Share VRS108 – 2015: A Vacation Rental Year In Review Every year brings new learning, and 2015 has been no different. Mike owns one property and I have two, along with the 190 managed by our PM company, so there’s […]
Share VRS107 – Payment options, Online courses and Blabbing with Heather Bayer We’ve booked accommodation at vacation rentals several times this year and each one has had a different method of payment. From a wire transfer that cost us an additional $80 […]
Share VRS106 – How Dynamic Pricing Works with Evan Hammer of Smart Host The story of how startup Smart Host came into being is a metaphor for the innovation we are experiencing in the vacation rental industry. When the Startup Bus left New […]
Share VRS105 – Is Your Vacation Rental Really Family Friendly? From the early days of vacation rentals, families have found them to be a great alternative to hotels, and all the listing sites tout families as being a prime group […]
Share VRS104 – A Million Little Things with Richard Craft Long before I bought my first rental, I’d experienced many different vacation rentals in Europe, the UK and Canada, so when the time came to open my own doors, I […]
Share VRS103 – How to Be a Location Influencer on Instagram with Thibault Masson With 400 million monthly active users, and 70+ million users who access the platform daily, there’s clearly some potential for adding Instagram to our vacation rental marketing toolbox. And since […]
Share VRS102 – Expedia, Home Away, Airbnb and Giving Back with Matt Landau It wasn’t unexpected. The acquisition of Home Away by Expedia should not have come as a surprise, but for many owners and managers, the announcement delivered a wake-up call. And […]
Share VRS101 – How to Become a Vacation Rental Twitter Expert I’ve been on Twitter since 2008, off and on. Yes, I’ve blown hot and cold on it over the years…bingeing occasionally and then letting the account go dormant for a […]
Share VRS100 – From the VRMA 2015 Conference in New Orleans Wow. Episode 100 and in the same week the Vacation Rental Success Podcast surpassed 100,000 downloads. Its a big week but since I am in New Orleans for the VRMA […]
Share VRS099 – The Digital Handshake With Will Franco It’s no secret that video will give you an edge in social media marketing. Stats from Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus suggest that a short video can boost engagement and […]
