Raising Standards
What do Your Guests do Most at Your Cottage?
Sunday, January 27th, 2008 What is the one thing everyone will do on a vacation in a cottage? I mean everyone….from the tiniest baby to great grandma? They will do it, not once, but every single day of their holiday.
They will sleep! And since they are on vacation, they would hope that it will be a good night’s […]
The High Cost of Buying Cheap
Sunday, January 20th, 2008When we travelled out from England to buy our first vacation rental home in Ontario, we had a week to close, furnish and set it up for rental. At that time, we didn’t have the big stores in UK like Wal*Mart and Home Depot -at least not where I lived - so we were […]
The Secret to Renting out your Vacation Home – the Stress Free Way
Sunday, December 16th, 2007What one thing can make your cottage vacation rental easier to manage as well as leaving you feeling comfortable about the guests you have staying? What can also increase your income in the off season, and boost your referral rates significantly?
The secret is in your returning guests. Those wonderful families that come back year after […]
Should Vacation Rentals be Licensed and Regulated?
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Here’s an interesting viewpoint on the fast growing vacation rental industry:
“all vacation home owners who rent more than a couple of weeks in the year should be licensed and meet minimum standards for vacation rentals”.
I read this on a forum recently and it has been niggling at the back of my mind ever since. […]