Managing villas in France for holiday rentals

When buying French property as a holiday home for you and your family, why not consider turning this into a business and generating rental income in France? You may have already bought into the market for villas in France and now want rental income to pay for your mortgage. You may be considering which villas in France to buy and how you can let them for holiday rental purposes.

If you are entering the market for holiday rental, France has many possibilities to consider. You must think about what villas in France would make for perfect holiday rentals for paying guests. Consider the location, average local rents, availability of swimming pools and golf courses etc.

What are the legal requirements for people hoping to use villas in France as holiday rentals? You must also consider costs such as:

• Building a website
• Advertising
• Tax and insurance

Managing your holiday rental in France

This is a difficult task. Firstly, you must find people interested in renting your villa in France. This can be done through advertising, agents or the local tourist board. You might want to establish a website to take bookings online and offer a credit card facility.

Villas in France must be managed and suitable for guests, but you must also consider potential damage and the risks when it is lying empty.

Overseas Homes Direct in France. Rental service for overseas properties

In order to ensure that your holiday rental in France is not left empty throughout the year, Overseas-Homes-Direct.com offers an online villa rental service. We have teamed-up with the leading provider of villa renting services to bring you a low-cost DIY rental service and booking engine for villas in France.

This service allows you to use the holiday booking engine which you can integrate within your own web site, with the option of using an online web builder to create your own mini-site. You set the weeks you want to rent your holiday home using the online availability tool and the rent per week.

Your holiday home (with links to your web site) is advertised on www.overseas-homes-direct.com, www.myvillarenters.com and other web sites offering holiday homes. Your holiday rental is then advertised to thousands of holiday makers, who can book online using a credit card or by contacting you by email.

This secure and reputable villa rental service will cost you between 7.5% and 10% for the booking charge depending on whether they pay by credit card or directly.

This service ensures your rental property in France is leased out for most of the year but still allows you the flexibility to book weeks for you and the family. Let overseas-homes-direct and, myvillarenters.com take some of the hassle out of managing villas in France. We can help you turn your property into a profitable holiday rental in France and a holiday home at the same time.