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  Newsletter for Vacation Rental Homeowners , Owner Community Newsletter Archive  
 
     

June 2009: Owner Community  Newsletter: Learn how to resolve complaints, handle cancellations and enforce house rules at your vacation rental.

May 2009 Owner Community Newsletter This month's newsletter is full of tips for preparing for the summer season, plus our new feature: Owner Tip of the Month.

April 2009 Owner Community Newsletter: This month’s newsletter includes advice on marketing to different types of travelers, from discount shoppers to discerning vacationers, family functions to fervent foodies.

March 2009 Owner Community Newsletter: Welcome to the first edition of our newly formatted newsletter.  This month features some of our most popular articles, plus a new Top 10 list on the obstacles that many travelers face when booking a vacation home.

February 2009 Owner Community Newsletter: This month, we focus on topics that owners frequently ask about: accepting pets, creating a newsletter, handling problems, hiring a new housekeeper or handyman, and the impact of turning your vacation rental into an LLC.

January 2009 Owner Community Newsletter: In our first issue of 2009, we tackle setting rates, naming your vacation home, and connecting on social networking sites.

December 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: This month we recap the Best of 2008--  the best articles, podcasts, webinars, blog posts, and owner tips.

November 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: This month get ready for 2009 with tips about updating your listing, responding to inquiries, creating your marketing plan, and whether or not to raise your rates.

October 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: Read this month's newsletter for tips from other owners, to learn how to make your listing as good as your vacation home, and for the inside scoop of VRBO's new video option.

September 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: This month we've provided some helpful tips on scheduling and performing fall maintenance for your vacation home.

August 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: This month's newsletter focuses on the importance of including detailed location information in your property listings.

July 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: This month's newsletter will provide lots of helpful tips for marketing your home in the fall, whether it's your busy season or your off-season.

June 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: In this month's newsletter, we are requesting your feedback on the Owner Community site, newsletter and other services.  We also invite you to Meet the OC!

May 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: This month, we give suggestions for what to say to freeloading friends when they want to stay in your home and announce our upcoming seminar series in Hawaii.

April 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: This month's newsletter is filled with a haberdashery of topics from adding certain amenities to marketing to business travelers.

March 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: This month's newsletter features a plethora of new content, as well as the "Top 10 Most Common Cleaning Problems" and results from last month's question of the month.

February 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: Check out this month's newsletter, which features the "10 Lines That Should Raise a Red Flag," new articles, podcasts, and blog posts, and poses the question "How much do you pay your housekeeper or cleaning service to clean your home between guests?"

January 2008 Owner Community Newsletter: To kick off the new year, we offer "10 Things to Include in Your Directions," asked "What advice do you have for someone just starting out?", andfeatured the latest articles, news, and podcasts added to the OC this month.

December 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: In our year-end issue, we propose 10 More Vacation Rental Resolutions for the New Year, ask "Which types of offline advertising have you tried in the past (e.g. newspaper classified ads, etc.) and to what success?", and rattle off the vacation rental news, alerts, tentative seminar dates, recent articles added to OC, and highlight a special offer for our subscribers.

November 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: This month, Christine outlined her holiday wishlist, we featured article from guest author, Joanne Palmisano, and offered the usual links to recent articles, podcasts, rental alerts, and vacation rental news.

October 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: In our October issue, we highlight the "Top 10 Things We Learned From Owners Last Month," ask owners "What questions would you like to ask your peers?" and give links to recent articles, podcasts, rental alerts, and vacation rental news.

September 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: In this month's issue, we give the "Top 10 Things We See Wrong With Property Listings: Part 2," ask owners "what stupid questions do you get asked by renters, brought back some of our older articles that can sometimes be difficult to find, and featured the latest articles, news, podcasts, and local rental alerts added to the OC in September.

August 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: In the August issue, we propose "Ten Ways to Increase Your Property's Web Curb Appeal," ask owners "where do you find the best deals?," share the Vacation Rental Resources that we've gathered so far, and featured the latest articles, news, podcasts, and local rental alerts added to the OC in August.

July 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: In this month's issue of the Owner Community Newsletter, we tell about "Ten Personal Affects to Leave at Your Property," share one owner's difficult renter experience, ask owners to share their creative off-season booking ideas and give links to recent articles, podcasts, rental alerts, and vacation rental news.

June 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: In the June 2007 issue of the OC Newsletter, we tackle the "Top Ten Amenities That Will Attract Families with Small Children," ask owners to share with us their most ridiculous renter complaint, highlight Christine's upcoming appearance on Tom Kelly's radio show, and as usual feature links to the recently added articles to the OC, local rental alerts, podcasts, seminars, and vacation rental news.

May 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: The May 2007 issue of the Owner Community Newsletter for vacation rental owners featured "Top Ten Things Vacation Rental Owners Should Know About the Average Traveler," asks the question "What are must-have amenities in your area," and features links to the recently added articles to the OC, local rental alerts, podcasts, seminars, and vacation rental news.

April 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: In the April 2007 issue of the Owner Community Newsletter, we tried something a little bit different.  Instead of our usual newsletter format, we opted for a more streamlined "Update" format that only included recently added articles, podcasts, and April Vacation Rental News. 

March 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: The March 2007 issue of the Owner Community Newsletter for vacation rental owners includes ten ways to fight vacation rental bans in your area, an owner-submitted tip, products for your vacation home (books), vacation rental news, a link to the latest How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner podcast, recently added articles to the OC, and handy Internet links.

February 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: The February 2007 issue of the Owner Community Newsletter for vacation rental owners includes information about the 2nd edition of Christine's book, ten ways to make renters feel more comfortable, an owner-submitted tip, products for your vacation home (gutter flusher, mini-blind cleaners, and dryer trap lint brush), vacation rental news, a link to the latest How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner podcast, recently added articles to the OC, a book giveaway contest, and income tax links.

January 2007 Owner Community Newsletter: The January 2007 issue of the Owner Community Newsletter for vacation rental owners includes ten mistakes that owners make when building their advertisement, an owner-submitted tip, products for your vacation home (board games, Reader's Digest, and a portable crib), seminar information, vacation rental news, a link to the latest How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner podcast, recently added articles to the OC, a book giveaway contest, and decorating links.

December 2006 Owner Community Newsletter: The December 2006 issue of the Owner Community Newsletter for vacation rental owners includes ten vacation rental resolutions, an owner-submitted tip, products for your vacation home (air bed, lockbox, and crown molding kit), vacation rental news, a link to the latest How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner podcast, recently added articles to the OC, and holiday links.