Is your holiday home paying its way?

Put in what your static caravan or lodge costs you and the weeks you let. The answer changes as you type. We have filled in typical figures to start you off: change them to yours.

1. YOUR YEARLY COSTS

Use last year’s bills if you have them. Put 0 for anything you don’t pay.

Site feesThe yearly pitch fee to the park

Rates and waterIf the park bills them separately

InsuranceIncluding cover for letting

GasBottles or metered

Electricity

Gas safety check and boiler serviceNeeded every year if you let

Drain-down and winterising

Wi-Fi, TV and TV licence

Repairs and replacementsLinen, crockery, the odd fix

Static Stays listing£79 a year for new owners

Anything elsePark passes you pay for, decking, gardening

Finance repaymentA month, if you are paying off the caravan

2. THE COST OF EACH LET

What it costs you every time guests come and go.

CleaningEach changeover

LaundryEach changeover

Welcome tray and suppliesEach let

Park letting feeEach let, if your park charges one

Park commission on lettingsIf your park takes a share of the rent

3. THE WEEKS YOU LET

How many of each, and what you charge. Not sure what to charge? Look at similar holiday homes on your park on Static Stays.

	HOW MANY	PRICE EACH
Peak weeksSummer holidays, Christmas
High weeksEaster, half terms, bank holidays
Shoulder weeksMay, June, September
Low weeksEarly spring, late autumn
Short breaks3 or 4 nights

4. YOUR OWN USE

Nights you stay yourselvesFamily and friends who don’t pay count too

This is a guide to help you plan, not financial or tax advice. It doesn’t include tax on letting income, the fall in the caravan’s value, or what you paid for it. Check your park allows letting before you take bookings.

More free help for owners: the owner guides, including the Letting Pack, the Guest Welcome Book and the End of Season Checklist.