Resources

Articles guides and best practice info

How to child-proof your holiday home 24-May-2010

Want to attract family groups? Make it child-friendly and you’ll encourage repeat bookings and word-of-mouth recommendations.

Read article

How to screen (vet) your guests 17-Feb-2010

Screening renters is a real skill. Here’s how to minimise risk by picking the right guests.

Read article

How to give your place the pet-friendly tick 13-Sep-2009

If your holiday home is well set up for pets, it will quickly get a good reputation amongst dog owners who often feel deprived of good pet-friendly accommodation.

Read article

Getting on with the business of Holiday Rental 19-Dec-2011

Whether you’re a newbie rental owner or a seasoned manager, there is no doubt that the short term rental market brings with it a bewildering array of considerations; some legal, and some just plain common sense!

Read article

Opinion blog entries and newsletters

Extras and how to improve your ranking (newsletter) 28-Feb-2012

This month we've been heads-down bottoms-up on a big website release. In the interim you may have noticed some ease-of-use improvements. We'll keep chipping away at these over time. We know they make a big difference - and we're hearing this from you.

Read article

Getting Pet-Friendly (newsletter) 26-Jan-2012

Aussies are a massive pet-owning nation with 63% of households owning a pet of some sort and over half owning a dog and/or cat.

Read article

Christmas 2011 Cheque Fraud attempt (Scam Alert) 05-Jan-2012

As an owner or manager of a holiday rental, you need to be aware of possible scams that affect your business. Scams of various types have been around for years, but every so often there is a lift in sophistication - so it pays to keep us with what’s happening. Here are details of a scam attempted on Bookastay Australia users during Christmas 2011. Whilst the specifics may not be repeated on you, there are some important traits that will help you spot a scammer.

Read article

Older posts

  1. Merry Christmas! (Newsletter) - 20-Dec-2011
  2. The power of feedback (Newsletter) - 30-Nov-2011
  3. Starting our engines (Newsletter) - 31-Oct-2011
  4. Spring cleaning (Newsletter) - 30-Sep-2011
  5. Kicking-off (Newsletter) - 09-Aug-2011
  6. Welcome aboard HolidayRentals! - 15-Jul-2011
  7. Bookastay Australia launched - 21-Jun-2011

Get a website

Get a top-notch website at a fraction of the cost of developing your own from scratch! - [More]

Property Managers: Use our API!

Save time and money by leveraging the tools that Bookastay has already developed. Get your web developer to use our API. Plus it's FREE! - [More]

Got a website? Use our web-widgets

Integrating Bookastay into your own website is quick and easy using these handy web-widgets. - [More]