Our story
The better way surfaced by the sea
Our holiday Hosts have made so many owners both happier and wealthier since the start (50,000 high-scoring guests too!).
The idea for HolidayHost surfaced on a beach in 2020, with cousins James and Josh. They envisioned a different kind of holiday rental business for owners and guests. One that draws on traditional hospitality values familiar to the cousins, like community and putting the customer first. A business that would bridge the gaps between online travel agents like Airbnb, the holiday home owner and the local community.
As our pioneering model reaches new owners and Hosts, we see how their lives benefit and how our service can help far and wide. In 2025, that vision was recognised, HolidayHost received the Airbnb Award for Excellence for earning more Guest Favourite badges than any other large professional host in Northern Europe.
The new way to holiday let
Greater holiday property enjoyment and wealth
Real differences exist in our method of co-hosting compared to traditional holiday home management. So, how are we making co-hosting successful for our Owners?
Uniquely at the heart of our communities
The unique relationship integral to HolidayHost, existing between our Hosts at the heart of their holiday home community and our expert technical team at our Devon headquarters, achieves top holiday property reviews, valuable quality badges for owners and Airbnb hosts / Vrbo hosts, higher average booking values and lower costs of running a holiday let.
Breaking the mould on transparency, for Owners
Co-hosting is a growing term for our type of holiday home management, although it’s a very different method from any kind of holiday property management. Compared to the traditional letting management agency methods, co-hosting is exceptionally transparent: every guest communication, Airbnb / Vrbo communication, review, transaction, 247 365, all available to owners and retained by the owners on your Airbnb profile in perpetuity. The industry can enjoy a fresh high standard of customer care with our co-host approach to holiday rental management and Airbnb management: co-hosting holiday homes.
Fresh perspective on Owners’ profit
Our profit-oriented look at bookings, accounting for changeover cleaner costs and other holiday let costs, achieves our owners a greater net income. Setting minimum booking values, resisting premature algorithmic discounting arising from last-minute bookings, these are just some of the ways our holiday home and Airbnb owners know that they’re achieving more net income with us as co-hosts compared to traditional letting agent methods.
An industry leading fee
By harnessing our special relationships with Airbnb and Vrbo, our co-hosting method is streamlined, enabling our industry-leading commission fee of 9%+vat. Leaning on a holiday home co-host or Airbnb co-host like us, versus a letting agent, brings higher holiday home revenue and lower holiday let costs to owners.
Noted from our journey
Kind words from our owners, their guests and our communities
"First class customer service"
“First class customer service and great properties. Always available with a friendly can do attitude. Thoroughly recommend these guys.”
"Saving our holiday"
“We arrived to find our booked holiday let had been double booked at no fault of HolidayHost. Over the space of two hours they worked their socks off and found us a wonderful upmarket let at no additional cost to ourselves, saving our holiday. They could not have been more helpful. The service was exceptional and definitely 5 star. Thank you.”
"Professional and care"
“HolidayHost are great to work with, professional and care about what they do.”