Vacationrentals.com, part of the Homeaway network, is starting to increase advertising rates in October.  Renewals for listings for 3 months listings will increase on October 6, 2009 from $69 to $99, an increase of nearly 45%.  A one year listing at Vacationrentals.com will increase from $169 to $199 per year, or approximately 18% higher.
The Austin, [...]

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Vacation rental map site Furnishedhomes.com secures and authenticates site for visitors with leading online SSL provider Comodo.  Furnished Homes domain name is authenticated by Comodo.com and provides for strong encryption for a secure HTTPS connection. 
Why Furnishedhomes.com chooses Comodo for online security?
Comodo is a leading global provider of Identity and Trust Assurance services on the Internet, with over 500,000 [...]

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We’ve upgraded the vacation rental map and details pages at Furnished Homes!  Here’s some quick views of the details pages.  If you have a Youtube video for your home it will be the first picture (video) that travelers see.  We’re still tweeking the page and will keep you posted.  In the meantime why not post [...]

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This is definitely NOT Vacationey!  Great pick honey!
Having owned or managed hundreds of vacation rentals I speak from experience when I ask – “Is your vacation rental vacationey?”  Often I am asked what does it take to turn a home into “a vacation home”.  That’s a great question!  Some homes quiet frankly were never meant [...]

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Thank you Margaret for posting a new property to the vacation rental map in Germany!  If you are a holiday homeowner or manager you should take a look at Margaret’s site for her self catering apartments in the Bavarian Forest.  The site goes to great lengths to provide the traveler with peace of mind.
What is [...]

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Recent question to support team – “Your vacation rental offering is very good and listing fees are really low – do you take a commission for leads or bookings?”
Answer:  Nope.  When you list your vacation properties on the Furnished Homes map – you receive all the visitor inquiries.  Owners and property managers are contacted directly.  [...]

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What’s with the Download Google Chrome button on your homepage?  Furnished Homes runs better with Chrome.  Feedback from visitors and owners have shown us that IE (Internet Explorer) conflicts are the main issues for errors and problems that pop up as bugs at Furnished Homes. 
I think we can all agree that the Google folks now what they’re doing!  Very [...]

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Here are 3 new add on extras that you can use with your Furnishedhomes.com listings to track, promote and connect with other vacation homeowners.  These extras are located on the very first step when you add a new property. 

Google Analytics – Add your Google Analytics code to track visits to your personal site from your [...]

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