0 Shares VRS069 – What’s Cooking at Your Vacation Rental with Rachel Miller Rachel Miller is a food writer, chef and cheese lover who joined me to talk about her experiences of being a vacation rental guest who loves to cook. I came across Rachel after she wrote a piece for the Phoenix New Times called Tips and Hacks for Baking in Your Vacation Rental. Needless to say […]
0 Shares VRS068 – 2.5 Million Rentals in 100,000 destinations with Jen O’Neal, CEO of Tripping.com I know first-hand the frustration a vacationer experiences trying to book a vacation home – it can take days – and it was a question my guest on this episode posed to me. I’m usually the one asking the questions but Jen O’Neal, the founder of Tripping used my response to explain why she launched […]
0 Shares VRS067 – Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite In Your Vacation Rental Property with Jeff White For the first 12 or 13 years of my life, the last thing my mom said to me when I went to bed was: “Goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite” After that I went off to boarding school and the nighttime routine was different, but this little rhyme always stuck with me. […]
0 Shares VRS066 – WordPress for Vacation Rental Owners With Alan Egan In this episode I talk once again to vacation rental bookings expert Alan Egan from Rentmoreweeks.com. The last time we connected on the podcast was just over a year ago and it was at the time Alan had launched his course on Google Plus – Bookings Plus 4G so we caught up with what has happened […]
0 Shares VRS065 – February Vacation Rental Mash-Up With Matt Landau In this week’s mash-up Matt and I are exploring different options for creating a website; we answer a couple of listener questions and shout out to some owners who are doing a spectacular job marketing their properties. Over the past week I have been immersed in Alan Egan’s WordPress for Vacation Rental Owners course, building […]
0 Shares VRS064 – How to use reviews to grow your vacation rental business Reviews are more than just an opportunity to pat yourself on the back and bask in the glow of compliments about your home and the service you give. They are also a reservoir of suggestions, recommendations and ideas that can provide you with so much information on what you could do to improve the experience […]
0 Shares VRS063 – I really want a pool for my Vacation Rental but….does it sell more chickens? I’ve bought and rented out seven properties in the past dozen years or so, and am getting quite adept at knowing what will please our guests and keep them coming back for more. And that is the key….if the new addition will attract more guests and repeat renters, then I’ll evaluate the decision to buy […]
0 Shares VRS062 – The American Vacation Rental Owners Association with Founder Rod Fitts I’ve been interested in the AVROA for a few years – the fledgling organization that aims to unite vacation rental owners in a common goal to support each other and become more independent of the behemoth listing sites. The founder, Rod Fitts, is the owner of several Gulf Shores condos and has a passion for […]
0 Shares VRS061 – January Vacation Rental Mash-Up with Matt Landau As promised, here is the January monthly mash-up with the one and only vacation rental marketing maestro, Matt Landau. We just hit the record button and let it flow and what a lot we covered. From how to turn questions into blog posts to a couple of featured owners, Matt and I explored the inner […]
0 Shares VRS060 – Touch Stay: The evolution of the welcome book with Andy McNulty From the founder of Getaway Earth and Vacation Insider Guides, comes Touch Stay – the “Online Welcome Pack for the Digital Age”, and it was a real delight to have Andy McNulty back on the show to talk about it. This testimonial from a Touch Stay client shows that Andy has found that sweet spot […]
