Share VRS296 – Mash-Up with Matt Landau of Vacation Rental Marketing Blog It’s been a while since I last chatted with my buddy, Matt Landau and a lot has been going on since then. So this week we catch up with a few of the great blog posts featured recently on VRMB. In particular, I wanted to talk about the Keystone Awards for the top suggested software; […]
Share VRS295 – Take the Pledge & Short Term Rent Responsibly with Dave Krauss of Noise Aware “The Rent Responsibly initiative began in late 2016 when the NoiseAware Team rented a Winnebago to drive from Seattle to Los Angeles, stopping at City Halls and meeting with short-term vacation rental advocates along the way. The mission then is the same as the mission today: to advocate, educate and celebrate the positive impacts of […]
Share VRS293 – Personalized Vacation Rental Technology with Michael Driedger If there is one thing we can be sure of, it’s that technology will keep advancing, giving us more ways to improve the experience we can offer to guests. From advanced keyless entry systems that will activate at check-in to automated messaging welcoming guests, the opportunities are now endless. In this episode, Michael Driedger from […]
Share VRS285 – Boost Your Vacation Rental Business With Referrals When you are lost in the sea of other homes in your location and despair of ever getting seen, a referral from a past guest, a friend, or even another homeowner could be your lifeline to increasing occupancy. Rather than asking for referrals, today’s guest Matt Ward says we simply need to create the environment […]
Share VRS282 – Why you always need a Plan B to take the drama out of a crisis Sometimes things happen out of the blue and you are completely sidelined. In our business, this could be anything from a breakdown in a booking system, a guest complaint, an about-turn by one of the OTAs, and it does more than mess up the day. It’s time-consuming, annoying and frustrating and you just wish you’d […]
Share VRS281 – Getting Ready for Another Season of Vacation Rentals It’s that time again! Another winter comes and goes and here we are getting ready for a new season of rental. Doing an annual audit makes a lot of sense and it’s an exercise we encourage our owners to do in the spring. In this episode, I share how we do our annual check and […]
Share VRS280 – The First 10 Minutes – How to Delight or Dismay Your Vacation Rental Guests First impressions have lasting effects. We are wired in a way that allows us to more easily recall the first and last impression of an experience than anything that happens in between. Think about the last time you flew to a vacation destination and got delayed. If it was stressful, annoying, and was dealt with […]
Share VRS279 – The 2019 Hospitality Survey With Alanna Schroeder Expectations of hospitality have never been higher in our business. The bar has been set high for new entrants and it’s far more than providing two rolls of toilet paper and a reasonably clean home. Hosts and owners are meeting the challenge as the 2019 Hospitality Survey results show. In this episode, the founder of […]
Share VRS269 – Getting Personal with Automation Part 2 with Brad Martineau The customer experience applies across every transaction we have, and a poorly executed experience can result in an unhappy client or even a lost one. Fortunately, we have the power to develop, control and play out the best experiences ever for our customers. We just need to know how. Brad Martineau of Sixth Division lives, […]
Share VRS268 – Seeking Perfection: How To Generate 5 Star Vacation Rental Reviews It’s over a decade since Flipkey disrupted the vacation rental industry with the concept of publishing live reviews. We hated the idea then. It was awful to think that guests could post a review without it being screened by the owner or manager. What would happen if it was negative and we didn’t agree? Flash […]
