Comments for Cottage Blogger - Rental Resources for Vacation Home Owners http://cottageblogger.com Rental Resources for Vacation Home Owners Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Comment on How Pinterest Can Boost Vacation Rental Buzz by CottageGuru http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/how-pinterest-can-boost-vacation-rental-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-4498 CottageGuru Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:32:33 +0000 http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/how-pinterest-can-boost-vacation-rental-buzz/#comment-4498 Thanks for the comment Jane - I have sent your Pinterest invitation. Let me know when you have a board pinned so I can follow it. Thanks for the comment Jane – I have sent your Pinterest invitation. Let me know when you have a board pinned so I can follow it.

]]> Comment on How Pinterest Can Boost Vacation Rental Buzz by Jane and Ron Bennett http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/how-pinterest-can-boost-vacation-rental-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-4497 Jane and Ron Bennett Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:12:52 +0000 http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/how-pinterest-can-boost-vacation-rental-buzz/#comment-4497 Thanks for flagging this up Heather; I love your pinboard - full of different angles and very professional looking. Already a friend with a vacation rental has seen it and commented on how useful it will be for his new ad. Most of us here could draw inspiration from it I think. That's just it: I like the fact that you're helping others' interests and businesses as well as your own. Please may I have an invitation too?! Thanks for flagging this up Heather; I love your pinboard – full of different angles and very professional looking. Already a friend with a vacation rental has seen it and commented on how useful it will be for his new ad. Most of us here could draw inspiration from it I think.

That’s just it: I like the fact that you’re helping others’ interests and businesses as well as your own. Please may I have an invitation too?!

]]> Comment on A Year of Vacation Rental Learning – Part Two by CottageGuru http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/a-year-of-vacation-rental-learning-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-4496 CottageGuru Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:52:03 +0000 http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/a-year-of-vacation-rental-learning-part-two/#comment-4496 It would be a shame if we didn't take the learning point out of each situation that arises but I agree there is a lot of less than useful stuff and mostly self-serving stuff online. I'm glad you are finding my blog useful and thank you for your comment It would be a shame if we didn’t take the learning point out of each situation that arises but I agree there is a lot of less than useful stuff and mostly self-serving stuff online. I’m glad you are finding my blog useful and thank you for your comment

]]> Comment on A Year of Vacation Rental Learning – Part Two by CottageGuru http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/a-year-of-vacation-rental-learning-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-4495 CottageGuru Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:50:01 +0000 http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/a-year-of-vacation-rental-learning-part-two/#comment-4495 Oh Margaret - that doesn't sound like real Canadians at all who are mostly the friendliest most laid-back people on the planet. Mind you, we get our share of serial complainers in our agency business here in Ontario so I know they are out there. It's tough at times to give the money back, but when these things occur it's often better to get it out of the way and put it down to experience. Oh Margaret – that doesn’t sound like real Canadians at all who are mostly the friendliest most laid-back people on the planet. Mind you, we get our share of serial complainers in our agency business here in Ontario so I know they are out there. It’s tough at times to give the money back, but when these things occur it’s often better to get it out of the way and put it down to experience.

]]> Comment on How Pinterest Can Boost Vacation Rental Buzz by CottageGuru http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/how-pinterest-can-boost-vacation-rental-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-4494 CottageGuru Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:46:58 +0000 http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/how-pinterest-can-boost-vacation-rental-buzz/#comment-4494 Hi Lindsay I had not heard of Houzz until I found Pinterest and know I have pinned some images from there. I will go back and have a look. I sent you an invitation so hope to see your boards up soon. Hi Lindsay

I had not heard of Houzz until I found Pinterest and know I have pinned some images from there. I will go back and have a look. I sent you an invitation so hope to see your boards up soon.

]]> Comment on How Pinterest Can Boost Vacation Rental Buzz by LindsayinSpain http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/how-pinterest-can-boost-vacation-rental-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-4492 LindsayinSpain Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:52:14 +0000 http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/how-pinterest-can-boost-vacation-rental-buzz/#comment-4492 Many thanks for this post Heather, im looking forward to reading the articles and exploring Pinterest further so it would be great to get an invite! Love your photos board, ive done some similar ideabooks on Houzz, as I think visuals are so perfect for setting a scene for our holiday rental owners. http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/466586/thumbs/Ideas-for-Creating-Great-Kids-Spaces-in-Your-Holiday-Home Fab blog, many thanks! Lindsay Many thanks for this post Heather, im looking forward to reading the articles and exploring Pinterest further so it would be great to get an invite! Love your photos board, ive done some similar ideabooks on Houzz, as I think visuals are so perfect for setting a scene for our holiday rental owners. http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/466586/thumbs/Ideas-for-Creating-Great-Kids-Spaces-in-Your-Holiday-Home
Fab blog, many thanks!
Lindsay
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]]> Comment on A Year of Vacation Rental Learning – Part Two by Margaret Leach http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/a-year-of-vacation-rental-learning-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-4491 Margaret Leach Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:58:28 +0000 http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/a-year-of-vacation-rental-learning-part-two/#comment-4491 Oh dear, this reminds me of the Canadian guests who booked 3 weeks in November here one year. (OK, with hindsight, you have to ask why?) We should have known there might be a problem when they told us they were experienced B&B owners who never found anywhere to rent which met their standards. We weren't actually there when they arrived, so a neighbour let them in - one hour before check in time - when we did arrive, they complained that the snow had not been cleared. This happened to be a day when it snowed like it was never going to stop. So snow clearing was scheduled for arrival time. Then they spent a day in a place not recommended in our file or anywhere else I have ever seen. (Nothing actually wrong with Plattling but nobody does anything else there but change trains!). When we did get back we were told, ominously, that they would speak to us the next day. When they did, they demanded a refund because there was too much snow, my reply 'it says on the website that November is when the snow arrives', her reply 'there is so much on your website, I can't be expected to read it all'. Upshot was they demanded a refund which we gave in the end for the same reason as above. They stayed an extra week (so it wasn't that bad) and made sure that the refund equalled the cost of the days they didn't use. They clearly had their next accommodation booked before they arrived. So, I agree, some guests have to be paid to go/stay way. Oh dear, this reminds me of the Canadian guests who booked 3 weeks in November here one year. (OK, with hindsight, you have to ask why?) We should have known there might be a problem when they told us they were experienced B&B owners who never found anywhere to rent which met their standards. We weren’t actually there when they arrived, so a neighbour let them in – one hour before check in time – when we did arrive, they complained that the snow had not been cleared. This happened to be a day when it snowed like it was never going to stop. So snow clearing was scheduled for arrival time. Then they spent a day in a place not recommended in our file or anywhere else I have ever seen. (Nothing actually wrong with Plattling but nobody does anything else there but change trains!). When we did get back we were told, ominously, that they would speak to us the next day. When they did, they demanded a refund because there was too much snow, my reply ‘it says on the website that November is when the snow arrives’, her reply ‘there is so much on your website, I can’t be expected to read it all’. Upshot was they demanded a refund which we gave in the end for the same reason as above. They stayed an extra week (so it wasn’t that bad) and made sure that the refund equalled the cost of the days they didn’t use. They clearly had their next accommodation booked before they arrived. So, I agree, some guests have to be paid to go/stay way.

]]> Comment on A Year of Vacation Rental Learning – Part Two by Richard http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/a-year-of-vacation-rental-learning-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-4490 Richard Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:49:27 +0000 http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/a-year-of-vacation-rental-learning-part-two/#comment-4490 Congratulation Heather. Having read both the diaries, I like the way you took an interesting diary of events (of which there are probably millions of blogs on the Internet) and added the Learning points to make it into a USEFUL blog (of which there are pitifully few) Congratulation Heather.
Having read both the diaries, I like the way you took an interesting diary of events (of which there are probably millions of blogs on the Internet) and added the Learning points to make it into a USEFUL blog (of which there are pitifully few)

]]> Comment on How to profit after rental income is maximised by CottageGuru http://cottageblogger.com/2011/12/how-to-profit-after-rental-income-is-maximised/comment-page-1/#comment-4489 CottageGuru Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:19:40 +0000 http://cottageblogger.com/2011/12/how-to-profit-after-rental-income-is-maximised/#comment-4489 Hi Kathleen - if you sign up a free membership at Renting for Profit, we are starting a group to support each other writing ebooks Hi Kathleen – if you sign up a free membership at Renting for Profit, we are starting a group to support each other writing ebooks

]]> Comment on A Year of Vacation Rental Learning – Part One by CottageGuru http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/a-year-of-vacation-rental-learning-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4488 CottageGuru Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:17:37 +0000 http://cottageblogger.com/2012/01/a-year-of-vacation-rental-learning-part-one/#comment-4488 Catherine - yes, there is always learning to be done - and sometimes it's so surprising what it is! London vacation rentals - I think every owner needs to be a guest in another property to understand what their own guests experience and perceive. It can be an eye-opener Heather - You are welcome - hope you enjoy part 2 as well Catherine – yes, there is always learning to be done – and sometimes it’s so surprising what it is!

London vacation rentals – I think every owner needs to be a guest in another property to understand what their own guests experience and perceive. It can be an eye-opener

Heather – You are welcome – hope you enjoy part 2 as well

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