0 Shares VRS160 – Crowdfunding For The Future Of Vacation Rental 2016 has been a turbulent year for the vacation rental industry and it seems that there’s something in the air. An unrest and dissatisfaction that is going beyond simple griping about traveller fees and the control that OTAs are tightening around our business models. In September, UK based Rentivo sent out a survey asking their […]
0 Shares VRS159 – December Vacation Rental Mashup With Matt Landau Here’s another great conversation with Matt Landau from The Vacation Rental Marketing Blog. In this episode we explore our first experiences with Airbnb – Matt tried it out in a New York apartment, and I have just booked a house in Ottawa for a 3-night stay in February. It’s been a bit of an eye-opener […]
0 Shares VRS158 – Why You Need Emotional Gunpowder For Your Vacation Rental Business After over 40 years in the vacation rental business, Twiddy and Co have amassed a lot of knowledge about what works and what doesn’t in the industry. In this episode, I talk to President, Ross Twiddy, about his experience with the family company, what’s behind its growth and success and what he considers to be […]
0 Shares VRS157 – Vacation Rental Stager & Designer Sally Lauren Nichols Today’s episode is the second in our two-parter on design and décor in vacation rentals. As we are planning the Vacation Rental Success Summit for 2017, I’m reminded how valuable the face-to-face networking is, and just why I love going to conferences to make new connections and learn a bunch of new stuff. I met […]
0 Shares VRS156 – Vacation Rental Design Made Easy with Sarah Honaker Design and décor is an overlooked topic in most vacation rental expert websites and podcasts, including this one! When I looked back over the last 150+ episodes, there’s only been one that really focuses on design and that was back in September 2014, with Mercedes Brennan. With so much emphasis on staging and great photography […]
0 Shares VRS155 – The Vacation Rental Conversion Conversation Part 2 I have a lot of questions about email marketing, and my go-to person for the answers is my son and business partner, Mike Bayer. Mike has made digital marketing his specialty and he not only talks about it – he is consistently walking the talk. From our early days of using Aweber to our business […]
0 Shares VRS154 – The Vacation Rental Conversion Conversation Part 1 First things first! If you have never been to a conference, in person, that is focused around a topic or industry that you are passionate about then you are missing out. I don’t mean like you missed out on the last cookie or you didn’t make it to the grocery store before is closed. […]
0 Shares VRS153 – 20 Common Vacation Rental Questions Answered I get questions every day from new owners (and sometimes not so new) about things they are doing. Should I do this, supply that, charge for a service or amenity etc. Forums and Facebook groups abound with similar questions, so I thought it would be useful to address some of the most common ones here. […]
0 Shares VRS152 – Vacation Rental Managers Association Conference Review Over the course of a year I’ll talk to hundreds of influential vacation rental professionals from owners and managers to technology product developers, insurers, web designers and other providers to the industry. And talking over Skype or on the phone is great but nothing beats the face-to-face connection that a good conference brings.
0 Shares VRS151 – The Case For Abandoning Vacation Rental Damage Deposits This episode might trigger some argument and I think that’s a good thing. It’s a discussion that’s populated forums across the the VR world since the business really began and as we move into the mainstream of tourism accommodation we might need to revisit our practices. Why do we insist on punishing 98% of our […]
