Holiday let cleaners provide specialist cleaning services designed around the short-term rental cycle. Unlike regular domestic cleaners, holiday let cleaners understand the importance of checkout-to-check-in turnaround times, consistent presentation standards, and the role cleanliness plays in guest reviews and Airbnb Superhost status.

A professional holiday let cleaning service typically includes: stripping and replacing all bed linen, cleaning bathrooms to hotel standard, vacuuming and mopping throughout, wiping all kitchen surfaces, washing up and restoring crockery, checking for guest damage, restocking toiletries and welcome essentials, and leaving a photographic record for your files.

Holiday let cleaners must be reliable, fast, and thorough. A single negative review about cleanliness can affect your property’s ranking on Airbnb and Booking.com - which is why using a dedicated holiday let cleaning company, rather than a general cleaner, makes a significant difference to your ratings and occupancy.

On platforms like Airbnb and Booking.com, cleanliness is one of the most heavily weighted review categories. Properties with consistently high cleanliness scores appear higher in search results and are far more likely to attract repeat bookings. A professional holiday let cleaner - one who understands exactly what guests notice and what platforms expect - will help you maintain the cleanliness scores needed for Superhost or Preferred Partner status.

Guests compare your holiday let to hotels. They notice fingerprints on windows, hairs in the shower, residue in mugs, and smells in soft furnishings. Professional holiday let cleaners have checklists that address all of these, every time. They bring their own professional-grade equipment and products, work quickly without cutting corners, and leave your property in the same condition as on opening day.

Airbnb’s enhanced cleaning protocol requires hosts to meet specific cleaning, sanitation, and preparation standards. Meeting these standards is much easier when you use a dedicated holiday let cleaning company familiar with platform requirements.

Our holiday let cleaners follow a standardised checklist that meets and exceeds Airbnb’s enhanced cleaning protocol and Booking.com’s cleanliness expectations. We clean and sanitise all high-touch surfaces, launder and replace all linens, ventilate the property, and conduct a final walkthrough before marking the property as ready.

Every holiday let should be professionally cleaned after every guest checkout - this is non-negotiable if you want to maintain your ratings. Beyond the standard turnover clean, most holiday let owners also benefit from a quarterly deep clean, a seasonal deep clean at the start and end of peak season, and an annual thorough clean of appliances, soft furnishings, and carpets.

For high-turnover properties in popular tourist areas, you may also want to schedule a mid-stay clean for longer bookings over five nights, which is increasingly expected by guests. Our holiday let cleaning service can be set up on a recurring schedule that syncs with your booking calendar, so you never have to manually book each clean.

A standard holiday let clean includes:

• Full clean of all rooms (living areas, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen)
• Stripping and remaking all beds with fresh linen
• Sanitising all bathroom surfaces, toilet, bath and shower
• Cleaning kitchen surfaces, appliances, hob, and sink
• Vacuuming all floors and carpets
• Mopping hard floors
• Emptying all bins
• Checking for and reporting any guest damage
• Restocking any welcome supplies (on request)
• Sending a photographic completion report

Deep cleans include additional tasks: cleaning inside appliances including the oven, fridge, and microwave, washing windows internally, cleaning behind and under furniture, treating any stains, and thoroughly cleaning soft furnishings.

Holiday let cleaning costs vary based on property size, location, and the scope of services required. As a guide, a studio or one-bedroom holiday let typically costs from £60 for a standard turnover clean. A two to three-bedroom property starts from £90, and larger holiday lets of four or more bedrooms start from £140.

These prices include linen changeovers, a full room-by-room clean, and a photographic completion report. Deep cleaning, oven cleaning, and restocking services are available as add-ons. We also offer contract pricing for landlords and agencies managing multiple properties, which provides better value for regular bookings.

Same-day holiday let cleaning is one of our most in-demand services. When a guest checks out in the morning and new guests are arriving the same afternoon, you need holiday let cleaners who can respond quickly, work efficiently, and have your property ready in a tight window.

We offer same-day holiday let cleaning across all areas we serve. Our cleaners are trained to work to tight checkout-to-check-in windows and prioritise efficiently without cutting corners. If you have a same-day booking requirement, contact us as early as possible and we will always do our best to accommodate you.

Fresh, hotel-quality linen is one of the first things guests notice. As part of our holiday let cleaning service, we offer a complete linen changeover on every visit. We collect used linen, replace it with fresh, hotel-standard bedding and towels, and return cleaned linen for the next changeover.

Our linen service eliminates the need for you to manage washing, drying, and transporting linens yourself - which saves significant time across a portfolio. We supply white hotel linen including matching duvets, fitted sheets, pillowcases, towels, and bath mats, which presents professionally and photographs well for your listing.

We provide professional holiday let cleaning services across the United Kingdom. Our network of trained cleaners covers popular holiday destinations including London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Bath, York, Cornwall, the Lake District, the Cotswolds, Brighton, Norfolk, Suffolk, Devon, and many more.

Whether your holiday let is a city centre apartment, a rural cottage, or a coastal property, our nationwide holiday let cleaners can cover you. For properties in areas not yet listed, contact us - we are continuously expanding our coverage across the UK.

Professional holiday let cleaners work from a detailed checklist to ensure nothing is missed between guest stays. A good holiday let cleaning checklist covers: bedrooms including linen, pillows, under beds, wardrobes, mirrors, sockets, and light switches; bathrooms including toilet, shower and bath, sink, tiles, mirrors, floor, bins, and towel rails; kitchen including hob, worktops, sink, inside the microwave, fridge wipe, cupboard fronts, and floor; living areas including sofas, cushions, surfaces, windows, and floors; and entrance areas including door handles, hallway, and welcome materials.

We can provide a copy of our standard holiday let cleaning checklist on request. Hosts who manage their own cleaning between professional visits find this checklist invaluable for maintaining consistent standards.

When choosing a holiday let cleaning company, look for: experience specifically with short-term rental properties and not just domestic cleaning; flexible scheduling that works around your booking calendar; same-day availability for emergency cleans; photographic completion reports as standard; insurance and reference-checked cleaners; and a track record of positive reviews from other holiday let owners.

Holiday Let Cleaners meets all of these criteria. Our cleaners are trained in short-term rental standards, we carry full public liability insurance, all staff are reference-checked before they clean any property, and we work with individual hosts, property managers, and letting agencies across the UK.