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Property Management and Consultancy Services

Adore Scotland offers exclusive holiday let services to help you grow.
We are specialists in marketing luxury homes, providing services to reduce your admin work & deliver first-class guest services.
In our Adore Academy, we use coaching techniques, expertise and mindful support to help you succeed.

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed 1.4 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

FIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS are now compulsory for Short Term Lets. Fire Safety-Fire fighting equipment and everything else in between! We can provide cost effective services to help you comply with everything required. Let us help you with you with your fire safety compliance and leave you to promote your business?

**Fire Risk Assessments

**Fire Safety Training & Consultancy

**Fire Extinguishers/equipment

**Required Signage

Beyond revolutionizes revenue management for property managers & hosts. Our integrated system combines data insights, advanced dynamic pricing, & modern booking tools. Access proprietary market data, outperform competitors, & boost revenue up to 35% with the only system that utilizes real-time consumer search data to enrich our pricing algorithm and market intelligence.

Booking management system

Bookalet is a comprehensive online booking management system developed for the self-catering holiday rental market. With a suite of tools to help promote your business, seamlessly manage your channels and save you time!

Our team are experts in the industry and are passionate about providing a service that works. If you are an individual holiday homeowner or are an agent, Bookalet can help.

Booking.com was founded in the Netherlands in 1996. It aims to bring together travellers from across the world with a wide range of accommodation and travel options, with short term accommodation an important and growing part of its business. Booking.com has offices in Edinburgh as well as Manchester (its UK HQ), London and Bristol.

Property management and booking service

We believe ‘Experiences Matter’ so this is at the heart of everything we do. Our Property Management Software, Channel Manager, Template & Custom Websites are all designed to provide a great experience for your Owners, Guests and your Business. Register for a free trial, with no fees or contracts.

Holiday Home Insurance Intermediary

When letting your holiday home to paying guests you’ll want insurance advice from specialists who understand your needs. Boshers Ltd have been providing insurance cover for holiday lets throughout the UK since 1990, accommodating listed buildings and most construction types, except thatch.

Breezeway’s award-winning property operations and experience platform helps coordinate, communicate, and verify detailed work at properties. Powering over 30M property care tasks, Breezeway helps thousands of short-term rental managers and hospitality operators increase operational efficiency, eliminate manual work, and boost service revenue.

A Scottish law firm with national and international capability, Brodies has a reputation for uncompromising quality, expertise and innovation. With over 750 staff operating from our bases across Scotland, Brodies offers a talented team of lawyers that services virtually all sector in the UK economy.

Capital Allowance

Cavetta Consulting – Scotland’s key capital allowances consultancy, founded in 2015. Our highly qualified and dedicated staff specialise in providing capital allowances and integral features claims, on purchases and refurbishments, for businesses with furnished holiday lettings in Scotland.

Cottages.com is the UK’s leading provider of holiday cottages and luxury homes and offers more than 21,000 places to stay in the UK. From coastal retreats to country castles, the brand is home to a number of unique, inspiring collections, curated by our experts, and helps over 1.45 million guests and more than 163,000 pets find their perfect break every year. With over 40 years’ experience helping owners let their property successfully, Cottages.com is a friendly, UK-based company, available to our owners and customers 7 days a week via telephone, email or webchat.

Web Design Agency

Creatomatic are a SuperControl Recommended Agency. We’ve developed an unbeatable integrated online booking system to suit self catering property agencies and owners of all shapes and sizes.

Our SuperControl powered websites generated over £10 million in direct booking revenue for our clients in ’21

Holiday Let Finance

Experts in Hospitality Mortgages – The Cumberland Building Society specialise in mortgages for the tourism and hospitality sector. If you’re thinking of buying a new property or switching your existing mortgage to save money on your mortgage, we could help.

Services & Supplies 

We import and manufacture towels, linen, duvets, pillows, slippers and mattress protection.  With our buying power we can offer massive savings to ASSC members.

Agency

Discover Scotland is one of the original Self Catering Pioneers with the business tracing its roots back to 1982 with the production of it’s first brochure. We remain at the forefront of Scottish Self Catering and act as Agents for owners across all of the country.

Chartered Surveyors

We can help you with home reports and all other industry recognised valuations. Additional services include: business sales, building surveying and a team of rural property specialists. Details of many other services are available on our Partner for Business Listing

Donald Russell – Scottish Butcher – Meat Boxes delivered

For 50 years, Donald Russell has carefully selected the highest quality beef, lamb, pork and more to supply the world’s top restaurants and luxury hotels, and are proud to deliver the same top-quality, great-tasting food direct to holiday properties throughout Scotland. Our British, grass-fed, melt-in-your-mouth steak and our commitment to quality have earned us over 380,000 five-star customer reviews and numerous industry awards. 

Holiday Homes

We offer an extensive range of delightful properties to suit all tastes. From large houses with sea views, to traditional cottages and modern Apartments (with the majority being pet friendly), we offer a choice of properties in all of the East Neuk villages and St Andrews.

Cleaning and Laundry services

Providing cleaning and laundry services. 

Manufacturer of beds, headboards, curtains, blinds and soft furnishings

Elite Contract Furniture are a family owned supplier of mattresses, bed bases, headboards, soft furnishings, contract furniture & accessories helping to design, project management and install refurbishments and room upgrades. We welcome you to visit our showroom and get a flavour of what we can do.

Chartered Accountants, Tax & Business Advisors

Providers of specialist accounting, tax and business advice to the leisure sector, including cloud accounting, systems integration, tax compliance, tax planning – particularly CGT and IHT, profit improvement and strategic advice.

Capital Allowances Specialists:

Eureka identify and help unlock hidden tax relief in self-catering properties that owners are unaware of, and accountant cannot/have not claimed. Unbeknown to many owners, they can be entitled to claim tens of thousands of pounds in tax savings and cash refunds on the ‘embedded fixtures’ in their property. Eureka offer a free forensic review to ensure all capital allowances are captured and owners do not miss out.

Business Development, Accounting, Finance, tax

We are a business growth, accounts, and tax specialists whose aim is to encourage, empower & support business owners to achieve:
– increased and lasting success;
– greater awareness and understanding of the nature of success;
– greater peace of mind; and
– more free time to do what they enjoy

Online booking, PMS and Channel Manager

Our cloud-based reservation system is designed to be really easy to use and is packed with all of the features you need to run a successful self catering accommodation business. Choose from our totally FREE Basic online booking service or upgrade to our Premium all-in-one property management system.

Scottish Toiletries, Gifting, Gins & Ciders

SUSTAINABLE, SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE & FAMILY RUN business from the Highlands with history & provenance.

PRODUCTS – all crafted using fruits, plants, herbs and flowers grown at the ‘award winning’ garden.

EXTRA SPECIALTOUCHES – luxurious guest experience
Toiletries, Gins, Hampers, Lifestyle, Retail

Fire Protection

Family run fire protection business who can cater for all your fire protection requirements including: Fire Extinguisher Servicing, Fire Hydrant Servicing, Fire Safety Signage, Kitchen Suppression Installation and Maintenance, Dry Riser Servicing, Fire Damper Servicing, Fire Awareness Training, Fire Risk Assessments Fire and Door Inspections

For more than two decades now, we’ve changed the relationship between our industry and our most important asset: the planet. Discover how our expertise, support and advice has helped thousands of businesses start positive green journeys that are fit for the 21st Century. We are proud partners to over 2800 eco-friendly accommodation providers and attractions in the UK and abroad.

Our mission is to encourage and enable people to make sustainable choices that reduce their impact on the planet.

With over 35 years of experience, holidaycottages.co.uk is now one of the leading names in UK holiday rentals, and the flagship of Travel Chapter – home to a unique network of award-winning brands which includes Cottages & Castles and Canine Cottages.

#1 home exchange community in the world

HomeExchange is a members-only platform in which travel-loving individuals exchange their properties for low-cost travels around the world. With more than 270,000 homes in 145 countries, our members pay a one-off annual subscription, which enables them to arrange as many holidays as they like, with no additional costs – all of which is covered by our member guarantees and back-up from our dynamic Member Support Team! 

Howden, formally Bruce Stevenson, is an international insurance group of talented experts with the freedom and support to do what we do best. Together, we are working to change the insurance narrative – supporting our clients while using insurance as a tool to increase resilience for individuals, businesses, and communities.

Digital Services Provider

Inspire offers a comprehensive suite of solutions to a wide range of businesses. From web design and development to digital marketing and SEO, our experts deliver tailored services to help our clients gain visibility and discoverability in an increasingly AI driven search environment. With a focus on innovation and customer satisfaction, we are the trusted partner for businesses seeking to thrive in the digital landscape.

Interhome

Interhome has been professionally managing holiday homes and apartments for over 50 years in the UK. Our guests primarily come from mainland Europe, and they are looking for their perfect getaway in Scotland. If you are interested in reaching a new market please feel free to get in touch.

Luxury Design and Construction Company

Iron and Pine specialize in creating luxury, modular holiday accommodation. All our models are durable, functional, visibly stunning and incorporate energy efficient materials and technology that help provide a good ROI. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional customer service, from the initial consultation to the final installation.

DMO Website

IslayInfo has been secured and relaunched by local charity Islay Development.  It’s the leading DMO site for the island with both more members and far more visitors, helping local tourism.  Any revenues over operating cost go to Islay Development for its work on the island.

Insurance Brokers specialising in cover for self-caterers

30 years of experience with self-caterers provides us with a wealth of knowledge not available elsewhere. Not all insurances are the same, so talk to us for the cover you need.

Design & Manufacturer of Self Catering Accommodation

JML Garden Rooms is a Perthshire-based, award-winning family business, designing and manufacturing luxury annexes and garden rooms for customers across the UK. Whether you are looking to offer modern self-catering accommodation or traditional Highland-style bothies, JML Garden Rooms can offer a great range of options

Property Management

Juniper Property Services: A family-run highly Self Catering Management Company operating out of Stirling, Scotland. Managing properties throughout the central belt and further afield, we employ cutting-edge technology to maximize returns for our clients. Additionally, we offer investors property sourcing, onboarding, property setup, and ongoing management services

Key Data is committed to being the most trusted global solution for short-term rental market data, unlocking expert insights for every aspect of your business. Adapt your strategy to changing market trends in real-time and compare your performance to competitors with the easy-to-use ProData Dashboard.

Mortgage Broker

Kintail is a boutique commercial mortgage broker, specialising in the Scottish hospitality sector. We enjoy full market access to the holiday-let, buy-to-let, residential mortgage and commercial mortgage market, as well as vehicle finance. The company is run by Ken Macrae (Chartered Banker), a former corporate banking manager with 25 years experience in commercial and residential finance and now operating his own business from offices in Inverness city centre.

Architects

Lucid Architecture specialise in bespoke, high quality projects with challenges and requirements where finding crative solutions is important.

UK manufacturer of beds and mattresses to the contract market.

Mattison Contract Beds is one of the industry’s leading manufacturers of contract beds with over 150 years of experience.

For details on mattresses, divan beds, headboards, sofa beds, duo beds, bunk beds & bedding accessories please contact Derek Laing.

Property Technology for the STR industry

Minut is the co-host that cares for your home, guests and community. Our sensor monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rentals, helping hosts prevent parties, enhance guest experience and protect their homes, without sacrificing guest privacy.

Property Management

Airbnb and Short-let management in Edinburgh. Flexible and hassle-free Short-Let management.

Eco friendly cleaning solutions and hand soap in concentrated dissolvable sachets and pods

Plus h2o is a distributor of eco friendly cleaning products. Just add water! In today’s environmentally conscious world, the imperative to reduce single-use plastic waste has become increasingly critical. We are dedicated to the elimination of single-use plastic by providing water-soluble sachets that contain pre-measured cleaning concentrates.

Water Retailer

Pure Utilities is a Licensed Provider of Water and Waste Water services to non-household customers in Scotland. We have extensive experience supplying self-catering properties, providing mains services to thousands of like-minded customers.

Roomonitor is a real time noise monitoring device to prevent noise pollution, damages & neighbour complaints. The most efficient solution to control and protect you business without hassle. It allows you to be aware of the noise levels in your short-term rentals all day, every day.

Tourism, Leisure & Events Consultancy

Savills Tourism, Leisure & Events consultants all come from an operational background with hands on experience of developing and managing trading businesses within these sectors. We support owners to both develop new businesses and develop existing ones, with services including business health checks, feasibility studies, development of business plans and support with licensing. Our wider team also include experts in planning, building surveying and architecture.  

Renewable Energy Consultants

We specialise in the design, supply, installation and ongoing maintenance of Solar PV, Battery Storage, EV Charging and Air Source Heat Pumps. Our clients benefit from all of our own in-house team to deliver projects including all aspects of project management, quantity surveying, pricing and administration. We offer a full turnkey service and have many partners handpicked to support our clients with aspects such as funding, tariff management and additional renewable technologies.

Short Term Lets Services provides personalised support to guide Owners through licensing. Set up by the Gael Holiday Homes Agency to support their Owners through licensing we now offer as much or as little help as Owners need to get through, and maintain, licensing – from floor plans to acting as an application agent, regardless of who STL Owners & Managers choose to market their property with. At present our services are for Owners with property in Highlands. Our aim is to expand into neighbouring regions very soon.

Global, But Local, Corporate Accommodation Agency

Since 2008, Situ has been a reliable provider of extended stay accommodations for businesses worldwide. We blend advanced technology with a dedicated hospitality team to ensure personalised experiences, catering to our clients’ specific needs. Our award-winning team is recognised for excellent customer service, operating in over 140 countries, and combining technology solutions with a human touch.

Solway Water Management provides independent impartial water safety advice covering the management, control and prevention of Legionella & other waterborne pathogens surrounding holiday accommodation, hotels and hot tubs. We provide onsite hot tub training & a full hot tub management service.

Do You need Support to Manage Your current Business Challenges?Whether you’re a small hotel, Apartment, Bed and Breakfast, we can help you succeed.
My mission is to support your business with the aim of increasing profitability and improving business performance.

Marketing Support Agency

Looking to grow your business? Struggling to find time for marketing? Get in touch with Source Marketing – award-winning, tourism focussed, highly experienced marketing support agency. Making marketing work for our clients – simple targeted solutions to kick start your success.

Accommodation Software Supplier

Recognised as an innovator in hospitality technology solutions, STAAH has been using cloud-based products to help accommodation providers around the world power their online distribution since 2008. Our award-winning products puts property owners in control by empowering them with great technology.

Licence and Planning Consultants

If you are in Edinburgh or Glasgow, your ability to apply for a licence is likely to be assessed alongside a Planning consideration. We also believe that Property Owners in East Lothian, Fife, Aberdeen, the Highlands, and Perth and Kinross will be affected.

STL Solutions have created a process to help those affected by Planning requirements, by applying for a Certificate of Lawfulness, and supporting you through to the Appeal process.

Booking & Management System

SuperControl is recognised as the leading all-in-one property management system and channel manager in the UK and Ireland. Its mission is to bring simplicity to the self-catering world. The system offers tools that increase your control, save you time and make you more money. SuperControl offers simplification and automation, committed to enhancing the hosting experience for its users.

Earn with SuperControl’s ‘Refer & Earn’ Programme: Make a referral to SuperControl and get £100 as a thank you gift when your referral joins! Know someone overwhelmed with managing bookings? Help them save time and regain control.  Click here to refer and earn.

Global Sustainability Certification

Sustonica is the first global sustainability standard for short-term rentals. Having the Sustonica badge will generate more bookings, lower costs, help retain owners, satisfy investors, regulators and employees, and reduce the environmental impact of the tourism industry. 

Our unique platform streamlines the required 3rd party auditing process and can be easily used by any short-term rental anywhere in the world using GPS-verified evidence. 

We’re one of the UK’s leading independent holiday cottage rental agencies with over 25 years’ experience in the business and offering over 16,000 holiday homes across the UK & Ireland.

Introducing the UK’s No.1 eco-friendly and only “glueless” toilet tissue for those who prioritize sustainability. Proudly made in the UK, Tanki sets a new standard with its zero plastic and glueless composition, reducing environmental impact, preventing blockages, and being kinder to the environment.

Tanki offers premium quality and is the leader in the category when it comes to the environment with the “Tanki Pledge”.

Tanki ensures a seamless flow for your home and septic tank. Designed specifically to be septic-safe and dissolve easily, it prevents clogs and maintains the optimal function of your septic system.

Make a positive impact on the environment with Tanki – “say no to glue and choose Tanki for your loo.”

Property Finance Broker

Family owned, national property finance broker – trading throughout Scotland and the wider UK since 2010. Brokered over £90m of lending in 2023 across all areas of property finance. Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and fully accredited by the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers. Specialists in investment property lending – Buy to Let, Holiday Let, Commercial. 

Five-Star Visitor Attraction

Enjoy a fantastic day out aboard The Royal Yacht Britannia. Discover how the Royal Family and 220 crew lived, worked and relaxed. See where Queen Elizabeth II spent her holidays and where celebrities and world leaders were entertained. Five decks, highly accessible. Stunning Royal Deck Tearoom, Gift Shop. Free Parking. Trams and buses to/from city centre.  

Town Planning Consultancy

Chartered Town Planning Consultant with over 35 years knowledge and working experience.  Based in Badenoch and Strathspey, providing professional town planning services across Scotland and the UK.  Providing expert planning advice and dealing with all types of planning applications (including Certificates of Lawfulness), appeals, and enforcement cases.   Survey and preparation of plans (location, site layout and floor plans) for planning and licencing applications for short term lets.

Digital Guidebook Software

Touch Stay is your house manual or welcome binder in a digital form. Easy to use, add your own logo and colours, add as much content as you like in the form of text, photos, videos and links, then send it to your guests with your usual pre-arrival emails. The guest then views it on their own device.

Business Energy Broker

Troo is a Business Energy Broker offering exceptional customer experience and transparency in renewing energy contracts. Navigating the complexities of the energy market can be daunting for business owners. Troo simplifies this often confusing and time-consuming process, securing fair prices and offering expert advice. Our goal is to revolutionise the business energy market, ensuring businesses get the right solution they need to fit their needs.  

Visit Inverness Loch Ness is the lead tourism organisation dedicated to promoting the region as a top travel destination. We work with local businesses and stakeholders to drive responsible tourism, enhance visitor experiences, and support economic growth. VILN focuses on marketing, events, and resources that showcase the area’s natural beauty, heritage, and attractions, benefiting both tourists and the local community. 

Visit Moray Speyside is the Destination Marketing Organisation and Tourism Business Improvement District for the Moray & Speyside area of Scotland.

Visit Moray Speyside’s work is focused on three main areas of activity.

• Marketing – Destination marketing and attracting consumers and engaging with the international travel trade to position Moray as a world-class destination.
• Business Support – Supporting tourism businesses in the region.
• Visitor Experience – Improving the experience for visitors.

Visit Nairn is the online Tourist Office for Nairn. We run the VisitNairn website and all the associated Social media channels. As part of Nairn BID, we benefit from 3 major events held every year – Taste of Nairn, Wheels of Nairn and the Christmas Countdown, as well as street markets and public realm improvements such as the hanging baskets in the summer and the Christmas lights! Join us for listings on our sites and feeds, publicity and marketing of the town as a destination, and your part in it.

VisitScotland’s purpose is to grow and develop the sustainable economic benefit of tourism to Scotland’s visitor economy.  Working closely with individual businesses, public agencies, local authorities and other tourism stakeholders to help achieve this through marketing activities, Quality Assurance (grading scheme) advice, partnership initiatives and events … to name but a few!

Hospitality EV Charger Provider

VoltShare is your partner in enhancing guest experiences and ensuring your business thrives. Our EV-charging solution is designed for the unique needs of holiday lets, B&Bs, and glamping sites, offering a pay-as-you-go model that eliminates subscription fees and generates a new revenue stream. With VoltShare, you can attract eco-conscious guests and become a celebrated part of your local community.

Holiday Rentals

Vrbo, part of Expedia Group, is a world leader in holiday rentals with the mission to connect holidaymakers to the people and places they love, giving them the space they need to drop the distractions of everyday life and simply be together.

WYM Rating is an independent Scottish business, specialising in all aspects of business rates advice. With many time-sensitive statutory processes and procedures, our team can guide you through all the growing complexities of the business rates environment from rates proposals/ appeals, billing issues and annual returns.

Holiday Cottage Lettings Agency

Waterside Breaks specialises in marketing holiday cottages and lodges by water across the UK. From lochside lodges in the Scottish Highlands, riverside cottages in the Norfolk Broads to lakeside cottages in the Cotswolds. Holiday options include hot tub lodges, fishing breaks and romantic escapes.

Private Chef Service

yhangry is UK’s largest private chef platform with 1000+ local vetted chefs (as seen on Dragons Den), offering an amazing experience for customers at holiday homes. The cost is the same as a restaurant – starting from £40pp for a 3-course meal, all the way to Masterchefs and Michelin fine dining chefs. The benefits include an amazing customer experience, availability on short notice, payment protection and complementary printed menus.

Tax Consultancy

As experienced Chartered Tax Advisors and ASSC Partner, Zeal are the ‘go-to’ for helping self-catering owners claim a specialist HMRC tax relief that even accountants don’t know about. Let Zeal unlock the tens of thousands of pounds hidden in the ‘embedded fixtures’ of your building.