0 Shares VRS031 – How to Give Your Vacation Rental Guests a Great Nights Sleep – with Alanna Schroeder Have you checked out The Book of Awesome? Written by Canadian Neil Pasricha who The Toronto Star called “the guru of small joys”. This collection of 1000 little pleasures we all share will have you laughing and nodding on every page. #858 – The Other Side of the Pillow – is one of my favourites. […]
0 Shares The debate over accepting pets in vacation rentals continues…. Over the past few years we have written and produced many articles, downloads and videos about accepting pets at your vacation rental property and if you have read any of them you will know that Heather and I are dog owners and we advocate that VR owners welcome the furry members of your guests family to […]
0 Shares 10 Ways to Prevent Complaints and Negative Reviews For Your Vacation Rental Oh no…..a negative review! The day you get the first of these is never a happy one and there’s always a knee jerk reaction that will throw you into defensive mode. How dare they? Don’t they know what damage publicly displayed bad feedback can do? It’s completely unfair and we have to get it removed. […]
0 Shares VRS024 – 5 Vacation Rental Fears And Why I No Longer Struggle With Them I regularly listen to podcasts by an amazing entrepreneur called Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income – a site that offers help and advice to anyone who does business online. Pat is a great inspiration to me – often if I’m struggling a bit to think of what to write about for the blog or […]
0 Shares 10 Mistakes VRBO’s Often Make – #5 will kill your business before it gets started Managing a vacation rental by owner property can be challenging. There is so much involved in creating a profitable vacation rental business that getting it right from the start is tough — manageable but tough. It is more than learning from a few websites and hoping for the best; adopting a strategy for marketing and operating the […]
0 Shares VRS021 – Rex Brown – Successful Vacation Rental Owner Series While I’ve been busy in the European and North American vacation rental market, I hadn’t really paid much attention to what was going on in the industry ‘down under’, so it was a delight to welcome Melbourne-based Rex Brown as my guest on the podcast. Rex is a speaker at the upcoming Vacation Rental World […]
0 Shares The Apple Does Not Fall Far From The Tree My son and business partner, Mike, had no idea I was writing this post, so it’s coming as a surprise to him, but when I saw the latest review for his property, Sea Breeze, and read all the previous ones, I thought it was time to share his success with you. Our cottage rental agency rented […]
0 Shares Why should you use a rental management agency? Good question. Why should you? And if you have the time and inclination to advertise and market your property; handle hundreds of email and phone enquiries; screen your renters; collect a deposit and final balance; generate a rental management agreement and Terms and Conditions of Rental; and follow up after the rental, then you should […]
0 Shares Are Your Cleaning Staff in the Hospitality Business? Who does the changeovers in your vacation rental property? Do you use a property management company or a local independent cleaner? Perhaps you do it yourself and are considering handing the task over to someone else. Regardless of who is doing the job for you, are you confident they understand the nature of our business, […]
0 Shares VRS012 – Buying a Vacation Home with Confidence to Succeed – Erica Muller of The Flamingo Group Orlando based realtor and vacation rental specialist, Erica Muller, is a powerhouse in the Florida real estate market. Her new e-course “Everything you wish you knew about buying a vacation rental home” is a comprehensive and content packed guide for anyone considering buying a property from a distance.
