What’s Changed, What’s Working — and How Smart Owners Are Staying Ahead with Holiday Let Management in Somerset and Dorset If you own a holiday let in Dorset or Somerset , the past 18 months may have felt like a turning point. Not a crash.Not a collapse.But a clear shift away from the post-Covid “easy money” phase. Holiday lets are still in demand across the South West — but the way they succeed has changed. Owners who adapt are doing well. Those who expected a hands-off inve