Founded in 1984, Schofields is a family run company specialising in holiday home insurance for properties in the UK, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Phil Schofield leads the marketing team and offers a wealth of industry knowledge to the Schofields blog and various online publications.
With over 10 experience managing holiday lets, Phil is an active member of the holiday letting and self-catering community, providing expert holiday letting advice, as well as essential holiday home marketing tips. His combination of insurance and marketing knowledge make him a key asset to the holiday rental industry.
Phil Schofield has been featured in The Telegraph, A Place In The Sun, The Daily Mail and many more!
To find out more about Schofields, check out the about us page.
Reading Time: 6 minutes The holiday lettings market is extremely crowded and competition for guests is intense. There are over 6 million listings on Airbnb worldwide and over 2 million holiday homes to rent around the world on Vrbo. To maximise your bookings, you need to make sure your listing ranks high in the Airbnb and Vrbo search results and stands out. In this …
Reading Time: 8 minutes Direct bookings can result in higher profits, more repeat guests and independence. However, millions of travellers book stays using online listing sites (OTAs), such as Vrbo, Airbnb, and Booking.com. These sites help you to find guests and provide the tech to take and manage bookings – but charge you and your guests for the privilege. Ideally, you want …
Reading Time: 6 minutes We all know that from time to time accidents happen and damage from paying guests comes with the territory when holiday letting. For a holiday home owner, it’s a major frustration when damage occurs as there’s an urgency to undertake repairs and replacements before the next guests arrive. The majority of breakages or damage will usually be a genuine accident, …
Reading Time: 7 minutes The internet has revolutionised how we book holidays, the whole process is quick and easy. However, this has made it easier for scammers to use sophisticated and convincing methods to trick travellers into paying for non-existent holidays. Often victims do not realise they have been scammed until the fraudster stops replying or worse, they arrive at the holiday accommodation to …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Bricks and mortar have always been a popular investment and buying a holiday home could be the perfect investment option. You’ll own a holiday cottage that you and your family can escape to, plus you could also make a profit by letting it out to holidaymakers. However, owning a holiday let is hard work, guests can be difficult and income …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Whilst the rise in short-term holiday lets had brought many benefits to the tourism sector and economy, it has also prompted a range of concerns. Consequently, the Government aims to address the impact that short-term lets can have on the housing market, local communities and anti-social behaviour from guests. There are also concerns that some hosts and holiday let landlords …
Reading Time: 11 minutes What is a holiday let rental agreement? While most guests are perfect, follow your rules and treat your holiday let as if it were their own home, there is, unfortunately, a small portion who may not respect your rules. Since it’s impossible to know how your guests will behave until they arrive, the most popular solution to protect your property …
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