Share VRS365 – Using Facebook Groups to Grow Community (Leads) Earlier in 2020, I started a Facebook group for managers and property owners. You are probably a member of it. If not please check it out – info below. The reason I mention it is that it has grown to nearly 2000 members in just 9 months and has become a useful resource for anyone […]
Share VRS364 – Creating Raving Fans By Making the Most of Tumbleweed Time We’re so focused on creating the WOW moment at the time our guests arrive, that we can forget the opportunities we have to create similar moments during their ‘journey’ from booking to arrival. However, if we become architects for building anticipation and excitement by engaging travelers in their imagination and their planning process, it forges […]
Share VRS363 – 11 Methods of Organizing Your Short-Term-Rental Life In those times when your mind is cluttered and it feels like a tangled web of wires or pipework, what do you turn to? This is me on far too many occasions but over the years I’ve built up a library of resources – some tried and true, others new and relatively untested – that […]
Share VRS362 – How to be a Savvy STR Real Estate Investor with Rebekah Converti This episode of the Vacation Rental Success Podcast is brought to you by ConvertBox. The best lead generation tool to help you build an email list as part of a solid book direct strategy. Investment in real estate is not a new thing, nor is a focus on short-term rental. But in these volatile times, […]
Share VRS361 – The Formula for a perfect short term rental review This episode of the Vacation Rental Success Podcast is brought to you by ConvertBox. The best lead generation tool to help you build email list as part of a solid book direct strategy. Reviews are often seen as the lifeblood of any product, service, or business and the threat of a negative one can […]
Share VRS360 – A Fireside Chat About The Vacation Rental Biz with Amy Hinote This episode of the Vacation Rental Success Podcast is brought to you by ConvertBox. The best lead generation tool to help you build email list as part of a solid book direct strategy. Amy Hinote is a powerhouse in our industry. With a background in finance and over 15 years of experience being in […]
Share VRS359 – Are You Meeting Your Short Term Rental Hospitality Touchpoints? “When does hospitality begin? It is not at the moment your guests arrive. It is not at the time of booking, either. Instead, it begins at the moment you decide to create a short-term rental business.” At this point, you’ve become a provider to the tourism and travel industry and that brings a lot of […]
Share VRS358 – Knowing Your Numbers – The Metrics of Owner Acquisition Great homeowners (and homes) are the foundation of every vacation rental management business. We all know this, but how many of us run the numbers and fully understand how valuable they actually are over time? Do we consider the value of a new home in the inventory? The cost of each acquisition and how long […]
Share VRS357 – 2020 VR Tech Award Finalists The pandemic has brought many challenges, not least of which is getting new ideas, products and services out to the short-term rental audience. In a normal year, conference halls would be bustling with attendees discovering what’s new in the market and getting into deep discussion on what would work best in their businesses. In previous […]
Share VRS356 – The crazy summer of 2020 with Andy Meddick of Seachange Vacation Rentals Summer of 2020 was a season of feast or famine according to many property managers. There didn’t seem to be much in between. For urban markets and those that rely on international travelers it’s been a difficult time, but for hosts and managers in drive-to destinations, opening up delivered a frenzy of demand that was […]
