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: 13 minutes One of the most important aspects of managing a holiday let is communicating with potential and existing guests. The emails and messages that you send demonstrate to guests that you are an attentive host who cares. However, writing emails to keep every guest informed and answering the same questions over and over can be one of the most time-consuming tasks. …
Reading Time: 7 minutes Holiday homes that offer added extras are a huge draw for holidaymakers, often increasing occupancy and income. One feature on the ‘must have’ list for holidaymakers is a hot tub. It’s somewhere people can relax in every season. However, there are some drawbacks. Not only is it a substantial investment, but hot tubs also require a lot of maintenance, plus you …
Reading Time: 5 minutes Whether you are just starting out renting your holiday cottage or already run a successful holiday let, ensuring that you provide all the essential amenities your guests need will help prevent negative reviews and delight guests who return again and again. After all, guests will have chosen your holiday let over a hotel because of the ‘home from home’ experience …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Latest news and changes The council tax, business rates and licensing rules for second homes and holiday lets are evolving. This is due to the Governments concerns that the rise in second homes and holiday lets in rural communities is leading to a shortage of affordable housing for locals. We will update this page with the latest changes to the …
Reading Time: 7 minutes There has been a rapid growth in the ownership of electric vehicles [EVs] in the last few years, with over 1.1 million fully electric cars and over 1.8 million plug-in hybrids on UK roads. This inevitably means that a proportion of guests will travel to a holiday let in an EV or hybrid car. There’s a huge demand for holiday …
Reading Time: 10 minutes Why you should create a welcome book Sometimes when we know our holiday home and the area so well, we can take things for granted and forget what it felt like when we were new to the area. We forget that to our guests the whole place is unfamiliar having never stayed before. One of the easiest and most effective …
Reading Time: 9 minutes So, you’re looking to hire a holiday home letting agent. This probably means one of several things: either you are new to the business, you’ve realised you don’t have the time to manage your holiday let, or perhaps you’ve realised it takes a lot more expertise than you’ve got for your holiday let to reach its full potential. The task …
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