Good afternoon, As a second home owner renting out your property throughout the year I am pleased to bring you the safest and simplest way to manage your home from miles away without the needs for keys! It will be of great benefit to you and will make your life so much easier when dealing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s often said that “the Internet changes everything.” Certainly it has changed–even disrupted–the traditional relationship between vacation-rental owners and their property managers. At the very least, it has introduced a spectrum of possibilities. For some brave souls, the Internet has made it possible to take on everything: marketing, managing, advertising, maintenance–you name it. But what [...]
From a management prospective, i think it is essential to talk to each guest. I deal with a lot of group bookings, and sometimes the groups try to over-max the property, but we would never know this if we didn’t talk to them and tell them the rules. plus it is a bonus to form [...]
Most search engines provide a way for business to manually enter their own information on their maps and search results. While just posting won’t ensure you come up at the top, or even the first page. If you list your rental properties address it pick your keywords right, you may come up in a geographic [...]
As a vacation rental owner you have ample opportunities to advertise your vacation home. One such opportunity is email signatures. Every email you send out to renters or friends should have, at a minimum, your contract information. Include the following: Your name Your email address Your inquiry phone number Your listing website address from your [...]
Hello fellow vacation rental owners: I’m not entirely sure what experience everyone out there is having with keeping your rentals booked with the touch economic times, but I am sure about one thing: the two most popular adjectives attached to all search traffic on the Internet are “cheap” and “discount”. In general, everyone likes to [...]