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LED Light Bulbs for Vacation Rentals
By Wm. May
Published: 12/22/15
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After traveling from near and far, guests are excited to throw open the front door and rush expectantly into the vacation rental home of their dreams. They expect everything to work perfectly and burned out light bulbs can be enough to wreck their entire vacation. Read more
Expedia to buy HomeAway
By Ronald Lee
Published: 11/05/15
Topics: Advertising, AirBnB, Vacation Rentals
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There’s always a bigger fish. Serial purchaser HomeAway has itself been acquired by Seattle based Expedia. Read more
Best Halloween Advertising. Cheapest too.
By William May
Published: 10/31/15
Topics: Advertising, Marketing
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Many experts will rattle your brain with every kind of advertising and marketing. But the restaurant - Two Doors Down - exceeds them all with their latest Halloween advertising idea. It may not be what you expect. Boo. Read more
Most Professional Photographers Are Not
By William May
Published: 10/22/15
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New technology has created three photography skill levels - Amateur, Professional and HDR Pro. Nothing but the top level of High Dynamic Range photos are good enough for business that want to stand out on the web, in print and achieve the greatest possible sales. Is your photographer at the top level? Read more
Vacation Rental Insurance for Condo Owners
By April Klazema
Published: 10/12/15
Topics: Insurance, Lodging Management, Vacation Rentals
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Say you own a condo in Florida that you have been visiting every spring break for ten years now. Next spring, you have a different trip planned and won't be able to make it down to the condo at all. However, the condo is in an area that is a hot tourist destination during the winter and spring months. If you aren't going to be using it, you figure someone else would pay good money to rent it out for a few weeks. Who knows? You might even be able to finance most of your other trip just by renting out your condo to other Florida tourists! Read more
Leisure Link Says Bad Photos a Deadly Sin
By Noel Poage
Published: 09/25/15
Topics: Channel Managers, Photography
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A long time technology provider to lodging properties recently published the seven sins of distribution> Perhaps the most striking is how dramatically bad photo produce bad booking results. Here is how to avoid the problem. Read more
How Much Vacation Rental Insurance Do You Need?
By April Klazema
Published: 09/01/15
Topics: Insurance, Lodging Management, Vacation Rentals
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When you are looking to buy vacation rental insurance coverage for the first time, you will likely have a laundry list of different questions that you want answered. Here are the answers. Read more
What Goes Around Comes Around for AirBnB
By Ron Lee
Published: 08/22/15
Topics: Advertising, AirBnB
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Perhaps today's lodging usurpers like Expedia, Priceline, HomeAway and AirBnB could learn a thing or two from the advertising history of major newspapers. Being big and successful does not portend continued success when advertisers are treated poorly. Read more
Do I Need to Get Special Insurance for My Condo or Vacation Home?
By April Klazema
Published: 08/01/15
Topics: Insurance, Lodging Management, Vacation Rentals
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If you rent out your property to vacationers or other tenants when you are not using it, then it cannot be protected under a homeowner's policy. If you are accepting money to allow someone to stay at your vacation home, learn heard about the insurance you must have. Read more
BookingSync.com is right about photography
By Noel Poage
Published: 07/01/15
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We have to hand a prize to Sébastien Grosjean, CEO of BookingSync a vacation rental software and channel management company. In his recent video posts he covers the basics of shooting photography. But how about HDR? Read more
Special Insurance for My Condo or Vacation Home?
By April Klazema
Published: 07/01/15
Topics: Insurance, Lodging Management, Vacation Rentals
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If the purpose of the vacation home is for personal use only, then a homeowner's insurance policy will be sufficient to cover the property. But if you rent your home to guests on a nightly, or week basis that insurance is insufficient. Read more
The Vacation Rental Property Insurance Difference
By April Klazema
Published: 06/01/15
Topics: Insurance, Lodging Management, Vacation Rentals
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Most insurance companies will offer a specific vacation rental insurance policy that you can purchase to protect your rental properties. A vacation rental property may look like a home, but in the eyes of an insurance company, it's a business. Read more
Cell Phone Photos Are Not Just Fine
By William May
Published: 06/01/15
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Would you think that major vacation rental websites would know photos are the number one method to attract more guests, more bookings and higher rates? So how come some think taking snaps on a cell phone is good enough. When good enough never is. Read more
Creepy Vacation Rental Videos
By Wm. May
Published: 05/27/15
Topics: Marketing, Vacation Rentals, Videos
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Videos are now being used as background graphics for many websites including for vacation rental advertising that depict guests inside homes in seemingly innocent moments like lounging bed or playing with their children. But does it cross the line? Read more
Drones Will One Day Be Old News
By William May
Published: 05/01/15
Topics: Hotels, Photography
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Hoteliers are all anxious to get aerial photos of their properties from drones. Good idea and we do them. Here is why they would be better off to invest I High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos instead. Read more
Website Magazine Warns Blogging Copyright Infringers
By Joseph Romain
Published: 04/01/15
Topics: Copyrights, Legal, Photography
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Website Magazine covers everything digital and in now is taking a strong stand to educate readers about how stealing copyrighted materials is a big no-no and one that will cost them lots of money when copyright holders catch them in the act. Read more
How to Choose a Vacation Rental Photographer
By William May
Published: 03/01/15
Topics: Photography
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Guest give websites but a few scant seconds to decide if it's professional, if it has what they need, and whether they are willing to look further. In one seconds, people read only a few words but glancing at a photo reveals dozens of thoughts and conveys quality, emotion, and content. Read more
Mouse in the house. Or Rats, Bears, Ants, Termites, Cockroaches, etc.
By William May
Published: 03/01/15
Topics: Lodging Management, Vacation Rentals, Wildlife
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Because second homes are not occupied at all times, pesky mice, rats, ants, cockroaches, bears, and other unwanted creatures have a sixth sense of knowing they are good targets. They give little warning which are unpredictable but easily resolved. Here is how. Read more
Expert Says Photos Best Return on Investment
By Joseph Romain
Published: 02/01/15
Topics: Marketing, Photography, Vacation Rentals
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Matt Landau, founder of VactionRentalMarketingBlog.com has some surprising insights into the top 10 steps that can help property owners and managers increase bookings and revenue. His research reveals much about photography. Read more
HDR Photography is not HD
By William May
Published: 01/01/15
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Only one in every ten thousand amateur photographers, and only one out of a thousand professionals have an understanding of High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos. That terminology has nothing to do with the common High Definition description of TV's and monitors. Everyone in lodging should know the difference. Read more
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