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Let your property with Anchor Bay Holidays!

Anchor Bay holidays is owned and managed by Anthony and Kirstie Smith who themselves have a property on the Bay 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!

Anchor Bay holidays is now the biggest owner led independent agency (representing well in excess of 10% 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

In 2023 we are delighted to have been awarded “The Best Holiday Cottage Rental Service 2023 – North Yorkshire” reflecting our amazing customer service and dedication to value and quality. We would love you to join us on our journey and look forward to hearing from you soon.

PASC Member

We are a member of PASC – The Professional Association of Self Caterers reflecting the high standard of our offer.

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 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 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 VRBO, AirBNB and others
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 – even on balances received 8 weeks prior to check in – making cashflow significantly better for you
24/7 Guest and Owner helpline
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 and record the changeover checks and ensuring your compliance with the new fire regulations
We can offer a “premium service” for a small fee – within this we will arrange all contractors, ensure your statutory obligations are met and even pay your cleaners for you!

As part of our “premium service”, we can arrange electrical checks, fire checks, gas checks etc but please note this will incur a small amount of extra commission
We also have priority access to an expert trades who can do essential maintenance such as sink waste replacement, plastering etc and even full decorating and full kitchen / bathroom refurbishments
We can arrange deep cleaning, linen hire, laundry and housekeeping of your property with a fantastic local company
We will even “wait in” for trades / BT / deliveries (for a small fee)

We TAKE LESS commission – market leading 10%
You get YOUR money at the end of the month we receive it
We CARE for your house as if it were our own
We NEVER prioritise our own house over others both in advertising and pricing
We operate FLEXIBLE check in times / days – to maximise bookings whilst minimising wear and tear
We have a PERSONAL relationship with you as the owner as well as the guests

You are legally responsible to provide a quality experience as advertised (i.e. we want you to be proactive and maintain and love your holiday home)
You will need to ensure all compliance checks, gas safety checks etc are undertaken as well as the provision of working smoke alarms etc
You will need to maintain your property to an agreed standard – e.g. making sure all inventory items are complete / decor is up to date (although this can be organised for a small increase in commission)

We work with you and professional partners to ensure your Fire Risk Assessment is in place (and owned by you)
We check your property every month and record this on an industry leading app – property care – with you receiving a pdf of this check for your records
All our cleaning teams use our property care app to record turnover cleans and ensure your compliance – with you receiving a pdf of each turnover check for your records ensuring your compliance
We have a panel of trades who can get your property ready for the new regulations including electricians, fire risk assessment experts and joiners etc

Fill in our registration form and we will be in touch!

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.