20 Best Business Gadgets of 2017
Gadgets and Technology that will help you be the most productive in 2018 1. Best smartphone: Apple iPhone X The inventiveness of the latest Apple iPhone X ($999), which uses a massive display and a new swipe-up for home interface paradigm. It works. Plus, the cameras for selfies on the front and portrait shots on…
5 Things To Consider When Buying A Vacation Rental
Looking at purchasing a vacation home but would also like to rent it out to cover expenses. Consider these five points in deciding where and what you want to purchase. If you are purchasing a second home for your enjoyment and not for 100% investment purposes then this article will provide insight. One: Find a…
No Keys = Safe & Easy Vacation
You have arrived at your vacation rental and you’re excited about beginning your vacation. You’re headed out the door with your group of 8 friends or family members be to begin exploring your destination but some of the group wants to come back early or at different times but you only have two keys. What…
Trivago, Expedia & Nomadness Together
The vacation rental market is again attracting attention with this week Trivago announcing the integration of Expedia’s HomeAway vacation rental inventory into its hotel search platform. Trivago recognizes challenges in offering both hotel and residential properties and has plans ensure that customers are not overwhelmed by offers. Expedia has been working on its e-commerce flow for HomeAway’s 1.5…
Reviews. How Important Are They?
Companies can make beautiful websites and ads and promise the world but what they deliver can be two different things. Reviews provide the true consumer experience with the company. Now granted there are some consumers that are overly critical and then there are consumers that are easily pleased. When all the reviews are lumped together…
Book Your Winter Vacation Carefree of Weather Conditions
You want to book your vacation for the Winter and take advantage of all the discounts being offered now but you are concerned about the weather. What if the snow conditions are over the top like last season when travel was difficult, road condition challenging and the massive amounts of snow made it difficult sometimes…
Cali4nia Premium Ski Passes from $375
Looking for a deal on ski passes? Look no further we have the lowdown right here. We have the secret links to discounted tickets from Mammoth Mountain and discounts for the best Mammoth Vacation Rentals. Buy your ski passes directly from Mammoth Mountain using this secret link to the Mammoth Mountains website to get your discounted…
Is Bigger Better?
These days it seems that we are constantly being bombarded with announcements of bigger and better is the answer to everything but is it? In the vacation rental market, this seems to be a common theme these days. Big agencies are buying out smaller property managers and then touting that bigger is better, they have more…
Homeowners Ins or Vacation Rental Homeowners Insurance
They both protect your vacation home equally or do they? The recent fires that California is experiencing has brought to the forefront the importance of having the correct homeowner’s insurance policy to cover damage and loss of rent for your vacation rental. Large domestic homeowner Insurance policies have either inadequate or even improper coverage for vacation rental…
Automation vs Experience Which Do You Trust?
Today I came across a new feature Airbnb is offering to short-term rental owners. This automated service allows homeowners to plug in their address, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms and the system generates the projected revenue and occupancy. The automation projects % occupancy, average nightly stay, and annual gross rent. Sounds cool, right? Wrong, after performing…