0 Shares VRS130 – Paid Advertising For Vacation Rental With Conrad O’Connell It was a real pleasure to invite Conrad back onto the podcast for Part 2 of our interview – this time featuring his great insights into paid advertising. Our property management company has been in business for 12 years and we’ve never seen the need to use paid ads. Over the years we’ve built up […]
0 Shares VRS129 – May Vacation Rental Mash-up with Matt Landau I like talking with Matt on months beginning with an M – it gives a nice alliterative title! This month’s mash-up covers a good range of topics from the Vacation Rental Success Summit to the upcoming release of Matt’s beginners course to vacation rental. We covered the use of Prezzi for presenting information; why owners […]
0 Shares VRS128 – Live from The Vacation Rental Success Summit Goldfish Bowl Mike had this great idea at the Vacation Rental Success Summit, to set up a podcasting studio so we could record at the event. So, on the Saturday night we took over one of the small rooms – the goldfish bowl, so called because of the windows that gave everyone a great view of what […]
0 Shares VRS127 – Takeaways from the Vacation Rental Success Summit 2016 For two days in Toronto, there was a place where everywhere you went the conversation was on the same topic. In the hallways, the social centre, the dining room, and even in the fitness centre – the talk was vacation rentals. The Vacation Rental Success Summit brought together some of the most interesting, influential and […]
0 Shares VRS126 – 5 Habits Every Vacation Rental Owner Should Develop Renting out a property professionally is no walk in the park. It’s arduous at times. It eats up hours with marketing, activity on social media and keeping abreast of changes in the marketplace. And sometimes it feels as though all that work is for nothing, when the enquiries you answered don’t convert into bookings, and […]
0 Shares VRS125 – What your Vacation Rental guests really want A few years ago, enquiries were simpler. They referenced a simpler way of vacationing and underpinned why vacation rentals were becoming so popular. People asked about the outdoors; the waterfront access; how good the fishing was, and whether there were any board games and videos. Fast forward to 2016 and the questions are changing. They […]
0 Shares VRS124 – Listing with a Niche Vacation Rental Site When I first got into this business nearly 20 years ago, there were a lot of niche listing sites. They were started by people with vision and passion who wanted to create the portals for home owners to take advantage of the fast growing interweb. Then, along came Home Away and the beginnings of the […]
0 Shares VRS123 – Pinterest For Vacation Rental Impact – with Nancy McAleer Take three beautiful properties, a content-rich website and a passionate owner who understands the value of blogging and focused social media activity, and you have a recipe for vacation rental success. As an executive with Canadian retail company, Jacob, Nancy McAleer had a high-powered job that ended with a ‘golden parachute’ offer when the company […]
0 Shares VRS122 – Handling Vacation Rental Complaints and Staying Sane Once upon a time, vacation rental accommodation was called self-catering, and that is what people did. They self-catered. They were self-reliant and generally looked after themselves. If a light bulb went out, the guests were happy to change it; if the toilet paper ran out, they would go out and buy some more, and if […]
0 Shares VRS121 – Books, Productivity and Bright Shiny Things Looking back over the years since I started in this business, I’ve tried hundreds of apps, resources and systems, read books, and articles, and am always on the lookout for new and innovative ideas that will improve my businesses. It’s been a while since I shared my favourite productivity resources, and the books I’m reading, […]
