Interior improvements to prepare your holiday let

A holiday let should provide a comfortable space consistent with its listing. Before replacing furniture or decorating, identify what limits the guest experience and which improvements suit your budget.

We therefore look at how interior design can help improve a holiday let’s earning potential.

Interior design: helping your holiday apartment attract bookings

Travellers value different things depending on their stay: rest, location, workspace or family facilities. Design should serve the audience your property can realistically accommodate.

Details may distinguish a home but do not guarantee occupancy. Compare equivalent properties and do not confuse an attractive photograph with proven financial performance.

What does a traveller want from a holiday apartment?

Guests often look for an affordable price, but sometimes prefer to pay a little more for a more attractive home or one with thoughtful details that make a difference.

If you operate a holiday let, research your local market. Some rentals will be cheaper and others more expensive per night, but are they genuinely better than what you offer? If bookings are difficult to secure, the interior may be one area to review.

Interior design tips to consider

Many guests place considerable value on appearance when choosing holiday accommodation. They look beyond price and want an appealing space, so it can be worth allocating a budget, even a modest one, to the interior.

Fresh paint, suitable lighting, a comfortable sofa or well-maintained furniture can improve the whole property. Obtain quotations and prioritise changes that solve a particular need; costs will not always be small, and returns are not guaranteed.

Would you like support with home staging?

If you want to prepare the property for marketing, ask Alehost about available preparation and interior design support. Before commissioning it, agree the work, budget, timetable and who will carry it out.

Plan improvements and the time required without compromising bookings. Afterwards, check whether they reduce incidents, improve comfort-related reviews or help present the accommodation more effectively.

Can we help you improve the interior?

Improvements in order of usefulness

• Sleep quality: check mattresses, pillows, blackout arrangements and noise before adding decoration.
• Daily use: check sockets, hangers, kitchenware, bedside surfaces and luggage space.
• Lighting: combine general lighting with reading and work lights.
• Maintenance: choose washable textiles, repairable items and durable finishes.
• Presentation: organise the space and take photographs that accurately show the layout.

Record each improvement’s cost, the need it addresses and how you will evaluate the result. Keep useful improvements even if they are not the most eye-catching in a photograph.

Explore Alehost’s holiday let management and discuss what preparation your property needs.