Owners can have as much or as little involvement in the bookings or day-to-day management of their lodge as they choose, depending on the level of service required. This is backed up by our processes and procedures and use of a state-of-the-art Online Booking System to deliver a superior service to owners and guests alike - quite simply to get the level of bookings required.

There are no up front costs - our set up fee is paid monthly from commissions earned reflecting our confidence in delivering results.

Key features and benefits*

All lodges will have a set of professional photographs and video through Ben Barden photography to show off your lodge brilliantly.

A set of professional pictures and video is arranged through Ben Barden

 

Opening hours - 10am to 7pm daily (except Christmas Day & New Years Day) to handle enquiries, bookings etc.

Full management will handle repairs, maintenance and snagging through approved contractors as required (with invoices direct to owners so no add-ons). On site visits on changeover days.

Housekeeping arranged via nominated cleaner.

Regular lodge inspections - ensure lodges conform to legislation and have required certifications (e.g Gas safety, PAT testing)

Widespread internet advertising for all lodges collectively through Lake District Lodge Holidays.

Easy to navigate website including on-line reservations which gets high organic search rankings on Google.

Highly personlised service to both owners and guests.

Ongoing advice to owners on all aspects of owning and renting a lodge.

Income paid to owners monthly with detailed summary.

 

*some or all of these depending on level of service required and confirmed at set up

 

Lake District Lodge Holidays - We know Holiday Lodges how to let and manage them.

Call Mark or Simon today on 015394 68032 or email info@lakedistrictlodgeholidays.co.uk to discuss how we can help you. We look forward to talking to you.

 

Wansfell View

 

A testimonial from one of our owners - Steve & Audrey McGing (owners of Wansfell View Lodge, Limefitt Park)

"When we first took the plunge and put pen to paper and finally owned our dream lodge in the Lakes, we started to think about how we could initially make enough money to cover the site fees and the up keep of the lodge, leaving plenty of time for ourselves and family to enjoy it.


First port of call was to plan how we could do this ourselves and the practicalities of this then dawned on us. Both in full time work how could we field calls from prospective renters ? Where would we advertise ? How would we arrange cleans ? How to deal with snagging as guests arrived and had teething problems (like a light bulb gone, can't tune TV, work central heating etc) ?


We didnt want to use the bigger letting agencies because they charged a fortune and also we thought we would be 'just another number'. So............We took a chance and went with Mark and Paula at Lake District Lodge Holidays initially just for the first year and ready to try something else if this did not work.

It worked!!! Mark has kept us pretty well fully booked for two years,we make a healthy profit on top of site fees and overheads and Mark sorts all our cleans,as well as dealing with guests from first point of contact to after visit feedback. And the income from rentals drops into our account every monthl.


We are still left with plenty of time to enjoy our lovely lodge with absolutely no stress knowing it is being managed professionally all the way by Mark & Paula. We know this from the glowing comments received in the guest book about their service as well as how well looked after the lodge is."

More references are available if required.

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