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The Gesture That Started It All
Where Guesture began — and why we believe in something far more powerful than just a place to stay. Somewhere between a spare room and a spare moment, a business was born. We didn’t start Guesture with a five-year plan. There were no investors, no glossy brochures, no shiny logos. Just a small flat in Newport, two full-time jobs, and a feeling that maybe — just maybe — we could offer something the big platforms couldn’t. That something was a gesture. A quiet one. A cup of tea
Pedro Reis
May 16, 20252 min read
8 Years, 6 Years Unpaid, Zero Shortcuts: Introducing Pedro Reis - The Hotel Manager Who Built Wales' Most Selective Vacation Rental Company
The Hotel Manager Who Built Guesture: 6 Years Unpaid
Does a Holiday Let Flat in a Converted Building Need Its Own Fire Risk Assessment? (Wales)
The only fire risk assessment on file for a Cardiff conversion we manage dated from 2015, and it covered the hallway, not the holiday-let flat. Here is what Welsh law expects in 2026: who is responsible, why it must be written down in full, what assessors check and what it costs.
Holiday Let Insurance in Wales When You Live Abroad: What We Learned
One of our owners lives in mainland Europe, and his home insurance didn't cover paying guests. Finding proper holiday-let cover from abroad was harder than it should be. Here is what a policy needs, the traps in flats and leases, why AirCover isn't insurance, and how we got him quoted.
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