Share Is a Public Rant Ever Justified? I’ve had the occasional rants and got some backlash for them, which in retrospect may have been justified to some extent. It’s easy to jump on the soap box and […]
Share What’s Important to your Rental Guests may Surprise You An article in the Huffington Post caught my eye this week as a couple of serial vacation rental guests delivered their criteria for reserving a property. Five Rules for Choosing a […]
Share 15 Tips for Fall and Winter Tasks for Vacation Rental Properties Now the busy season is over for most of us (winter hot spots just ramping up) take stock of the wear and tear of a long summer of rental and […]
Share When Guests are Locked Out – Who is Responsible? I’m always disappointed when I see reporting in the media such as this story from our own Canadian based CTV News. It’s about a couple from British Columbia who rented […]
Share Thevine House – The key to a great ‘hook’ When was the last time you planned a holiday? Was it in a vacation rental? Can you remember how you chose it – what made you say, “Wow – we’ve […]
Share Keeping Your Guests Cool – Summer Bedding Explained If you have air conditioning your guests will be in control of the temperature within the property, but many places do not have the benefit of AC and it’s therefore […]
Share Vacation Rental Bedrooms – Quality Counts We spend a third of our lives in bed and this is the same for our vacations. In fact, for many people, a holiday is a time for spending even […]
Share Do you Know Your Guests? Having a lot of rental guests go through our agency reservation system each year means we can see patterns and trends and often identify different types of people who stay […]
Share Is An Attitude Adjustment Needed in the Vacation Rental Business? “To the ancient Greeks, hospitality was a divine right. The host was expected to make sure the needs of his guests were seen to. In Greek society a person’s ability […]
Share Ten Weeks in the Life of a Vacation Rental Manager Wheee…..it’s been quite the ride over the last 10 weeks and I can state for a fact that I’ve been living, eating and breathing the vacation rental business 16 hours […]