Share Who should not be in the vacation rental business? There are two distinct types of vacation rental properties, each with their own drawbacks from a rental guest perspective. The cottage or holiday home that has been bought for investment […]
Share Vacation Renters Speak Out And Owners Need To Listen Following on from my post yesterday about renter feedback on finding a property to rent, the other question we were asking people at the Cottage Show in Mississauga was about […]
Share From The Renter’s Perspective It’s always refreshing to get a vacation renter’s perspective on what we do, and an eye-opener to find out how many haven’t got a clue that our business even exits. […]
Share Cottage for Rent But Bring Your Own Pillows & Toilet Paper Sometimes I despair of getting the message across, particularly in my part of the world. Traditionally, cottage rental was simply an alternative to camping – with walls and a roof […]
Share How to Create Great Copy on Your Listing Have you ever read a description of something, watched a video or heard something on the radio, and felt an immediate pull to purchase it or to find out more? […]
Share Is Your Vacation Rental Home Family Friendly? This is a question we hear occasionally although it’s not one of the most common ones our rental agency receives. When I ask the potential renter what they mean by […]
Share How To Create A 5 Star Rental Review Against The Odds Surfing around Flipkey last weekend I found a review for a cottage which read “It rained, and rained and rained some more. Our longed for vacation was a complete washout. […]
Share 5 Ways To Prevent Overcrowding At Your Vacation Home I read a report in a New Zealand newspaper this weekend about a rental agency who had evicted a family who ‘overcrowded’ a vacation rental property under their management. You […]
Share 5 Ways To Make Your Vacation Rental Stand Out From The Competition It’s a competitive world out there folks, and the vacation rental market is no different from any other with thousands of cottages, cabins, villas, gîtes and vacation homes jostling to […]
Share Let’s Respect Our Vacation Rental Guests and Provide Them With Pillows! I clicked through a Google Ad today to a site advertising a cottage rental here in Ontario. I thought I would approach it as a potential renter and see how […]
