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Ending the double booking nightmare – via channel managers
A double booking is the vacation rental owner’s worst nightmare. It usually comes as a confused call from a guest trying to ...
Humility – a cautionary tale about OTAs
I was on a roll. In the second half of 2018, my Sea Zen vacation rental calendars were blocked out ...
Getting the little things right – via feedback
Are you leaving money on the table because the little things are wrong? We have all seen one vacation rental ...
Are you missing the obvious for your Vacation Rental?
So your vacation rental listings are perfect, right? But what if you are missing something? It is amazing what a ...
Six predictions for vacation rentals for 2019
What will 2019 bring? It’s time to take a deep breath and make some predictions. HERE ARE MY TOP SIX ...
Improve your own Facebook ads by using this trick to discover which ads companies like Airbnb, Stay Alfred and Guesty are running
If you are running a growing short-term rental business, you may have tried several times to run ads on Facebook. ...
What ambitious Airbnb property management companies can learn from Phocuswright Europe conference videos featuring Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia
If your job is to run an up-and-coming Airbnb property management company, then you will be very interested in some ...
Branding & Quality Consistency: What startup vacation rental property management companies can learn from Airbnb Plus, Stay Alfred, Tujia and others.
Brands, created by property management companies like Lyric, Sonder or Domio, as well as by OTAs (e.g. Airbnb Plus, Tujia ...
Predicting leading OTAs and laggards – the Trends tool
HOW ARE YOUR OTAS PERFORMING? Where should you be putting your efforts into getting bookings for your vacation rental? Wouldn’t ...
The gift that keeps on giving
The gift voucher Do you offer a gift voucher on your website? It is a very useful way of increasing ...
How I can read 28 vacation rental blogs every day (sharing this tool with you)
How do you keep up with vacation rental news? It can be crazy: There are plenty of valuable blogs around, from ...
Professional Photographer advice for vacation rental owners
How do you get the best professional photographs? Is it hit and miss – or is there a sure fire ...
Why I fired a good cleaner
The cleaner I fired A few years back, I had to make a difficult decision when I fired a good ...
What’s in a name? You’d better care!
There’s a great name game going on and it’s serious. This is the great name game: On the one hand, ...
Is Facebook dead for Vacation Rental bookings?
You might be wondering why I haven’t posted an article about social media rccently. It is because I haven’t seen ...
Optimizing your vacation rental for HomeAway
We continue with our series on optimizing your performance on the big listing sites – this week HomeAway. It has ...
Cara menentukan niche dalam situs rumah liburan untuk meningkatkan jumlah booking
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Optimising your Vacation Rental for Bookingdotcom
Last week we looked at Airbnb. However this week, we see that Booking.com is a very different business to the ...
Optimising your Vacation Rental for Airbnb bookings
How do you get listed higher in the Airbnb search results? Airbnb doesn’t publish its ranking algorithm, but in general ...
VR Mastery Handbook – Table of Contents
The Vacation Rental Mastery Handbook is due for publication in December 2018. It is currently with the copy editor, and ...
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