What are the risks involved in renting your Airbnb home? When you read this you may decide short term rentals are too much risk. Yes, there are risks. And you must be aware of them. As in life, you cannot insure against all risks. As a clever man said, “A boat is safe in the […]
Dear Minister of TourismThe other day Minister Hanekom said self catering rentals must not harm formal tourism ( more..) and he is considering more red tape to limit them. More red tape? This confuses me. I thought the Tourism Minister heard Pres. Ramaphosa when he said, “Tourism is the new gold in Africa.”Given Ramaphosa’s vision I […]
Read this review from Henry Whale who stayed at Meryl in Simonstown. “We were met at the property by Aureol, who was really really lovely and welcoming. She scooped up our 11 month old daughter and carried her as she showed us around this incredible property. Our first thoughts were that the photos don’t do […]
Great News! Agency.CapeHolidays has just been elected as SUPER Hosts. We have 504 reviews and counting at 4.9 out 5 scores. This means a lot. And because we are SuperHost it will bring more bookings. Many of our Cape Town homes are also classified as Airbnb Plus homes. I don’t know how many Plus Homes there […]
We all know the above quote from Lord Harold: location, location and location. With Airbnb dominating the short term rental market the same refrain applies. Today I don’t want to discuss your property’s physical location. This location is critical but fixed. Your “location” on the Airbnb website, when people search for properties like yours is […]
Dear Homeowner As you know your home is remarkable. If not we would not have it as part of our portfolio and we would not get such amazing reviews. But this doesn’t mean we can now relax. As I have said many times; Airbnb is making money for their own pocket and this does not […]
Dear Owner, Your home is remarkable. We know it. You know it. The current guests know it. But we can do even better. To do this we should overcome the following: Use the eyes and ears of the neighbourhood to keep us informed of anything that concerns your home. Very few guests ever misbehave – […]
A few days ago I read that Cape Town tourism has grown by 7.5% during the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to same time during 2016. You’ll agree that is huge. We have a water crisis, yet tourists are still flocking to Cape Town. Did you know that tourists only contribute 1% to the Cape […]
If you decide to buy an Airbnb Investment Property in Cape Town you can end up with a nondescript place like most on Airbnb (some of our other articles discuss how Airbnb has commoditized holiday rentals) or you can choose to be in the remarkable 20% who make proper money. The questions you can ask […]
I want to share a review with you that we got from a happy Airbnb guest who often returns to one of our Mouille Point Airbnbs. The aim of this article is discuss: How to increase short term annual income by either increasing rates or by improved occupancy? Or both? Most Airbnb management agencies and […]
