0 Shares VRS110 – Getting Off To A Great Start with Matt Ward It was hard to put a title on this episode as I covered such a lot with today’s guest that if I’d included everything it would have run to a paragraph! For a start Matt Ward is one of Vacation Rental Success’s most loyal listeners having binge-listened to every episode over a 4 week period. […]
0 Shares VRS109 – Launching the Vacation Rental Formula As 2015 winds down and we get ready for yet another new year, it just strikes me that time is whipping by, and if we don’t get going to achieve our goals, they may never happen. This is one of the reasons Mike and I have created The Vacation Rental Formula – our new site […]
0 Shares VRS108 – 2015: A Vacation Rental Year In Review Every year brings new learning, and 2015 has been no different. Mike owns one property and I have two, along with the 190 managed by our PM company, so there’s always some issues we’ve not come across before. In this episode we talk about the year and share what surprised us, a few new trends, […]
0 Shares VRS107 – Payment options, Online courses and Blabbing with Heather Bayer We’ve booked accommodation at vacation rentals several times this year and each one has had a different method of payment. From a wire transfer that cost us an additional $80 + the travelling time to drive to the bank and back (70km round trip), PayPal (great system), online with credit card (even better) to the […]
0 Shares VRS106 – How Dynamic Pricing Works with Evan Hammer of Smart Host The story of how startup Smart Host came into being is a metaphor for the innovation we are experiencing in the vacation rental industry. When the Startup Bus left New York in early 2014 heading for San Francisco, today’s guest Evan Hammer was at the start of a 72 hour trip that would culminate in […]
0 Shares VRS105 – Is Your Vacation Rental Really Family Friendly? From the early days of vacation rentals, families have found them to be a great alternative to hotels, and all the listing sites tout families as being a prime group to target. So, why do so many owners fall short of expectations and fail to provide many of the essentials to modern day parents? Probably […]
0 Shares VRS104 – A Million Little Things with Richard Craft Long before I bought my first rental, I’d experienced many different vacation rentals in Europe, the UK and Canada, so when the time came to open my own doors, I knew what I wanted it to be like. It had to reflect my vision of hospitality and include all the little things that had made […]
0 Shares VRS103 – How to Be a Location Influencer on Instagram with Thibault Masson With 400 million monthly active users, and 70+ million users who access the platform daily, there’s clearly some potential for adding Instagram to our vacation rental marketing toolbox. And since it is free to use, and relatively easy to learn, there are few barriers to entry. Some owners and VR marketers have embraced Instagram as […]
0 Shares VRS102 – Expedia, Home Away, Airbnb and Giving Back with Matt Landau It wasn’t unexpected. The acquisition of Home Away by Expedia should not have come as a surprise, but for many owners and managers, the announcement delivered a wake-up call. And who better to ask about the impact, repercussions and potential fallout of this than Mr VR Marketing himself, Matt Landau. Fresh off an interview with […]
0 Shares VRS101 – How to Become a Vacation Rental Twitter Expert I’ve been on Twitter since 2008, off and on. Yes, I’ve blown hot and cold on it over the years…bingeing occasionally and then letting the account go dormant for a few months. Over this time, the pattern has become clear. Twitter is like my vegetable garden. When it is fed, watered and nurtured it grows, […]
