As Easter approaches, it's the perfect time to start thinking of Summer holidays!

What comes to mind when you think of the British seaside holiday? Candy floss, crazy golf and ballroom dancing? Cream teas, milkshakes, and fish and chips? Sandcastles, buckets and spades, and paddling? Not to mention the miles of beautiful and unspoiled coast of this island nation - from sweeping sandy beaches to craggy cliffs. Wherever you are in England, you are never more than 73 miles from the sea! It's ingrained in our genetic make-up and culture!

However, the British seaside is a fairly recent invention. The classic chalet-and-pier towns grew up during the 19th century, when it finally occurred to someone that it might be nice to let workers in industrial towns go on holiday. Their late flowering was in the 1950s and 60s, before the advent of cheap travel abroad. In recent times, it's true to say that some of their grandeur has faded. But it seems that the current economic down-turn is just what is needed to breathe new life back into our coastal resorts.

In December 2007, Nick and I saw what was happening in the property market and wider economic climate, and we decided to diversify our portfolio to hedge and spread risk. We started researching a U.K. holiday let that had the potential to achieve year round occupancy.

After much due diligence, and a weekend stay in the area, we purchased our first holiday let property "SeaBreeze" at Camber Sands, East Sussex in April 2008.

With a buy-to-let property you have pure investment potential. However, imagine having the added benefits thrown into the equation of being able to buy your retirement home now, at today's prices, and have it funded by someone else as well as having your own holiday home at a very low personal cost. 

A high occupancy holiday let also produces significant net cash flow, makes perfect sense in the current economic climate, and enjoys many financial and other benefits that traditional buy-to-lets don't.  Click >>> here to learn more.

Just before Christmas, Nick and I recorded this video at Camber Sands beach on our thoughts on U.K. holiday lets:

If you would like to get a better understanding of how a U.K. holiday let might fit your investment strategy, then you are cordially invited to join myself, Nick and Ward Homes  on Saturday 27th March for a workshop dedicated to purchasing and running a successful holiday let!

The event is free to attend and takes place at the award-winning WhiteSand development at Camber Sands, adjacent to the stunning Camber Sands beach, recently voted one of the top ten in the U.K. by "Coast" magazine.

Using our holiday let "SeaBreeze" as a case study, we will be advising how to acquire a holiday let, manage it, and market it to achieve higher occupancy.

Also in attendance will be a holiday lettings company, a furnishing company, and a mortgage broker to advise you on all aspects of buying a holiday let.

There are two presentations:

11.00 am and

3.00 pm.

Drinks and canapes will be served. There will be plenty of time to get your questions answered, view the show homes, and there will also be special offers on the day to have first pick of a new release of properties.

Please contact Jeanne at the WhiteSands office - 01797 229 911 - or email Whitesands@barratthomes.co.uk to book your place.

Camber Sands was recently featured in "Coast" magazine, where the journalist named it as her favourite beach in the U.K.  You can read the article >>> here.

Come and spend an interesting and informative day with us by the sea and find out if a U.K. holiday let will fit your investment strategy!