Share VRS077 – 6 Questions Every New Vacation Rental Owner Asks One of the best parts of my job as a vacation rental manager is to visit new properties, meet enthusiastic owners and talk rentals non-stop. I love to hear their […]
Share VRS051 – 12 Things That Shouldn’t be Seen in a Vacation Rental It’s been a while since I had a rant so I guess the time is ripe to get back to basics and list out all those things that give vacation […]
Share The 10 Habits of Remarkable And Successful Vacation Rental Owners Over the past ten years in my cottage rental business as well as through this blog and podcast, I have talked at length with hundreds of vacation rental owners, many […]
Share Instant Gratification and Other Guest Expectations – How the Vacation Rental Business is Changing A late night phone call on the Friday of a holiday weekend (Canadian Thanksgiving). An expectation that there would be ‘instant gratification’. After all, it’s possible to order a pizza, […]
Share Let’s rent out our vacation home…. As part of my day job as an agency owner, I regularly view vacation homes and continue to be surprised by the perceptions of owners as to the rental potential […]
Share The Information Super Highway – The Key to Vacation Rental Guest Satisfaction It’s that time of year again. The dock will be coming out of the water; the boat has gone to be shrink-wrapped for winter; and I’m going to clear the […]
Share The debate over accepting pets in vacation rentals continues…. Over the past few years we have written and produced many articles, downloads and videos about accepting pets at your vacation rental property and if you have read any of […]
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 […]
