0 Shares VRS202 – Survival of the Fittest With Steve Milo In 2006, Steve Milo of Vacation Rental Pros had 15 properties under management and a lot of ambition to grow his company. By 2015 when I interviewed him last on VRS094, VRPs inventory had increased to just over 900. In this episode, Steve describes how that number has doubled in the past two years with […]
0 Shares VRS201 – Free Vacation Rental Websites, Content and Collaboration with Alan Egan Alan Egan has been prominent in the vacation rental world for the last ten years at least. A well respected VR photographer, WordPress expert, and all-round nice person, Alan has a lot of knowledge about marketing that he freely shares. At the Vacation Rental World Summit in Florence last month, he launched a new platform […]
0 Shares VRS200 – 200 Episodes Of Vacation Rental Success 200 podcasts and well over a quarter of a million downloads, and we are still going strong! In this episode, Mike and I talk about the changes we’ve seen over the past four years and some of the things that have caused us to scratch our heads and wonder where the industry is headed. One […]
0 Shares VRS199 – Can Vacation Rental Owners Regain Control with Amy Hinote of VRM Intel “I do think we will see another disruptor in this space. I do not think that the booking paths that Airbnb, Homeaway, Trip Advisor and Booking.com are currently utilising are the best for our industry. Someone is going to crack that code.” – Amy Hinote We are blessed in this industry with some highly intelligent […]
0 Shares VRS198 – Selecting the Right Property Management System for your Vacation Rental Business with Terry Whyte If you asked a property manager what the hardest decision has been in their business so far, most would put choosing reservation software, right at the top. Not only is it a big financial decision, but the time taken in implementing a new platform and learning how to use the software can be a huge […]
0 Shares VRS197 – The Essentials of a Vacation Rental Guest Agreement with Bryan Geon of Vacasa We protect our homes in many ways with safety and security systems; video cameras; apps to prevent overcrowding or noise; monitors to prevent overheating or freezing; smoke and CO2 alarms etc., but how many vacation rental owners have a guest agreement? If my last few reservations are anything to go by, it’s not as common […]
0 Shares VRS196 – Vacation Rental Insurance Explained with Darren Pettyjohn Insurance may not seem the most exciting of topics but it is one that impacts every single one of us, whether it’s a single condo or multiple properties. The moment we exchange our property (or a part of it) for money, we are in business, and that brings with it all manner of risks. In […]
0 Shares VRS195 – Welcoming Vacation Rental Families in Style with Mary Ostyn Creating a family-friendly vacation home is challenging, not least because children of different ages have different needs. Unless you have recent experience of vacationing with a lot of kids in tow, how can you really know what is going to make the experience the best possible? Should you provide lots of baby stuff? What types […]
0 Shares VRS194 – Dynamic Vacation Rental Pricing Explained with Andrew Kitchell of UseWheelHouse.com Do you adjust your pricing according to the seasons? I’m sure you do, if as is the case up here in Ontario you have clearly differentiated high and low periods of occupancy. When demand is super-high and inventory is low you’ll have a much higher rate than at times when there’s a lot of properties […]
0 Shares VRS193 – Mid Summer Madness – A Diary of A Vacation Rental Property Manager This week’s solo episode reflects on how this business has changed over the past twenty years, as I deal with numerous issues at properties through the first 6 weeks of the summer. Back in the good old days we dealt directly with our guests, often took their cash when they arrived, trusted they would clean […]
