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How to use email marketing to increase repeat visits
In a previous article, I explained that small vacation rental owners can use email marketing to future proof their business ...
My experience with OneFineStay, the unhotel, as a Luxury Vacation Rental owner
It was 10PM in Paris and my guests had already been stuck in front the door of my apartment for ...
Future proofing your vacation rental
As we start the year, it is a good time to be aware of a looming threat to your vacation ...
Vacation Rental Marketing for Luxury Property Owner
(This blog post is a follow-up to Insider’s Tips for Luxury Vacation Rental Owners) Putting your vacation rental in the ...
Insider’s tips for luxury vacation rental owners
Taylor White is a fantastic podcast interviewer, host of the Overseas Property Insider Podcast. If you are interested in international ...
Its a cleaning business
I had to make a difficult decision recently when I fired a good cleaner. She cleaned my rental till it ...
Rental tragedies repeating – the psychology of feedback
Sometimes as Vacation Rental owners, we blindly repeat the same little tragedy without realising it. This is vividly illustrated by ...
Have you made yourself free of your rental business?
Have you made yourself free? In August I had a horrible experience. With no prior warning, a friend my age who ...
How to target a customer niche – the dog owner example
To succeed with a target customer niche, you need to specialise and serve those customers really well. This hit home ...
Google trends – threats and opportunities for VR owners
Do you wonder what Google is up to that will affect us in the vacation rental industry? This year I ...
Choosing where to advertise your vacation rental – Do you ignore the obvious?
It is said that the difference between successful and unsuccessful people is that the successful grasp the obvious opportunities in ...
The astonishing growth of Airbnb – its impact on vacation rentals
This is the most significant post I’ve done to date. It has far reaching insights into Airbnb and its explosive ...
More holiday rental bookings – the magical sound alert
Enquiry Alerts It is well known that a fast response to customers is going to convert more e-mail enquiries into ...
The powerful enquiry SMS sound alert – How To Do It
In an separate article, More holiday rental bookings – the magical sound alert, I explained how an automated alert can ...
Setting Simple Email Alerts – How To Do It
In an earlier post More holiday rental bookings – the magical sound alert, I explained it can be useful to ...
Fully booked? I laughed when the sceptic called me a bull tish artist.
The top line of the Holiday Rental Mastery website asks: “Are you a fully booked rental owner?” Several rental owners ...
How I Converted 60% of My Enquiries to Bookings
I am constantly experimenting with new ways of running my holiday rental. It drives my partner crazy! I nearly fell ...
How I got started.
It was in 2004, and I was looking for a place to stay on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. I ...
Are you a fully booked rental owner?
If not, now is the time to learn how you can achieve Rental Mastery: Use psychology to convert more bookings ...