Share Are You Welcoming Your International Guests? I was reading posts on Lay My Hat yesterday, which is my new favourite forum for vacation home owners. It’s a great read and quite illuminating in places as I […]
Share The High Cost of Buying Cheap When we travelled out from England to buy our first vacation rental home in Ontario, we had a week to close, furnish and set it up for rental. At that […]
Share ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A COTTAGE RENTER? We’ve all heard stories about Cottage renters who, during their stay at a Cottage, have either wrecked something, done something stupid, failed to follow instructions given, left the cottage […]
Share Four Ways To Make Extra Income From Your Web Site Having your own website to advertise your vacation rental is the number one way of marketing your vacation home. However, if all you are doing with it is promoting the […]
Share Why Don’t Guests Read the Cottage Guide? I was talking with a cottage owner this weekend who remarked that he could not understand why renters cannot seem to follow the simplest of instructions in the cottage guide. […]
Share Leaving the Door Wide Open and Other Security Measures! How do your renters access your cottage? Do you mail them keys, or hide them under a flowerpot, in the barbecue or on a hook under the deck? I’m often […]
Share The WOW Effect – Creating A Lasting Impression For A Festive Break It’s 5am on Christmas morning and I’m in my favourite spot – curled up in front of the fire with a mug of Tim Horton’s chocolate. BBC Radio 2 is […]
Share 10 Small Appliances for a Well Equipped Kitchen A well-equipped kitchen will encourage returning guests and may inspire some great testimonials and reviews so ensure your property is ‘fully loaded’. This means supplying a good variety of small […]
Share How Much Should You Pay for Property Management? I’ve been having some interesting conversation recently with the founders of We Check it Out. Angela Balan and Jeff Sopik have partnered to bring their unique business and management skills […]
Share Are You Adding Value by Providing Linens for Your Guests? I’ve been in lively discussion with a fellow cottage owner about providing bed linens for guests. From my knowledge of the rental market here in Ontario, I would guess around […]
