Share VRS201 – Free Vacation Rental Websites, Content and Collaboration with Alan Egan Alan Egan has been prominent in the vacation rental world for the last ten years at least. A well respected VR photographer, WordPress expert, and all-round nice person, Alan has a lot of knowledge about marketing that he freely shares. At the Vacation Rental World Summit in Florence last month, he launched a new platform […]
Share VRS196 – Vacation Rental Insurance Explained with Darren Pettyjohn Insurance may not seem the most exciting of topics but it is one that impacts every single one of us, whether it’s a single condo or multiple properties. The moment we exchange our property (or a part of it) for money, we are in business, and that brings with it all manner of risks. In […]
Share VRS194 – Dynamic Vacation Rental Pricing Explained with Andrew Kitchell of UseWheelHouse.com Do you adjust your pricing according to the seasons? I’m sure you do, if as is the case up here in Ontario you have clearly differentiated high and low periods of occupancy. When demand is super-high and inventory is low you’ll have a much higher rate than at times when there’s a lot of properties […]
Share VRS174 – The Digital Welcome Book with Henry Bennett of YourWelcome Our industry is growing exponentially, and with it comes a wealth of apps, new platforms for advertising, physical gadgets and resources. It can be tough to sort through all of these and find the right one that suits your property and your needs. Our new series of product reviews aims to cut through the marketing […]
Share YourWelcome – A Digital Vacation Rental Welcome Book We have talked at length, both in blog posts and on the podcast, about the importance of welcoming your guests to your property and how that first impression is invaluable to the outcome of a happy guest. One of our most popular blog posts (The Vacation Rental Welcome Book) covers the in’s and out of […]
Share VRS115 – Association of Vacation Rental Operators and Affiliates (AVROA) with Rod Fitts I last spoke with today’s guest a year ago and we discussed his passion for the vacation rental industry and the background to his fledgling community organization, the American Vacation Rental Owners Association. At that time, Rod was working on yet another iteration of his website, and although he had a lot of motivation to […]
Share VRS098 – Choosing the Right Vacation Rental Reservation System with Seb Grosjean One of my favourite parts of interviewing vacation rental professionals is that they are from around the world. And today’s guest called in from Greece so that’s another country to add to my geographical portfolio! Seb Grosjean could be called a hybrid developer because he’s a mix of software engineer, property manager and vacation rental […]
Share VRS085 – Elaine Watt from Holiday Let Success It is always a real pleasure to speak to another podcaster and in this episode my guest is the host of the Holiday Let Success podcast – Elaine Watt. Does that sound familiar? Well yes, Elaine also interviews vacation rental experts, owners and rental guests. She is also a vacation rental owner and passionate about […]
Share VRS079 – Vacation Rental Tax Talk with Hot Spot Founder Rob Stephens Do you find your vacation rental taxes confusing? Would it help to have a little help with licensing and remitting the appropriate taxes? For us up here in the frozen north (not so frozen now since spring and humidity have arrived ) we are in a fortunate situation. We don’t pay tax on our vacation […]
Share VRS073 – Scott Shatford Airbnb Super Host & Founder of Renting Your Place In 2002, Mike moved out to Ontario after leaving the British Army. He’d just finished a 6-month tour in Kosovo and at the age of 21 had seen enough grimness to last him a lifetime. He moved into one of our rental homes while he set up his property management business and began working for […]
