0 Shares VRS100 – From the VRMA 2015 Conference in New Orleans Wow. Episode 100 and in the same week the Vacation Rental Success Podcast surpassed 100,000 downloads. Its a big week but since I am in New Orleans for the VRMA conference this episode is a little shorter than most and covers some of the highlights from the seminars and the Vendor Showcase. Mike and I […]
0 Shares VRS099 – The Digital Handshake With Will Franco It’s no secret that video will give you an edge in social media marketing. Stats from Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus suggest that a short video can boost engagement and increase traffic to a website. So why aren’t more people using it? Most would argue that the cost of equipment, time involved in editing, and […]
0 Shares VRS094 – Vacation Rental Pros With Steve Milo This week’s guest tells the story of how he went from a handful of properties under management to 950 over a period of 10 years. At one point he was managing 125 single-handedly. Like many people, Steve Milo started in the business with just his own vacation rental property in Florida. At that time the […]
0 Shares VRS092 – Buying and Selling a Vacation Rental Business with Ben Edwards President of the VRMA Ben Edwards was one of the first people I met at the Vacation Rental Managers’ Association conference in San Diego last year, at the meet and greet. As President of the Association he has a lot of insight into the vacation rental industry; as a manager at Newman-Dailey Resort Properties he’s got hands-on experience of […]
0 Shares VRS090 – How to make your international guests feel at home We’ve had friends staying from UK for the past two weeks, and been in long discussion about the differences between the UK and Canada, from driving on the other side of the road, to their expectations of shopping and eating out. I remember my first trip to the US and being completely thrown by four-way […]
0 Shares VRS089 – Keeping on the Right Side of Your Vacation Rental Neighbours In this episode Mike and I sit down and chat about two issues that affect every vacation rental owner – neighbour relations and general safety, and discuss the importance of emergency planning. I brought up the topic of keeping on side with the neighbours because I’m personally affected by super-noisy rental guests next door this […]
0 Shares VRS085 – Elaine Watt from Holiday Let Success It is always a real pleasure to speak to another podcaster and in this episode my guest is the host of the Holiday Let Success podcast – Elaine Watt. Does that sound familiar? Well yes, Elaine also interviews vacation rental experts, owners and rental guests. She is also a vacation rental owner and passionate about […]
0 Shares VRS083 – A week in the life of a vacation rental manager Happy Canada Day! (and US Independence Day in a few days) I love this time of year and the pride I feel as a ‘New Canadian’ but I do have a price to pay as the CEO of a Vacation Rental Management agency as the green flag is lowered on our high season. The festivities […]
0 Shares VRS080 – The 5 Most Important Elements of Your Vacation Rental Welcome Book I go to a lot of vacation rentals – as a guest. The only time I ever stay in a hotel is near the airport before an early morning flight, or when I’m at a conference and want to be on-site. Of course I’m ultra-critical just because I’m in the business, but I select carefully […]
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 […]
