Vacation Rental Event: Panel of Experts
Key Takeaways
- Watch the replay!
- We invited Booking.com and The Edinburgh Address to join our panel
- Topics included attracting bookings, reducing cancellations, starting-up
- We also covered SEO, reviews, legislation and listing information.
Bookster Vacation Rental Managers Meetup: Panel of Experts
Listen to the question and answers from the holiday rental experts at the Bookster February 2020 event
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Bookster invited special guests from global channel Booking.com and Property Manager The Edinburgh Address to share their thoughts on the hottest topics happening right now.
Do you have tips for a newbie wanting to start-up?
Bookster Vacation Rental Managers Meet-up
In February 2020 we invited the following speakers to present at our Vacation Rental Managers Meet-up.
- Robin Morris, Director, Bookster property management software
- Lucy Aitken, Booking Home Partner Manager, Booking.com
- Alan Bulloch, Senior Account Manager, Booking.com
- Lyle Markle, Art Director, Bookster
- Davide Tedesco, Marketing Executive, The Edinburgh Address & Adore Scotland
They answered questions from our audience of holiday rentals managers from across Scotland.
Questions for February 2020 panel:
- How can I get more bookings during sporting events - like the Rugby? (0.34)
- How can I reduce cancellations? (12.20)
- Do you have tips for a newbie wanting to start-up? (24.0)
- How can I get more traffic to my website? (32.30)
- How to use SEO if other websites are using the same keywords? (40.0)
- How to respond to or remove bad reviews? (44.30)
- Given the pending changes to the holiday scene....What steps are people taking to address moving to a new audience? (49.45)
- How can we get reviews and first guests cheaply? Can we get friends or family to stay and book cheaply with a discount? (56.20)
- How much information should my listing display? (61.02)
Thank you to all the attendees and guest speakers at the Bookster Vacation Rental Managers Meet-up in February 2020.
Bookster runs panels and invites industry experts to speak at the regular events, held online and in-person. These are important to build awareness and share knowledge within the industry.
