We live in a digital age and consumers expect businesses to use technology to make their services, better, faster, and more accommodating.
You’re the proud owner of a vacation rental, and they told you to get a website so prospective guests could find your listings online. Getting this website would be fun, they said. It would also be easy, they said. Are you feeling frustrated and like you’ve been lied to when it comes to online marketing?
Vacation rental properties can be an attractive target for burglars and thieves. When you own a vacation rental property, it’s easy to worry about the safety and security of your home when it is unoccupied. So, what can you do to ensure that your vacation rental is safe when no one is there to keep an eye on it?
There’s no denying that a lack of space is one of the first thing guests will notice upon arrival. In fact, one of the few objective terms used to describe properties is “spacious”. But, what if you don’t own a huge villa with a garden and swimming pool but a small studio. Can you still rent it? Of course!
It’s a strategy that seems like an obvious winner: buy property and get back your investment (and then some) by renting it. But is it really a good business strategy?
There’s a lot of info out there covering vacation rental management, so it can often be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. For those just entering the business, working with poor advice or inflated expectations is a precursor to failure. We here at Tokeet have a vested interest in your success – so we know just what you need to get there!
Now that 2019 is rolling along without major incident, perhaps it’s time to assess the industry’s foothold again. The vacation rental industry is still new, and its growth has been meteoric to say the least – but is it liable to taper off any time soon?
A frequent concern among VRMs is whether or not their list of amenities has an effect on booking rates. To settle your minds, there aren’t many make-or-break vacation rental amenities. When it comes to short-term rentals, guests are much less likely to discount a property over its lack of non-essential items.
If you’ve been in the vacation rental business for more than 10 seconds, you’ve probably heard about direct bookings. It’s the preferred mode of booking by vacation rental managers – but why? It’s about much more than eliminating booking fees.
With the new year fast approaching, we return to a news piece that first broke in July 2017. Various news and VRM-centric outlets were reporting on Google’s intentions to enter the vacation rental market. VRMintel included an insider quote stating a wide-release was likely coming in 2018. So what was it and where is it now? And, more importantly, how will it affect us?