Let your property with Anchor Bay Holidays!
Anchor Bay holidays is owned and managed by Anthony and Kirstie Smith who have owned a property on the Bay since 2013 and who wanted to establish themselves as a modern, efficient, reliable and most importantly high value booking agent for owners on the Bay.
We are an award winning agency and have recently been awarded the Best Holiday Cottage Rental Service 2023 – North Yorkshire! We are always open to a discussion about your holiday home and how we can support you even if you are in the early stages of purchasing a property on The Bay or even just thinking about a holiday home. For 2024&5 we are seeking properties in all locations on the Bay – just get in touch if you want to discuss further.
Anchor Bay holidays is now the largest owner led independent agency (representing well in excess of 15% of the private holiday rentals in the village) on the Bay and with local representatives and access to a wide variety of trades we really do look after your property whilst maximising income for you!
Recognising Our Quality
Award Winning Company
Global Business Awards – 2023
In 2023 we were awarded “The Best Holiday Cottage Service 2023 – North Yorkshire” by the Corporate Vision Global Business Awards – you can read about our award here.
Booking.Com Award – 2024
We are delighted to have received a Booking.com award for traveller reviews – this was achieved in 2024 and we couldn’t be happier!
UK Business Awards 2024
In March 2024 we were awarded the “Travel Agency Retailer of the Year by the UK Business Awards in their Travel Awards.
Yorkshire Prestige Awards 2024/5
Self Catering Accommodation of the year
Corporate Vision Global Awards 2024
Best Holiday Cottage Rental Company 2024 – Yorkshire
Supporting Local Tourism
Discover Yorkshire Coast
We are a proud member of Discover Yorkshire Coast as a “Gold Award” member reflecting our commitment to the wider area and to provide our guests with links to activities and things to do across the coast.
Filey Tourism / Love to Visit
We are proud to support tourism in Filey and you can even see our advert in the tourist office window! Find out more about Filey at Filey Tourism. We are also pleased to offer guests access to Love to Visit – allowing them to book activities and days out with ease!
Tourism Bodies
PASC
We are a member of PASC – The Professional Association of Self Caterers reflecting the high standard of our offer. This means that we work with our owners to ensure that your holiday home meets or exceeds the UK requirements for furnished holiday lets.
Dog Friendly
We are a proud member of www.dogfriendly.co.uk where owners of fur balls can access discounts on our dog friendly properties.
Blue Light / Defence Discounts
We are proud to offer the blue light and defence discount cards using a wide reaching affiliate partnership to drive sales and purchases on our website. If you want to offer a larger discount for your property for Blue Light holders just let us know!
Why Anchor Bay?
We know there are a lot of booking agents operating across The Bay but they all charge large commissions and don’t advertise across a wide variety of platforms. In addition, we may be an owner ourselves but when we get an enquiry we allow the guest to choose their property and will never recommend one property over another.
With Anchor Bay Holidays, you get the following for only 10% commission (flat rate after VAT / fees)
- Advertising on your behalf across many systems including paid google and Facebook advertising as well as organic advertising
- Your property listed on multiple portals including Airbnb (super host for 8 years), VRBO, Booking.com, Holidu, Hometogo, Selfcater.com, Situ, Google Vacation Rentals and Discover Yorkshire Coast
- Your property listed on www.dogfriendly.co.uk with discount codes for dog owners
- Automated bookings of your clean / laundry service (as soon as a booking is made)
- Unlimited owner bookings (capped at one week in the summer holiday only and ALWAYS commission free)
- An account on Supercontrol – allowing you to keep track of bookings, and put your owner bookings on (auto booking of cleaning included)
- Full management of owner / guest communications including welcome emails and SMS messages etc and key management instructions
- Payment at the end of the month that we receive it or when the guest arrives
- 24/7 Guest and Owner helpline
- Membership of ABH Buying Club – Saving you money at many high street brands including Screwfix
- We can offer a “premium service” for a small additional fee – within this we will arrange all contractors, ensure your statutory obligations are met and even pay your cleaners for you!
- Free EV charging for you as owners (and your family) at our house
Compliance and Regulations
We know what you need to do to stay compliant. We are fully prepared and give your free software in order to comply with any future registration scheme. In addition, we offer:
- Full Access to “Your Compliance App” – allowing you to safely store your certificates (gas, insurance etc) ensuring you meet and registration scheme requirements in the future
- Your property checked in full every month (with compliance of the new Fire regs) with consumables such as light bulbs, batteries etc included for free in the check as well as utility readings!
- Access to property care app – allowing you to see, record and reference the changeover checks (and our free monthly check) ensuring your compliance with the new fire regulations
- Secure registration for the HMRC DAC7 data – ensuring you are compliant with new legislation from January 2025.
Tassimo Coffee and Drinks
Included in your agreement with us is a FREE Tassimo coffee machine (that we provide) allowing you and your guests to bring your own pods / discs which are available from most supermarkets and choose from Costa, Kenco, Cadbury and other favourite brand drinks!
Beach Bag and Gift
We also give each guest (and you) a cooler bag or beach bag and a seaside treat (subject to availability) with each booking so keep an eye out each time when you arrive for this treat!
Find out More and Register
Please contact Anthony or Kirstie on office@anchorbayholidays.uk and we will call you and talk you through our service.
