LuxuryRealEstate.com Announces 1st Annual Vacation Rental Conference
August 20, 2010 by Mike · 2 Comments
In a recent email to owners and managers of luxury vacation rentals, LuxuryRealEstate.com announced a conference for their members:
We are excited to announce the first annual Luxury Real Estate Vacation Rental Conference. This conference is unlike other industry conferences and summits. Our goal is to bring like-minded leaders in the luxury vacation rental [...]
More Destinations Shutting Doors on Vacation Rentals
August 18, 2010 by Mike · 4 Comments
According to a recent USA Today article there are more and more destinations closing the doors on Vacation Rentals. Own or manage rentals in NYC? Southern California? Chicago? Maui? Be on the watch out …
Check out the entire article http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/2010-08-05-vacation-rentals-ban_N.htm
There is an active discussion on LinkedIn in the VRMA Group:
http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&srchtype=discussedNews&gid=1218567&item=26602382&type=member&trk=EML_anet_qa_ttle-0Ut79xs2RVr6JBpnsJt7dBpSBA
Don’t Forget Vacation Rental Taxes
Last week one of the sessions at the HomeAway Owners Summit covered sales taxes for vacation rentals. Did you know nearly every vacation rental in the U.S. is required to collect and remit tax charged on the total rent collected from guests? These taxes are called sales and lodging taxes and are the same set [...]
HomeAway Owners Summit Review II
May 16, 2010 by Mike · 5 Comments
The last 24 hours of the First Ever Owners Summit was great. I have to admit though my highlight might have been heading out to the Broken Spoke for some country dancing. That’s not to diminish the content of the conference but the Broken Spoke is a one-of-a-kind experience everyone that visits Austin should experience.
As [...]
HomeAway Owners Summit Review I
May 15, 2010 by Mike · Leave a Comment
“Our vision is to make it as easy to find and book a vacation rental as a hotel. Right now on a scale of 1-10 we (as an industry) are probably at a 4.”
-Brian Sharples
It’s to no surprise that HomeAway is doing their best to better the vacation rental industry. In their [...]
Austin or Bust: I’m Heading to the HomeAway Owners Summit
Published by Michael McFadden (@McFads)
This weekend I’m heading to Austin to attend the first ever HomeAway Owners Summit. It’s a weekend packed with sessions and workshops as well as insider information from HomeAway for vacation rental owners.
We are a client of HomeAway. We have dozens of listings on VRBO and HomeAway as well as several [...]
Renting Your Vacation Home? What you need to know VI
January 14, 2010 by Joseph Sobin · Leave a Comment
Classified advertising continues to be effective as print media continues to influence. In addition, many in the print media have partner web sites. Even on the Internet, classified ads can be most effective. There are many options concerning classified ads, the following is a brief overview:
Online Classifieds: Craigslistis the biggest online classified website worldwide but [...]
Renting Your Vacation Home? What you need to know V
January 14, 2010 by Joseph Sobin · Leave a Comment
In this day and age of “plastic” if you are not accepting credit cards, you may be turning away potential renters. The following is a primer concerning credit-card acceptance as well as tips concerning checks and wire-transfers:
Years ago most vacation rental owners waited for a check to come in the mail and or a wire-transfer. [...]
Renting Your Vacation Home? What you need to know IV
January 14, 2010 by Joseph Sobin · Leave a Comment
While it will be many years before the vacation home rental marketplace offers a Global Distribution System or related, the Internet has become a de-facto clearinghouse for vacation rentals from comprehensive web sites to individual Ma & Pa web sites using key words for exposure. May we suggest options to:
Maximizing Internet Exposure:
There are many options on [...]
Renting Your Vacation Home? What you need to know III
January 14, 2010 by Joseph Sobin · Leave a Comment
When we purchase a vacation home we may “gloss over” all the documents within a closing packet. We may not review the covenants of the community and/or various restrictions associated with the subdivision or local/regional zoning issues.
Zoning and Permissibility of Rental Activity:
We cannot advise you on issues concerning zoning and covenants related to your [...]
