An Easy and Very Effective Tip to turn email inquiries into reservations and really help your guests in the process!
Seasoned owners and property managers will agree that most inquiries are very similar - travelers want to see if you are who you say you are, if your property is as advertised, where the property is located, what are nearby [...]

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Does the idea of a guest reviewing your vacation home sound scary?  If your answer is yes, then you may want to correct issues that create poor reviews.  More travelers are searching for vacation rentals online that include guest reviews and feedback from previous visitors.  Positive reviews can give you an added boost!  Guest reviews help to [...]

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Vacation Rentals are not just for vacations!  We’ve written about this before but it’s worth bringing up again.  If you are looking for new sources of visitors trade shows, events and seminars may be the ticket?  In my latest “internet surfing” adventures I found something that caught my eye.  It was a banner ad somewhere, on some site, [...]

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Knock Knock!  Who’s there?  Vacation Rental Police Ma’am - We noticed that you have exceeded the number of people that are allowed to sit on the patio at this home and have fun.  We’ll be taking the vacation rental owner to jail!  Have a nice evening and remember we’re watching….
Lake Tahoe Vacation Rental community owners/managers and [...]

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I recently stumbled onto a nifty website that came in handy while traveling the U.S. and thought I would pass it on.  This is a great service to offer your guests that have made an inquiry for or booked time at your vacation rentals. 

MenuPages allows visitors to post reviews and owners to post their restaurant [...]

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Here at Furnished Homes we’re always looking to improve the bottom line for vacation rental homeowners!  Many vacation rental property managers and vacation rental owners use Skype to keep in touch with other owners, vendors and guests.  If the person you are calling or instant messaging has Skype too, then it is free! If you would [...]

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Prior to the mid 1800’s many would not be able to tell you that this image is that of a typewriter.  Just a few years back and very few people even knew what the terms blogging, weblog, blogger and blog referred to, let alone what the terms actually meant.  My stab at it would have been - “Blogging” - [...]

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Many owners discover how their vacation home insurance policies cover losses or do not cover losses while processing a claim.  This is not a good way to find out if you are COVERED?
For example, as an owner of a condo you may have coverage for the exterior of the building through the condo association’s master policy and your contents and [...]

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Believe it or Not, one of the most common suggestions that property managers and vacation home rental owners receive is that the lighting in a given area is not sufficient.  This only comes to “light” (sorry could not resist the pun) when darkness falls.  Even newly constructed vacation rental communities and homes have what guests [...]

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      Vacation Rental Owners it may be time to update?
The FORD PINTO and the AMC PACER - If possible - Do you really think that someone would step back, and truly say “Now that’s GOOD!  That looks SO Good - Let’s bring it back! Let’s copy and paste it!”  NO.  It may have been good [...]

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