Partners for Business

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed 1.4 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

Online Booking Management System

Bookalet is a comprehensive online booking management solution specifically developed for the self-catering holiday home rental market. It provides a suite of tools to help promote your business and manage every aspect of the letting process once a booking has been made.

Bookalet has been developed by people who understand the holiday home lettings business. We have worked in the industry, we have our own holiday homes and we are experienced in developing online systems to help promote and manage bookings.

We strive to offer unparalleled customer service and we pride ourselves on the flexibility of the system which means Bookalet is just as suitable for a single rental property as it is for an agency with several hundred properties to promote and manage.

Booking.com was founded in the Netherlands in 1996. It aims to bring together travellers from across the world with a wide range of accommodation and travel options, with short term accommodation an important and growing part of its business. Booking.com has offices in Edinburgh as well as Manchester (its UK HQ), London and Bristol.

A Scottish law firm with national and international capability, Brodies has a reputation for uncompromising quality, expertise and innovation. With over 750 staff operating from our bases across Scotland, Brodies offers a talented team of lawyers that services virtually all sector in the UK economy.

Cottages.com is the UK’s leading provider of holiday cottages and luxury homes and offers more than 21,000 places to stay in the UK. From coastal retreats to country castles, the brand is home to a number of unique, inspiring collections, curated by our experts, and helps over 1.45 million guests and more than 163,000 pets find their perfect break every year. With over 40 years’ experience helping owners let their property successfully, Cottages.com is a friendly, UK-based company, available to our owners and customers 7 days a week via telephone, email or webchat.

Experts in Hospitality Mortgages – The Cumberland Building Society specialise in mortgages for the tourism and hospitality sector. We can consider cases many other lenders don’t and lend throughout the UK and certain Scottish Islands. If you are buying a hospitality property or want to see if we can offer a better deal on your current property, speak to us about our personal, flexible service and products. Our professionally qualified team of advisers will work with you to understand your business and individual circumstances.

DM Hall is an industry recognised firm of Chartered Surveyors with a large network of offices across Scotland. The firm has over 100 fully qualified surveyors, specialising in the full spectrum of residential and commercial services.

We are a major provider of Home Reports, including EPCs, and can provide all other industry recognised residential reports. Our commercial department offers the full range of valuation services and has its own commercial agency department. In addition we have specialists in other areas including building surveying, architectural services, planning, property enquiry certificates as well as our rural team, based in Bridge of Allan.

DM Hall has a clear commitment to providing exceptional levels of service and has maintained the prestigious ISO 9001:2015, company-wide quality standard. This, combined with a rating of Excellent on Trustpilot, should underline to ASSC members that they’re in very safe hands.

Capital Allowances Specialists:

Eureka identify and help unlock hidden tax relief in self-catering properties that owners are unaware of, and accountant cannot/have not claimed. Unbeknown to many owners, they can be entitled to claim tens of thousands of pounds in tax savings and cash refunds on the ‘embedded fixtures’ in their property. Eureka offer a free forensic review to ensure all capital allowances are captured and owners do not miss out.

With over 35 years of experience, holidaycottages.co.uk is now one of the leading names in UK holiday rentals, and the flagship of Travel Chapter – home to a unique network of award-winning brands which includes Cottages & Castles and Canine Cottages.

From cosy shepherds’ huts to impressive castles, we have over 15,000 properties letting with us across the UK, including over 730 in Scotland. Having received a Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award as well as excellent ratings across Feefo and Trustpilot, guests can be confident in our customer service as well as in the quality of the accommodation.

As for our owners, we recognise that they are as special as the properties they own, which is why we offer the local support of dedicated property account managers who work with their owners to maximise the success of their properties.

Insurance

Howden, formally Bruce Stevenson, is an international insurance group made up of talented experts with the freedom and support to do what we do best. We are united by a shared passion and together, we are working to change the insurance narrative – supporting our clients while using insurance as a tool to increase resilience for individuals, businesses, and communities.

From small seasonal businesses to the large stately homes, we pride ourselves in arranging bespoke cover to suit your insurance requirements.

Our current portfolio includes everything from wooden chalets to city apartments and country estates. Some have very simple requirements, whilst others have staff, leisure facilities and additional business interests on-site.

Howden is a significant supporter of the hospitality and tourism sector in Scotland. We are brokers to many holiday-let providers across the country and we’re proud to be partners for business with the Association of Scotland’s Self Caterers (ASSC).

If you need protection for your self-catering business, please give us a call, we would be delighted to assist you.

Interhome has been professionally managing holiday homes and apartments for nearly 60 years, offering a comprehensive network of services across Scotland and Europe. They collaborate with a large channel of booking partners to ensure the best return for your property. From creating the listing and handling bookings to managing the property and supporting guests throughout their stay, they take care of everything. Their guests primarily come from mainland Europe, seeking their perfect getaway in Scotland. Their local staff and offices in Drumnadrochit and Aviemore provide expert local knowledge and support, with more areas to be added soon. If you are interested in reaching a new market, please feel free to get in touch.

Key Data is committed to being the most trusted global solution of short-term rental market data, unlocking expert insights for every property manager, destination marketing organisation, hotelier, and tourism business.

By utilizing our intuitive dashboards, short-term rental professionals can access over forty key metrics they need to make data-driven decisions for their organisation. From strengthening communications with stakeholders to confidently adapting to changing market trends, Key Data’s insights provide industry leaders with the actionable insights they need to achieve their goals.

Key Data aggregates historical and forward-looking data in real-time providing the hospitality industry with in-depth performance analysis and comparative data to understand your position in the market and areas for improvement.

Pure Utilities is a Licensed Provider of Water and Waste Water services to non-household customers in Scotland. We have extensive experience supplying self-catering properties, providing mains services to thousands of like-minded customers. Our people are big on providing first class customer service and focused on providing better value to your business. We’re passionate about treating customers fairly and improving the industry to benefit the consumer.

Licence and Planning Consultants

STL Solutions is a collaborative group of industry experts, composed of members of the Judicial Review team, together with an experienced team of lawyers and planning consultants.

The six Local Authorities we service are: Edinburgh, Glasgow, East Lothian, Fife, Aberdeen, and Highlands.

Anyone operating any form of short-term accommodation or a self-catering property in these areas, can benefit from STL Solutions, including:

• Secondary letting – properties you let out full time (self-catering)
• Home letting (renting out your home when away)
• Home sharing (B&B or letting a room in your home)

In recognition of the part that all backers made to the Judicial Review, the Petitioners have secured a 10% discount on the service provided by STL Solutions. Just mention that you contributed to the fundraising when getting in contact.

SuperControl is recognised as the leading all-in-one property management system and channel manager in the UK and Ireland. Its mission is to bring simplicity to the self-catering world.

The system offers tools that increase your control, save you time and make you more money.

SuperControl offers simplification and automation, committed to enhancing the hosting experience for its users.

Earn with SuperControl’s ‘Refer & Earn’ Programme: Make a referral to SuperControl and get £100 as a thank you gift when your referral joins! Know someone overwhelmed with managing bookings? Help them save time and regain control.  Click here to refer and earn.

Sykes Holiday Cottages is one of the UK’s leading and fastest-growing independent holiday cottage rental agencies, offering over 19,000 holiday homes from property owners across the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. From romantic cosy cottages for two to larger properties that sleep 20 or more – couples, families and reuniting friendship groups can find something to suit them with Sykes.

Founded 30 years ago, Sykes Holiday Cottages is also one of the best-known travel brands, having won the British Travel Award for Best Large Holiday Cottage Booking Company for eight consecutive years.

VisitScotland’s purpose is to grow and develop the sustainable economic benefit of tourism to Scotland’s visitor economy.  Working closely with individual businesses, public agencies, local authorities and other tourism stakeholders to help achieve this through marketing activities, Quality Assurance (grading scheme) advice, partnership initiatives and events … to name but a few!

In 1995, Vrbo introduced a new way for people to travel together, pairing homeowners with families and friends looking for places to stay. We were grounded in one purpose: To give people the space they need to drop the distractions of everyday life and simply be together. Since then, we’ve grown into a global community of homeowners and travellers, with unique properties around the world. Vrbo makes it easy and fun to book cabins, condos, beach houses and every kind of space in between.

Vrbo is part of Expedia Group and offers homeowners and property managers exposure to over 750 million visits to Expedia Group sites each month. To learn more, visit www.vrbo.co.uk/lyp

WYM Rating is an independent Scottish business, specialising in all aspects of business rates advice. With many time-sensitive statutory processes and procedures, our team can guide you through all the growing complexities of the business rates environment from rates proposals/ appeals, billing issues and annual returns.