Share Keeping on the Right Side of Your Neighbours What do Sedona, Arizona; Maui; the Napa Valley in California, and Wasaga Beach, Ontario have in common? These are just a few of the locations across north America that are […]
Share Does Your "Luxury" Cottage Deliver It’s Promise? What do the terms, “luxury cottage”, “upscale cottage rental” or “executive property” mean to you? Do you use any of these terms to describe your cottage, and if so, what […]
Share Renting to Family and Friends I got such a great comment on my Renting 101 post that I wanted to deal with it separately because I think it’s an issue many new cottage owners face. […]
Share How to Create a Web Site Your Visitors will Love With the Cottage Life Show fast approaching, I’ve been spending the weekend doing some research for the seminars I will be presenting. Since one of the presentations is on Marketing […]
Share Are Your Rental Guests Happy? In an increasingly competitive vacation rental market, you have to do things differently to help you stand out from the rest. That might be a matter of using well staged […]
Share Renting 101 – Creating Your Beginners Guide I’ve had a couple of emails from potential cottage renters in the past few days that reminded me how many first-time renters there are each year and how important it […]
Share Vacation Rental Fire Safety Do you have an open fire or wood stove at the cottage? If so, do you allow your renters to use it? Do you supply clear and concise instructions on […]
Share Save Time By Including FAQs On Your Listing How much of your time is taken up by answering questions from your cottage rental guests? Questions about the length of the dock; the location of the nearest marina, Beer […]
Share What’s In Your Cottage Guide? f you have ever stayed at a vacation rental you will know that one of the first things you look for is the book that tells you where everything is, […]
Share Does Your Cottage Have A Name? I like cottage names. A good name is evocative, inspiring or downright cute, and looks so much better on a sign than a house number or the surname of the […]
