0 Shares VRS077 – 6 Questions Every New Vacation Rental Owner Asks One of the best parts of my job as a vacation rental manager is to visit new properties, meet enthusiastic owners and talk rentals non-stop. I love to hear their goals for their property and to discuss marketing opportunities for them. On many occasions, I know they have called in other agencies and am always […]
0 Shares VRS074 – Selling a Vacation Rental Home with Rick Oster If you are a reader of this blog and you listen to the podcast, it will not have escaped you that I have listed my two river front cottages for sale. I need to sell them before we begin to build on our Bahamas land, so as you can imagine, I’m quite keen to get […]
0 Shares VRS072 – Destination Payoff with Scott McGillivray of Income Property It’s been a long winter of waiting for Cottage Blogger’s own Mike Bayer, and his wife Andrea. It was back in the fall of 2014 that the popular home renovation show, Income Property, and its dynamic presenter Scott McGillivray worked their magic on their Lake Ontario property, Sea Breeze. The wait is over and the […]
0 Shares VRS071 – Airbnb Management Services with Guesty co-founder Amiad Soto It only seems a short while ago that Airbnb was seen as a platform for home owners who wanted to make a few dollars renting out a room in their place to a short-term tenant. In fact when I listen to the episodes of VRS with Jasper Ribbers of Get Paid for Your Pad and […]
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 5 Waterfront Markets for Profitable Vacation Rentals Vacation homes provide owners with the opportunity to lease part-time, unlike traditional rental property investments requiring year-long commitments. Short-term rentals, depending on locale, are generally profitable and convenient. Owners have the option to claim dates for their personal use while charging premiums during peak holidays. Vacation home investors might consider purchasing waterfront properties, but […]
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 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 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 […]
