Most vacation rental directories are in the form of a list.  Furnished Homes was developed with the Google interactive map for searches.  In testing the navigation of the site over the last few months we decided that it would be best to have the option for travelers to view listings by Map and by List.

The Furnished Homes list view allows you to mouse over the thumbnail images and they will automatically open to a much bigger view.  In this example, we moused over the Taos, New Mexico property.  Visitors can also filter the list from top to bottom or reverse by number of bedrooms, baths, sleeps, and pet policies.  You can toggle between the map and the list view anytime.

We did not take away the cool property pins or the ability to search virtually any landmark, address, city, state or country in the world – we just fine tuned the ability to see all search results in a list too!  A problem we noticed with many of the current directories for vacation home rentals is that the lists of rentals did not contain an initial photo or image of the property.  For instance, if you search San Diego, California or Orlando, Florida at most vacation rental sites you will get a little header blurb about the property and perhaps info on the size of the home.  When it comes to images you are left to open every single listing to see if you’re even interested in the looks of the place.

The List and Map View is placed just above the Google Interactive Map.  The List view will also show NEWLY LISTED notations on properties added in the last 30 days and FEATURED HOMES will be placed at the top of the list and scroll on the intro page.  Featured listings are only $5 monthly and are available in 6 and 12 month time frames.  We’ll roll out more info on enhancements to Furnished Homes soon!  Stay tuned!

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