We’re holiday letting agents with a team of local property managers, housekeepers and maintenance. We also offer advertising-only and also full management options for property owners.
Letting from Busy Bees Ltd was founded on the belief in two principles. Firstly, for holidaymakers, it is incredibly difficult to trust that the place you have chosen to stay is as good as you hope for when you’re looking online. The second, for the owners of the finest holiday properties, it is becoming increasingly difficult to stand out from the crowd. Your choice is either to sign up to a lettings agent with a ‘stack-em-high’ attitude and restrictive clauses or to go it alone and wrestle with the time-consuming and technical burden.
Letting from Busy Bees aims to solve both of those issues and bring a fresh perspective to holiday lettings. Our values embody the belief that holiday letting should be done better.
For holidaymakers, we bring you a handpicked selection of the finest UK holiday lets that we can personally vouch for. After a thorough vetting process, we only offer properties that are in the top 20% of the UK. If we don’t think they deserve to make the cut, we won’t include them in our selection. These are the quirkiest, most comfortable, luxurious properties in the best locations. They could be idyllic country boltholes with open fires or large modern holiday homes next to the beach and ideal for family get-togethers. Each one must be special in its own right. Because in many of them we employ, train and manage our own housekeepers and maintenance staff, we are able to additionally pledge that your stay will be of the finest quality. We are always on hand.
To owners, we promise to showcase your property in the best light. We don’t offer restrictive contracts – it’s your special home after all, and we go above and beyond the existing crop of lettings agents and listings sites to offer you an unrivalled range of services which you can check out here.
All of this, for both our owners and for our holidaymakers, is done with a personal touch. Dedicated account managers and friendly, knowledgeable staff are always on hand. Underneath the personal approach to holiday letting and underpinning everything we do is market-leading technology that provides safe and secure payments and flexible, straightforward booking policies.
If you would like to know anything about us or how we could help you find your next great getaway, please do get in touch! We’d love to hear from you!
Our services
We’re here to help all types of holiday let owner. We help you get more bookings with no hassle. An example of the services we offer:
✓ Extensive online and offline marketing
✓ Pricing optimisation
✓ Professional photography & home staging
✓ Security deposits
✓ Cleaning & changeovers
✓ Linen & laundry
✓ Maintenance
✓ 24/7 callouts
Professional photography:
The photos are what sells your house to guests. We use professional photographers and invest in 360 degree panoramic interactive photographs to present your property in the best light.
Property maintenance:
We can take care of the little things that crop up during the course of the year. No fuss
Cleaning & Changeovers:
We can supply trained, diligent, trustworthy housekeepers with attention to detail. We back it up with bespoke technology that ensures checklists are always done and photos taken before and after every clean. For those opting for the fully managed option, services such as cleaning, laundry and maintenance are charged at cost. We can either pay these additional services directly on your behalf from your client account or we liaise directly with the provider to organise the changeovers with the invoices paid by you.The separate costs of the cleaning, laundry & maintenance differs by region and property size – we can provide a full quote for these once we’ve visited the property.
Marketing your properties:
Getting you bookings is what we are here to do. On the Letting from Busy Bees website, on Google, through partner portals across UK and Europe.
Booking management:
We process the payments, manage security deposits, liaise with guests, collect reviews, administer cancellations and amendments and synchronise calendars.
Linen & Laundry:
Washing, drying and ironing all your sheets and towels and returning them to the house on time for the next booking from professional lining company.
Discounts to owners:
Letting from Busy Bees partners with a whole host of trade suppliers to offer owners wholesale prices on anything from linen and beds to furniture and bulbs.
Personal contacts:
You’ll get a dedicated account manager as a single point of contact throughout your tenure with Letting from Busy Bees . No call centres and impersonal service – we put you at the heart of what we do. We are only happy when you’re happy.
We know all of the benefits below are important, and that’s why we offer them as standard, to all owners.
1. Security deposits taken on all bookings.
It’s our duty to do everything we can to minimise wear and tear in your property. Unlike other agencies, Letting from Busy Bees charges a security deposit automatically as standard on all bookings. This encourages good behaviour and helps protect you in the rare occurrences of guest breakages.
2. Unlimited owner bookings
It’s your property – take as many weeks as you like in your holiday home for no penalty, at any time of the year. This does exactly what it says on the tin!
3. Payments
Finest Retreats doesn’t sit on booking income that is rightfully yours. We transfer all booking revenues owed to you on monthly basis.
4. Weekly pricing review for yield maximisation
In a competitive market, keeping an eye on your prices is crucial. When demand is strong and capacity is low, we will increase your prices to boost your income. Similarly, when weeks are proving unpopular with holidaymakers we will spot the trend and dynamically change prices to boost your occupancy.
5. Bespoke P&L forecasts
Letting from Busy Bees focuses on maximising your profits as an owner. We use that information to properly price the out of season bookings and always ensure you’re in the black even for the winter short breaks.
7. A single point of contact
Nobody knows your property as well as you do. With a familiar face, you can rest easier in the knowledge that a dedicated person is always looking out for you.
8. Owners logins
You are in control. Always. Login online to manage your property and view all future booking details.
9. Free property gradings
Every property is graded to recognised tourist board standards free of charge.
10. Health and safety advice
Starting out can be a minefield for owners. We handhold you through the process of completing the necessary risk assessments using our templates and trained staff.
11. Attracting foreign guest
UK lets are incredibly popular with holidaymakers from Europe. Letting from Busy Bees who actively promote your property on all major portals.
We make it as simple as possible to work with Letting from Busy Bees . If your property is ready, then once you’ve got in touch you could be listed in a matter of days. Even if you’re not quite ready, still in development, refurb or furnishing stage then arrange a visit and we’ll be happy to lend our advice free of charge.
Get in touch
Give us a call
Property visit
We’ll come and meet you at the property to introduce ourselves properly. We’ll provide pricing and income projections and if you’re still redeveloping offer some advice on refurb & furnishings.
Start getting bookings
We will get the listings written, accounts created on the portals, your own property website created, housekeepers arranged and ready to start taking bookings within a week.
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