NEWS & INSIGHTS

News & insights

Practical thinking for holiday-let owners and managers — based on the decisions StaysAlert encounters every day.

Pricing, availability, minimum stays, market evidence and the occasional product update.

Daily Action, explained

Future editorial themes include why an empty night doesn’t automatically mean discount; why advertised nightly rates are poor comparison evidence; what makes a holiday let genuinely comparable; when HOLD is the right pricing decision; and why price and minimum stay are different decisions.

Latest updates

  • We’re looking for a handful of good serviced-accommodation operators

    We’ve built StaysAlert because we operate short-stay accommodation ourselves. And we’re now looking for a small number of professional serviced-accommodation and holiday-let operators to put it through its paces on real properties. We’re particularly interested in independent operators managing around 10–50 properties. You probably already use a PMS. You may well use dynamic pricing. You…

  • Meet StaysAlert: know what needs changing every morning

    StaysAlert looks 30 days ahead, checks what guests could genuinely book instead, and gives holiday-let managers a clear Daily Action on price and minimum stay.