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Vacation rental tips for successfully marketing a vacation home, including tips about taking photos, writing great ads, setting rates, meeting your vacation home neighbors, booking your vacation rental in the off-season, and more...

10 Things We Learned from Vacation Rental Owners in 2007
Our owners have a wealth of information. Here a just a few of the things we learned this fall.

10 Things We Learned from Vacation Rental Owners in 2008
Read tips for renting your home that we learned from other owners during our 2008 seminars.”

11 Steps to Staging Great Photos for Your Vacation Rental Listing
Tips to stage a room in your vacation rental so that your photos will look more professional.

4 Quick Steps to Improve Any Photo Using Photoshop Elements
Tips to quickly and easily improve the quality of your property photos using Photoshop Elements.

Advanced SEO for Your Listing: The Importance of Building Links
Once you have optimized the text and photos in your listing for the search engines, you can take it one step further.

Advertising Your Vacation Home to Special Event Travelers
When updating the listing for your vacation rental property, don't forget to reach out to special event travelers.

Being Involved In Homeowners' Associations (HOA)
Easy ways for YOU to get involved with your HOA from afar.

Charging a Cleaning Fee vs. Having Your Vacation Rental Guests Clean
Many owners are tempted to just let their guests clean upon leaving a vacation rental property rather than hiring a housekeeper. But is this really the best thing?

Charging by Night or by Person: Setting Vacation Rental Rates
Whether you charge per person or by maximum occupancy often depends on your vacation rental market.

Christine on Keeping Up Vacation Rental Calendars
Keeping calendars up-to-date has been a bit of a sore subject with vacation rental owners. Why Christine thinks it's a must.

Christine on the Benefits of Collecting Sales Tax from Vacation Rental Guests
Sales tax evasion has always been a pretty hot discussion topic among vacation rental owners.

Common Mistakes Owners Make When Filling Out Their Contact Info
When filling out the contact information section of their vacation rental listing, many owners make business-breaking mistakes.

Creative Ways to Keep a Large Home Booked in the Slower Season
Pointers for keeping your large vacation rental home full during the off season.

Descriptive Words to Use in Your Vacation Rental Ad: Part 1
Tips for choosing adjectives to describe your holiday rental home.

Descriptive Words to Use in your Vacation Rental Ad: Part 2
Tips for choosing property type, location, and amenity words to highlight in your vacation rental descriptions and headlines.

Determining Monthly Rates for Your Vacation Rental Home
A general formula you can use to determine monthly rental rates.

Don't Lower Your Rates, Raise Your Standards
A little vacation rental advice for keeping up with the competition. Don't panic and slash your rates. Instead add value.

Examples of a Well-Written Vacation Rental Property Description for HomeAway
Learn how to better organize the information in your property description for potential renters.

Examples of Well-Written Vacation Rental Property Headlines for HomeAway
Come up with new ideas for your own property headline by learning what works well in the examples below.

Filling Out the Amenities Section of Your Vacation Rental Ad
A checklist for completing the amenities section of your vacation rental listing

Google Maps and Your Vacation Rental Listings
Give travelers the location information they crave while maintaining complete control over the privacy of your home.

Guidelines for Charging Pet Fees at Your Vacation Rental Home
If you choose to accept pets in your vacation rental, here's a guideline for pet fees.

Guidelines for Taking & Selecting Photos of Your Vacation Rental
Your photos are your chance to visually market your vacation home to potential renters. Don't miss out by taking lackluster photos of your home.

Homeowners' Association Meetings and Vacation Rental Homeowners
Attending your annual Homeowners' Association (HOA) meeting can serve as a way to voice your opinions and form a vacation rental owners association.

How Much Should You Charge Friends For Rentals?
Information on renting to friends and how much to charge your friends to stay in your vacation rental home.