Share 10 Ways to Prevent Complaints and Negative Reviews For Your Vacation Rental Oh no…..a negative review! The day you get the first of these is never a happy one and there’s always a knee jerk reaction that will throw you into defensive […]
Share VRS024 – 5 Vacation Rental Fears And Why I No Longer Struggle With Them I regularly listen to podcasts by an amazing entrepreneur called Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income – a site that offers help and advice to anyone who does business online. […]
Share 10 Mistakes VRBO’s Often Make – #5 will kill your business before it gets started Managing a vacation rental by owner property can be challenging. There is so much involved in creating a profitable vacation rental business that getting it right from the start is tough […]
Share VRS021 – Rex Brown – Successful Vacation Rental Owner Series While I’ve been busy in the European and North American vacation rental market, I hadn’t really paid much attention to what was going on in the industry ‘down under’, so […]
Share The Apple Does Not Fall Far From The Tree My son and business partner, Mike, had no idea I was writing this post, so it’s coming as a surprise to him, but when I saw the latest review for […]
Share Who’s Who in the Vacation Rental Industry When I wrote my book on vacation rentals in 2003, there weren’t many people writing on the topic. Homeaway wasn’t founded until 2005, and even when I started Cottageblogger.com in […]
Share Why should you use a rental management agency? Good question. Why should you? And if you have the time and inclination to advertise and market your property; handle hundreds of email and phone enquiries; screen your renters; collect […]
Share Are Your Cleaning Staff in the Hospitality Business? Who does the changeovers in your vacation rental property? Do you use a property management company or a local independent cleaner? Perhaps you do it yourself and are considering handing […]
Share How Outsourcing Can Save You Time and Money Do you have enough hours in your day? Are you spending more time working IN your vacation rental business rather than ON it? Are you overwhelmed with the amount of […]
Share VRS015 – 25 Ways to Attract 5 Star Reviews In this session of Vacation Rental Success I share 25 ways you can make an impact on your guests that will contribute to them writing a great review on your […]