Share VRS220 – Vacation Rental Décor and Design with Mercedes Brennan and Karen Campbell of 1 Chic Retreat The look and feel of a property can have a big impact on how guests experience their vacation, and what may have been spot on a few years ago, might now be considered ‘tired’ or in need of an ‘update’. These expressions are commonly seen in reviews. Your choices on design and décor will be […]
Share VRS219 – Vacation Rental Book Direct Round Table Discussion This special episode brings together four top vacation rental experts to share their thoughts on this first Guest Education Day. With the hashtag #BookDirect, February 7th is the day designated to bring the attention of the travelling public, media and other interested parties, to the benefits of booking directly with a property owner or manager. […]
Share Who is the VRSS17 Mystery Speaker? We are just a few weeks away from the Vacation Rental Success Summit (May 6-7) and on this weeks episode of the Vacation Rental Success Podcast we will be releasing the details of the last and final keynote speaker. If you have not seen our amazing line up of speakers yet, you can view […]
Share 8 Reasons to Attend the Vacation Rental Success Summit When we were thinking about the why of putting on a face-to-face conference back in early 2016, we brainstormed a ton of reasons people would have to attend. And then I saw this blog post from the founder of the Agents of Change podcast and organizer of the Agents of Change annual conference. It listed […]
Share Well, that’s a wrap! As I looked around the now-empty auditorium with just the audio tech finishing off his packing up, I felt a little emotional. Maybe it was still the adrenalin in my system, or the euphoria generated by the goodbye hugs and farewells from new friends who I knew I’d be in touch with again soon. Or […]
Share Vacation Rental Q&A Oct 3rd, 2015 Did you hear us Blab? We had a great time and welcomed several owners and property managers into the seats to join the discussion. Thank you to Debi Hetert for reminding us to record the session ( only about 10 minutes missed!) and you can check the replay here. From here on, we’ll be hosting […]
Share VRS074 – Selling a Vacation Rental Home with Rick Oster If you are a reader of this blog and you listen to the podcast, it will not have escaped you that I have listed my two river front cottages for sale. I need to sell them before we begin to build on our Bahamas land, so as you can imagine, I’m quite keen to get […]
Share 12 Pleas from a Vacation Rental Guest Am I a nit-picky guest? Yes, I probably am. After all, I have rented countless vacation homes over the past twenty years, in the UK, Europe, Canada, the US and the Caribbean. Each comes with its own quirks, and I am very tolerant of most. I’ve owned many rental homes too and learned a lot […]
Share Cottage Blogger featured on the 1 Day BB Podcast with Pat Flynn and Chris Ducker Today was a big day for us. It was the online equivalent of being invited up on stage to sing with Bruce Springsteen or being asked by online sensations Pat Flynn and Chris Ducker to share our website and have them critique it. Oh wait…. that is what happened…… the bit with Pat and Chris […]
Share VRMA 2014 Conference Round-Up Imagine spending 3 days of networking, attending presentations and learning sessions, interspersed with talking to industry suppliers and you’ll appreciate I’ve got a lot to share from the Vacation Rental Managers Associiation conference in San Diego! The final count of attendees was over 1000 – a new record for the event and further proof that […]
