{"id":40483,"date":"2025-02-18T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dream-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40483"},"modified":"2025-02-18T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:06:20","slug":"dorset-holiday-letting-review-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dream-cottages.co.uk\/blog\/dorset-holiday-letting-review-and-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorset Holiday Letting Review and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over 60 owners and guests attended Dream Cottages\u2019<\/a> sold-out information evening in February based on Dorset holiday letting, which saw a staycation review and predictions.<\/p>\n

With an action-packed evening of guest speakers, evening guests also heard holiday let insights from 2024 and predictions for 2025. Last year, Dream Cottages alone brought 30,000 guests to Dorset on holiday (plus some of their pets), with a summer occupancy rate of 83%.<\/p>\n

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An overview of the holiday letting market<\/h2>\n

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The Dream Cottages and Lyme Bay Holidays team revealed they are collectively the first holiday let agencies in the industry to offer flexible cancellation terms at no cost to their owners, thanks to Sykes Cottages new terms.<\/p>\n

Guests to the evening enjoyed learning about booking trends including how 29% of bookings were made within 4 weeks of travel and 40% of bookings were for short breaks.<\/p>\n

2024 bookings were made up of 40% couples, 31% families, 27% adult groups and 2% solo travellers.<\/p>\n

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Most booked locations for staycations in Dorset<\/h2>\n

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According to the Sykes Cottages 2024 Staycation Index<\/a>, Dorset was he 9th most popular staycation destinations in 2024, according to consumer research of 2,000 UK adults.<\/p>\n

Following this, Weymouth was the number 1 most popular locations for summer 2024 bookings with Lyme Regis ranking 6th out of 10.<\/p>\n

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Bookings review and predictions<\/h2>\n

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In the past 12 months, we at Dream Cottages have seen some notable changes in the way that customers book, their intentions and what they desire from their holiday.<\/p>\n

Dream Cottages, part of Sykes Cottages<\/a>, data showed that top three most desirable features when looking to stay in Dorset and Devon were:<\/p>\n

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  1. A sea view<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Although always popular, we received a 6% increase in clicks to pages on our website for properties containing \u201csea views.\u201d Searches for \u201cluxury sea views\u201d also grew by 140% in 2023.<\/p>\n

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    1. Parking<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Off-road parking is one of the most popular features on our website. The phrase \u201cself-catering in Weymouth with Parking\u201d gets an average of 90 Google searches per month.<\/p>\n

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      1. Close distance to a beach or town<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        In our recent study, 34% of people said they consider proximity to a beach when booking a property. Customers also consider proximity to a supermarket or shop (33%) and pub (25%).<\/p>\n

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        Holiday Letting in Dorset<\/h2>\n

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        Domestic tourism currently boosts the UK economy by \u00a328 billion each year, with over \u00a37 billion of this spend in the South West \u2013 predominately in rural areas which outweighs other regions.<\/p>\n

        To find out more about Dorset\u2019s leading holiday let agencies Dream Cottages and Lyme Bay Holidays, download your free owner pack<\/a> to get your free pricing appraisal and book a no-obligation free property visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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