Holiday Cottage Handbook
Hosted by James Varley · James Varley | Host Planet
5.0from 20 ratings
- 414
- Episodes
- 115
- Transcribed
- 20
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 233K
- YouTube views
About Holiday Cottage Handbook
Host Planet: Expert Insights for Short-Term Rentals is the go-to podcast for short-term rental hosts, property managers, and vacation rental operators. Hosted by James Varley, each episode shares practical strategies on Airbnb hosting, holiday let management, direct bookings, revenue management, guest experience, and listing optimisation. If you run an STR or want to grow a smarter hosting business, Host Planet gives you actionable insights from leading voices in the industry.
- Publisher
- James Varley | Host Planet
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
115 of 414 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
From London to Global: Building a Short-Term Rental Cleaning Empire
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Automate Your Airbnb: What to Systemise vs What to Keep Human
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Avoid Double Bookings and Price Across Channels Like a Pro
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From London to Global: Building a Short-Term Rental Cleaning Empire
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Second thing is quality. You need to focus on quality. You need to focus on mastering one particular service, not necessarily thinking about how you're going to scale up adding more services to a portfolio or adding more areas. I think you need to master one service, specialize in a specific area, get those reviews and positive feedback ramped up, and then think about scaling, moving to a different area, different city, or a different country. You can always have that vision. But if you immediately think about growth, I think you're going to quickly realize that's not the most important thing and those are not the fundamentals in the beginning. […]
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- Georgi Georgiev
- Jannik Abraham
- Brise Carpenter
- Owen Burt
- Mark Krikke
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- YouTube views
- 232,928
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 14 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 68
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Who hosts Holiday Cottage Handbook?
James Varley host the show. Published by James Varley | Host Planet.
How often do new episodes come out?
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