Aaron from cottages.com

This week’s meeting was led by Aaron from cottages.com, who gave us a lively and informative look behind the scenes of one of the UK’s best-known holiday rental brands. Aaron walked us through the scale of the business — part of the global Awaze group, with over 100,000 properties and 10 million nights booked across 83 countries last year.

Locally, cottages.com has offices in Windermere and Keswick, offering a fully managed service that includes housekeeping, maintenance, welcome packs and more. Aaron also covered flexible commission options, dynamic pricing (including automatic rate adjustments), and the value of longer bookings — with 66% of theirs being seven nights or more.

If you or someone you know is looking to simplify holiday let management — or just wants to list alongside big names like Airbnb and Booking.com — Aaron’s happy to chat.