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What I love about this job: Meeting amazing property managers who are excited to share their properties with guests! It's fun helping you guys get set up. #lovemyjob
New feature, one I've been so excited for: If you haven't see it yet, look in your email templates for some nice surprises - You can now set criteria to send out certain emails when bookings come in from certain listing sites. For example: If you get a booking from Airbnb, no need for Bookerville to send that good ol' payment reminder email since payment in full is already collected by Airbnb. But, for those booking.com bookings, then yes, the payment reminder is important. To handle this, you would set the payment reminder email template to go out for booking.com bookings but not for Airbnb. Enjoy! - Cindy
New video posted to you tube: How to enter a lock box code for a booking, and how that can be sent out to guests automatically. This is for when you manually reset your lock box codes, and you know that codes ahead of time. https://youtu.be/Vl1BKjrl1-c
This video shows how to enter a lock box code for a booking, and how that can be sent out to guests automatically. This is useful if you manually reset your ...
Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 10:30 pm Eastern Standard Time, we will be having scheduled maintenance. Our hosting company is updating software at this time. It could be for up to two hours, but is more typically about 40 minutes. We will post more here if there is more to share. We regret the down-time, but it is out of our control.
Those 10% HomeAway/VRBO fees got ya down? Tips on how to be listing site independent: http://www.vacationrentalmarketingblog.com/inner_circle_digest/
4 Top Listing Site Independence Tactics Each week, I create a digest or presentation (like the one above) of the best information from the Inner Circle and share it with members who are short on time. Living my “Help, Don’t Sell” mantra, I’m posting the video portion of that presentation above for n…
What's Channel Management? Here's an interview with Vanessa from Rentals United. A "tell all" about distribution and channel management... http://www.cottageblogger.com/vrs114-channel-management-uncovered-with-vanessa-de-souza-lage/
When I got into the vacation rental business in the 1990s, it was simple. You just advertised in a local paper or put a sign outside the property. That worked pretty well. After all my place was on…
Ohhhhh, we're definitely signing this!
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Visitors have used short-term rentals for as long as Wilmington has existed. Short term rentals also serve as homes for Wilmington families during remodels, between leases, and during emergencies. They serve as guest bedrooms to welcome grandparents visiting grandchildren, and for parents and siblin…
As expected, Matt has some good stuff here. Pinterest is a goldmine. Those pictures get me every time.
Thanks to it's user demographic, Pinterest is perhaps a better place to find vacation rental guests than Facebook. Read the interesting case study why...
One Chic Retreat is right on target with this one. Kitchens are one of the biggest reasons people chose vacation rentals over hotels. If you're a PM and "don't like to cook" so you don't stock your kitchen, get some help from someone who does. This article is a great place to start. http://1chicretreat.com/2016/01/20/the-most-common-mistakes-in-equipping-your-vacation-rental-kitchen/
Once in a while, I stumble on something that makes me want to pull my hair out. And it’s often when vacation rental owners make a huge, glaring mistake. A mistake that should be obvious, but they make it anyway. Here’s a recent one… The other day I came across an article wherein I made …
Have yall heard about HomeAway's new "service fee" that they'll start charging all guests sometime in February? They say it will be anywhere from 4 to 10% of rent. That can be a hefty fee...
#goodtimes
For travelers who pay through HomeAway’s checkout, we plan to provide more complete coverage at no additional cost for things like fraud and double-booked or misrepresented properties. These traveler protections will begin rolling out in February in the U.S., and will roll out globally to additional…
"They’re late or you’re early
There’s only two ways this can go
They’re late or you’re early
‘Cuz you’re listening to the music on hold
At join.me. At join.me!"
I'm getting ready to do a demo and while waiting on the conference call, "Join.Me" is playing their Join Me Funk On Hold Music. It's cracking me up. Click here to see rest of lyrics:
“join.me funk” is the antidote to the same-old elevator music. And it’s easy to add for you (and your attendees’) listening pleasure: 1. Next time you’re logged in to join.me, click on “meeting settings”...
Ready to get ready for 2016? Here are some great tips by Matt... I agree with his advice here. Coming up with three words or feelings gets you closer to your "why" - why you want to do the things you do, why is it important to you, why are you drawn to something. Chase down your "whys" and you will be unstoppable.
Choosing three (and only three) words as you New Year's resolution can be difficult but also powerful for your vacation rental business. Matt's three words for 2016...
Do you all know Heather Bayer? She's starting up her "Vacation Rental Formula" and it looks like it has a tremendous amount of information. It's on sale now. http://vacationrentalformula.com
"The beauty of the best success stories was diametrically opposed to the vast majority of most owner/manager marketing efforts in today's market." That means it involved NO LISTING SITES and very little money spent. Matt Landau's latest:
We studied the most successful vacation rental marketing campaigns and distilled a way to recreate the results in 7 simple steps.
‘Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival’ To Debut At Epcot’s Magic Eye Theater
We know how much Disney Parks fans love our animated films and shorts. So today, we’re happy to share that coming in December, Epcot guests can experience beloved Disney and Pixar animated shorts in a new 4D experience located in Magic Eye Theater in the Imagination Pavilion. “Disney & Pixar Short F…
One reason guests pay for their vacation with credit cards is the points you get from the credit card company. :)
And tucked in that article about Expedia buying Homeaway was this little nugget: Simultaneously, HomeAway announced it will be adding a variable “traveler fee” adding approximately 6% for guests for all online transactions. (Starting Mid-2016)
Buying software for your business is complicated and overwhelming. Attending a training event today to learn how to make it easier for you. -Cindy
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Ever thought of using scent as a part of your brand strategy? Just read about a company helping hotels do this, so why not vacation rentals, right? Now, I know, before you tackle scent you've got to get your basics done, like decent mattresses and good kitchen supplies, but this could really ratchet up your game. Here's a quote from the article below: "The advantages of using scent are many, including its ability to differentiate a brand, create positive mood and emotions, and evoke and create strong memories and meaningfulness." Sounds good to me.
Official Full-Text Publication: The Smell of Success: A Brand-Building Strategy That Does More Than Make Scents on ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.
Perspectives from a guest: Let's discuss the kitchen, shall we! Our house did not have enough plates (only 7). We had to buy a stack of paper plates to accommodate our party of 8. I think you need double the amount of plates that you say your house accommodates in people, am I right? You use 8 plates for breakfast, and now they are dirty for dinner! There were only 3 wine glasses. What? That was enough for me. :) Knives were dull, but I know, that always happens. Pans were just okay, some mildly scratched. I know, that happens a lot too. No serving bowls to speak of. It's nice to serve a nice dinner in a nice bowl. We used the two plastic mixing bowls. I think a "non-cooker" stocked this kitchen! When you are in a vacation rental, the kitchen is so important. It's one of the big reasons you stay there, as opposed to a hotel. I know it gets all out of whack throughout the season, with people taking stuff home, accidentally of course, items getting broken, dulled, scratched, and stored in the wrong place. For those reasons, I'm pretty forgiving. So let me share what it did have that was nice: easy to use coffee maker and a large stack of filters for it (yay), a great dishwasher, nice large sink, large refrigerator with ice and water, pitchers, cookies sheets for our chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies, and storage containers. Best feature: it had a gas grill on the back deck. You don't ever see that! But, downside, we ran out of propane half-way through the week. We replaced it. Consider it "paying it forward" for the next guests! What are your challenges with your kitchens!? I'm sure a lot more goes into than meets the guest's eye...
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