There’s lots of talk out there about all of the marketing you can do to get a potential homeowner to reach out to you, but very little on what to do at that point.

We walk thru 12 – which turn into 16 – tips on how to make that contact turn into a homeowner signing up on your program. This includes how to handle the potential homeowner’s dog sniffing you in all the wrong spots. Ok, we didn’t solve that one!

Sarah thinks Tim had one of his best pieces of advice in this episode. It involves “throwing mud”.

Dig in here.

Sibylle owns a large home in Vermont near a popular ski resort. Just one. Manages it on her own from the Boston area. Claims wild success and even attended the most recent VRMA conference in Chicago!

We sat down with Sibylle to find out what makes her tick and how she can pull this off without the drama we warn homeowner’s of who want to do it on their own. Most interesting to us was why she decided NOT to hire a vacation rental manager and why she has a good case for the word “professional” not just applying to VR companies.

We can all learn from looking at the other side.

Too busy to attend the conferences this Spring? No worries – we asked several attendees (plus ourselves!) what the key takeaways were and we cover them in this week’s episode including best conference schwag, Steve Trover’s distinctive hat, and how VRMA Advocacy raised almost a half million in one sitting.

Takeaways available here.

With more and more bookings coming directly from your website (or let’s hope they are!), it’s essential you revisit your property pages, and booking pages at least once a month to be sure they are top-notch.

In this episode, Sarah and Tim share their latest vacation rental website pet peeves. Make sure you’re not on this list!

Here ya go.

Lorraine has made it her mission as of late to bring more vacation rentals to the marketplace that are truly accessible – not just for wheelchairs but also expanding that to autistic, end-of-life trips, and other disabilities we don’t always include in the discussion.

Here how you can focus on this niche more and make a difference and some dough while you’re at it!