Vacation Rentals by Owner Community
Findvacationrentals.com is a website resource that allows vacation rental owners to advertise their vacation rentals by owner properties online. As such, we have a vested interest in make sure that our owners (as well as the larger owner community) have the best possible resources available to them to assist them in maximizing their bookings and cashflow from their vacation rentals properties. The owners of Findvacationrentals.com started the website as a resource to maximize the bookings of their owner vacation rental properties. As such, we have accumulated years of collective experience managing and marketing vacation rental properties. We have put that experience to work on a blog that we have sponsored that is designed to provide helpful articles to both experienced and inexperienced owners. In addition to contributing our own articles to the blog, we have also brought in our entire owner community as well as industry experts. The owner blog is located at http://www.vacationrentalsindustry.com. Here are the latest posts to the vacationrentalsindustry.com blog:
Latest Posts to the Vacation Rentals Owner Community Blog
Providing tennants with Custom GPS Point of Interest Files
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 [...]Hotels Cost 300% More Per Person Per Day than Vacation Rentals: I’ll Prove It!
The verdict on the true cost of spending your vacation in a hotel versus staying in a vacation rental is in, and I have the proof. For a family on a vacation, a vacation rental provides great accommodations for far less money. I just had a very unique personal experience that allowed me to test [...]Custom Gooogle Maps with Points of Interest
Every vacation rental property owner gets questions from prospective renters like:
How far away from the beach is your unit?
How do I get to your property?
Where is the nearest grocery store?
Do you have a map of the area?
Community Walk (www.communitywalk.com) provides a great utility to build custom maps that showcase
Sample Community Walk Custom Map
your property, easily [...]How to Avoid Last-Minute Cancellation Headaches
by Alfred & Emily Glossbrenner of FullyBookedRentals
Here’s a sad scenario: The day before your next guests are due to check in, they call with bad news. One of them is too sick to travel. Or there’s been a death in the family. Or a major ice storm has brought down power lines and closed the [...]Bay County Tax Rate Change
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 [...]New FindVacationRentals.com Website Released - Feedback?
Hello Fellow Vacation Rentals Owners:
Late last week, FindVacationRentals.com released a completely revamped website with new features designed to attract and keep renters attention. It also offers new ways for owners to market and promote their properties. And the best part - this comes with no price increase to our owner community. Some of the highlights [...]Barack Obama selects beachfront Kailua Hawaii vacation rentals
Greetings vacation rental owners:
This week I was amazed by how much attention has been paid to the fact that Barack Obama selected a vacation rental to stay in for the Obama family vacation in Kailua, Hawaii. Initially, the focus seemed to be on how he paid for the vacation rental - you know, what is [...]How to Help Your Vacation-Rental Property Manager Work for You!
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 if [...]Talking to Guests of your Vacation Rental
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 a relationship [...]Purchase Another Vacation Rental? Why Not…
Fellow Vacation Rental Owners:
As a vacation home rental owner and operator of a vacation rentals by owner advertising website, I have been following the situation closely with regards to the recent sharp decline in both real estate prices (commercial and single family homes) and the stock market. Like a lot of investors out there that [...]