Empty weeks, remote owner
Off-season voids and midweek gaps leave the property unattended, and many owners are a motorway away. Small problems — a blown-open gate, an attempted shed break-in — go unseen for days.
Security Cameras for Holiday Lets & Airbnbs
A holiday let sits empty between bookings, full of strangers during them, and often hours from where you live. An outdoor 4G camera covers the parking area, entrance and grounds without touching the guest WiFi — so you can check the property after checkout, know when arrivals turn up, and keep watch through the quiet months.
26WSolar panel included — sized for UK winters
64GBLocal storage included, no cloud subscription required
4GMulti-network SIM: EE, O2, Three & Vodafone
24/7Adaptive recording with person & vehicle alerts
The awkward security gap every host knows
Holiday lets combine an empty-property problem with a guest-privacy problem. Indoor cameras are off the table, but the outside of the property still needs watching.
Changeover blind spots
Between checkout and the cleaner arriving, nobody knows what state the property is in, whether guests have actually left, or what is parked on the drive.
Parties and extra guests
A booking for two that arrives as ten is a cleaning, insurance and neighbour problem. Seeing arrivals at the parking area answers the question without a confrontation.
Sheds, hot tubs and bikes
Bike stores, hot tubs, paddleboards and garden furniture are easy pickings at a property everyone locally knows is a holiday let.
How it works at a holiday property
The camera is completely independent of the house: its own power from a solar panel, its own connection over 4G. Guests can’t unplug it, and it keeps working when the cottage broadband doesn’t.
- Cover the outside, never the insideMount the camera to watch the parking area, gate or garden boundary. Exterior-only coverage is the clean, compliant way to monitor a holiday let.
- No reliance on the guest WiFiBecause it connects over 4G with a multi-network SIM, the camera works at rural cottages with poor broadband — and stays online when a guest reboots the router.
- Check in from anywhereOpen the CamHipro app after checkout to see the drive is clear, or share access with your cleaner, co-host or a neighbouring keyholder.
- Solar power for outbuildings and gatesNo outdoor sockets needed. The 26W panel keeps the 15,600mAh battery topped up through UK winters, so a garden post or bike store roof is a perfectly good home for it.
Guest privacy: do it properly and it protects you
Booking platforms are strict, and rightly so. Airbnb requires any outdoor camera to be disclosed in your listing, and cameras are never allowed inside the property. The workable approach for UK hosts is simple: outdoor cameras only, positioned to cover your parking area, entrances and grounds — not angled at windows, hot tubs in use, or the neighbour’s garden.
Declare the camera in your listing and house guide (“an outdoor security camera covers the parking area and gate”), and most guests read it as a sign of a well-run property. Done this way, the same camera that deters a break-in in January also politely documents the “party of two” arriving with a minibus in July — evidence platforms and insurers will actually accept. For the complete rulebook — disclosure wording, indoor bans and edge cases — see our guide to UK camera rules for hosts.
Recording stays local to the camera’s included 64GB card rather than a mandatory cloud service, which keeps your running costs at SIM data only across one property or ten.
Host’s checklist: disclose outdoor cameras in your listing, point them at your own property only, add a small CCTV notice by the gate, and never place cameras indoors. This keeps you on the right side of platform rules and UK data-protection guidance.
The right kit for a holiday let
Most lets want the solar camera at the gate or parking area. Properties with a powered porch or barn can add the zoom camera.
No mains power
Solar 360 Mini
Ideal at gates, parking areas, gardens and outbuildings — anywhere an outdoor socket doesn’t reach, which at most holiday cottages is everywhere.
- 3MP pan-and-tilt camera with person and vehicle detection
- 26W solar panel and 15,600mAh battery — no mains supply needed
- 64GB memory card included, expandable to 256GB
- Unlocked, with a multi-network SIM covering EE, O2, Three & Vodafone
Mains power available
Mini PTZ
For a powered spot on the building itself, with optical zoom to read the far end of a long drive or courtyard.
- Powered 4G pan-and-tilt camera with optical zoom
- Continuous power for constant, detailed coverage
- Local recording with person detection
- Same CamHipro app and UK support as the solar camera
Already have cameras that just need a connection? Our multi-network streaming SIMs work in any unlocked 4G camera.
Holiday let camera questions, answered
Are security cameras allowed at a holiday let or Airbnb?
Outdoor cameras are allowed, provided you disclose them in your listing and they monitor the exterior only — parking, entrances, gardens. Indoor cameras are prohibited by the major booking platforms.
Do I need to tell guests about the camera?
Yes. Declare it in your listing and mention it in your house guide, and add simple CCTV signage at the property. Most guests see a disclosed outdoor camera as a positive.
Our cottage has terrible broadband — will it still work?
Yes. The camera uses the 4G network rather than your broadband, and the included SIM can connect through EE, O2, Three or Vodafone, whichever is strongest at the property.
Can my cleaner or co-host check the camera too?
Yes. The CamHipro app can run on several phones, so cleaners, co-hosts and keyholders can view live footage and alerts alongside you.
What does it cost to run?
SIM data is the only ongoing cost. Footage records to the included 64GB memory card, so there is no compulsory cloud subscription.
Know your property is fine — from wherever you are
One camera on the parking area answers the daily questions: have they left, has anyone arrived, is everything still there.
Buy with confidence: every 4GCCTV camera comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, an 18-month warranty and free lifetime support from our UK-based team.