Providing tenants with Custom GPS Point of Interest Files

On April 17, 2009, in General VRBO Articles, by Grundig

With more and more people owning GPS units you may want to think about providing pre-built POI files that can be loaded on most modern GPS Units.  These can include not only the location of your unit but also nearby amenities and attractions.  On a recent trip to Walt Disney World I found it an [...]

Bay County Tax Rate Change

On March 2, 2009, in General VRBO Articles, by Jon M

For those of you in Panama City Beach, Laguna Beach, Mexico Beach, Grand Lagoon, and elsewhere in Bay County, FL: The county commissioners just raised the tourist development tax from 3% to 4% for March 1-31 and 5% for after April 1. Combine this with the state of Florida tax of 6%, we are now [...]

Can’t Rent A Week at Your Place? Consider an Exchange!

On December 10, 2008, in VRBO Property Management, by admin

Although I realize that we all bought our vacation rental properties to RENT them, sometimes you get stuck looking a week in the eye and realizing that there is no way you are going to get a paying renter in there. Although  our 2/2 condo in Blind Pass Condominiums on Sanibel Island has performed very [...]

Photosynth provides easy and fun new way to show off your unit.

On December 6, 2008, in Vacation Rental Marketing, by Grundig

I’m always looking for ways to show off my unit, recently I learned of a great FREE new 3D photo-stitching service offered by Microsoft.   What is 3D photo-stitching?  Its sewing together a number of images to form a larger composite image.  The technology has been around for a while and is used to create [...]