Subscriptions
Subsciptions are payable annually and run from January to December
There are several different categories of membership. A unit of accommodation means a self-catering property that is let as a holiday home or other short term use. It does not always mean a building. A building containing six separate flats counts as six units.
Individual Business
This category is for owners of self-catering businesses They are full members and have voting rights at the Annual General Meeting, receive direct communications from EASCO, and are included in the holiday part of this website.
Subscription: £40 per year for up to three units of accommodation, plus £3.40 for each additional unit. For example if you own 5 cottages the subscription would be £40 plus 2 x £3.40, total £46.80 per year.
Individual Agency
Our membership includes letting agencies as well as owners. Agencies are full members and the Agency has voting rights at the AGM. The Agency is featured on the holiday part of this website.
Subscription: £1.75 per unit represented, subject to a minimum of £75
There are some special arrangements in place with agency consortia, who receive a more favourable rate in exchange for group membership.
Association
These are associations of owners who come together to represent local interests or for non-geographic marketing purposes. For example a marketing association with members throughout England or the UK would be in this category, as would a local group representing the owners of self-catering businesses in a particular town or area. The Association has voting rights at the AGM, but the members of the association do not. The association receives communications from EASCO and may pass it on to its own members.
Subscription: £1.25 per unit of accommodation represented, subject to a minimum of £50. (E.g. if there are 50 members with 100 cottages between them, subscription is £125)
Association Member
This means a member of an association that is an EASCO member. Association members are not members of EASCO in their own right and do not have voting rights, but some member benefits are extended to them because of their association's membership. They do not receive direct communication from EASCO but material can be passed on by the secretary of the association or other organiser. Association Members can use the legal helpline and dispute resolution service if they wish. They cannot attend or vote at the EASCO AGM. They can take advantage of EASCO member discounts.
Membership Option: Association Members can become full individual EASCO members at the discounted rate of £25 for the first three units plus £3.40 for each additional unit.
Website Option: Association Members can be added to the holiday section of this website on payment of a fee of £5 per year.
Agency Represented Owner
This means an individual owner whose property is marketed by an agency that is a member of EASCO. These businesses are not EASCO members and any use of EASCO services must be through the agency. There is no opportunity to be listed on the holiday section of this website. However they may become individual EASCO members at the reduced rate of £25 for up to three units, and £3.40 per additional unit.
Commercial Members
Commercial members are companies providing services to the industry but who are not themselves providers of self-catering accommodation. The subscription is £100 per year. Commercial members receive membership benefits in so far as they are applicable to their business. However they don't have a vote at the Annual General Meeting, and cannot stand for election to the EASCO Council.
Future Members
Future members are those who are planning to go into the self-catering industry but who have yet to do so. The subscription is £40 per year. They enjoy all membership benefits but are not entitled to stand for election to the EASCO Council or to vote at the A.G.M. If they begin operating as a self-caterer they will be able to convert to full membership and credit for the unusued part of the membership year will be given against a subscription for full membership. For example if you join as a future member and pay £40, but after six months become a self caterer, you can expect £20 credit towards the appropriate category of full membership.
VAT
EASCO is not registered for VAT, therefore subscriptions are not subject to VAT