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The Boostly Podcast

Turning Stays into Stories: A Host’s Journey to Creating Memories

The Boostly Podcast

Mark Simpson

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Boostly Podcast Episode 747. stayfi.com/boostly Discount code: BOOSTLY  https://www.hostfully.com/boostly/ In this episode of the Boostly podcast, we hear the inspiring story of Andy Cheetham, owner and managing director of The Terrace Windermere. Host Liam and Andy discuss how the Boostly podcast empowered Andy to transform his business from relying almost entirely on OTAs to achieving a significant share of direct bookings. Andy shares detailed insights into his property journey, innovative tech stack, and the critical strategies he's implemented to boost his bookings. The conversation also covers heartwarming anecdotes, the importance of having a strong and passionate team, and valuable lessons learned from years in the industry. This episode is a treasure trove of actionable advice for anyone in the short-term rental business looking to drive more direct bookings and improve their operations. www.theterracewindermere.co.uk orrestheadhouse.co.uk https://Boostly.co.uk https://Boostly.co.uk/5steps https://instagram.com/boostlyuk https://Boostly.co.uk/podcast

Transcript

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0:00.0

Want to take control of your bookings and find some independence from Airbnb,

0:04.3

Meet STAFI, the game changer in guest data collection and marketing.

0:09.0

Now, STAFI have been around for a while, I've talked about a lot lot but let me just delve into a little bit more

0:14.9

about what Stafai is and it does. So remember the last time you went into a coffee shop and you wanted to use

0:20.7

the Wi-Fi. What did you have to do to get the Wi-Fi?

0:25.0

You had to give him your email.

0:26.7

Stafi works exactly like that

0:29.2

but for your short-term rental or your medium-term rental

0:31.6

or your medium- term rental business.

0:32.6

And the beauty of it is that you don't just get the lead

0:36.1

buckers details, you get the whole pie.

0:39.1

And this is fantastic because of a stay of maybe four people coming at your property you've not just

0:44.9

got one email one piece of data you've got four and this is so important to

0:50.1

boost in your direct bookings is to build a solid database. Now after the stay, stay fighting,

0:56.4

encourage you to keep in contact with your guests and they give you the tools to

1:00.9

do so as well. They've got email, they've got it, and it's all

1:05.6

automated. Now I reached out to Stay Fatty and I asked them what can you do for the

1:11.6

Boosley peeps? What can you do for the Boosley people's what can you do for the Boosley crowd and they have given us 50% off your first three months now that's an exclusive now to do that you need to go to stayfi dot com forward slash boostly be oh oh sta pha is

1:26.8

sta y f i dot com when you're signing up you got to put the discount code in

1:31.6

boostly be oh oh s tlai then you get 50% up you've got to put the discount code in Boostly, B-O-S-T-O-Y.

1:34.0

Then you get 50% off your first three months.

1:36.6

Out of every vendor, every supplier, everybody that we have recommended over the years,

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