Share Additions, Renovations and Improvements to Increase Rental Profit The time has come for some renovations at my cottage in the Kawarthas. We’ve been renting out Osprey Cottage for three years now and have had a lot of success, […]
Share 8 Ways to Attract Winter Cottage Rental Guests 1 Change the photos on your website to show winter scenes Potential renters are going to find your site more attractive if there are winter photos to motivate them to […]
Share Should Vacation Rentals be Licensed and Regulated? Here’s an interesting viewpoint on the fast growing vacation rental industry: “all vacation home owners who rent more than a couple of weeks in the year should be licensed and […]
Share What your Guests Need to Know About Winter Rentals On one of our first winter visits to our Haliburton Highlands cottage from the UK, we experienced a 36 hour power outage during and after a winter storm. It was […]
Share Why You Should Give Your Guests a Good Night’s Sleep In the course of a year, I probably visit over 100 vacation homes and cottages. Sometimes this is an annual inspection for rental cottages for my management agency; sometimes as […]
Share Are Bed Bugs Biting at your Cottage? Bed bugs are on the march, and could be marching into your cottage mattresses, sofas and carpets. Pest controllers in Toronto are reporting huge increases in call outs to infestations […]
Share Winter Power Outages -Buying a Generator We’ve just bought a generator. It took us a long while researching and considering the expense but we finally decided to take the plunge and bought a 16kw automatic propane […]
Share 10 ways to add value to your cottage vacation rental Making your guests feel welcome when they arrive is the key to creating happy clients who will return and refer their friends. They are more likely to respect your property […]
Share Preparing your guests for winter rental Rental guests come in all shapes, sizes and from a great variety of backgrounds. Similarly, they all have varying preconceived ideas about what to expect from their vacation rental. Where […]
Share Minimising the risks of renting out your cottage There is a natural fear about renting out your cottage paradise for the first time. Wondering how you will feel about strangers using your things, whether they will treat your […]
