As a Property Manager and a Vacation Rental Homeowner, I have a view from both sides of “the fence.”  As the old saying goes “the grass is not always greener on the other side.”  There are many days that I want to trade places and other days that I think I have the best position…it just depends [...]

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Many of us are recycling at home and it makes good sense to recycle while on vacation too! Help your visitors to Go GREEN while visiting your vacation rentals. Give your renters the opportunity to recycle with more than 1 trash can. If you provide a second trash can for recyclable items [...]

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When it comes to furnishing vacation rentals you need to ask yourself a few qualifying questions before you start furnishing or updating your furnishings.
1. Will this home be primarily my [...]

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Painting your vacation home rental anytime soon? We recently stumbled on a very cool tool to help you decide if you will continue with the plain Jane “vanilla” color or spice up the walls with some really cool new colors.
You can save time and money with this new tool to see what your [...]

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Does anyone really care about the beds anyway? Yes! Have you ever slept in a crummy bed? Chances are we all have had a bad night sleep or rolled out of bed with a back ache from sleeping on a BAD mattress. One summer I found a great vacation rental on Coronado [...]

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We are witnessing a fairly dramatic increase in the market place for vacation rentals by owner. Just take a peek at some of the “Big Boy” vacation rental by owner sites and you will see a surge in the number of “vacation rentals” that are now coming to market.
Reality check has arrived for [...]

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Put your goggles and sun screen on! Now is the time that vacationers are searching the vacation rental directories in hopes of finding that perfect beach house rental or home with a pool. Owners and managers be sure to up date all of your vacation rental listings including your availability calendars, spruce up your [...]

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VACATION HOME EXPO 2008 GAINS SUPPORT OF VACATION HOME INDUSTRY

Greenwich, CT, October 5, 2007 – MSE Management, the producer of the Vacation Home Expo scheduled for April 11-13, 2008 in Atlanta, has announced that three of the leading associations in the vacation home industry have [...]

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The quote above appeared in the Spring 2008 Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) magazine. The article titled “Where and Why the Rain Falls“…”When it comes to visits to your website, don’t let “how much” distract you from more important information.” was authored by Steve Bjerklie and featured some great insight from Trent Blizzard - [...]

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Can it get better than free? Yep, if you own or manage 30 or more vacation rentals email us at admin@furnishedhomes.com and we will build your listings for you and enter you in our Blackberry Curve drawing! With your permission we’ll grab your images and descriptions of your vacation homes, build the [...]

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