In the eleven years I have been advertising online vacation rentals I have discovered a simple but often forgotten formula that separates successful private owner advertising from mediocre online ads; and it’s free. Stage your home for digital photos. Your homes greatest potential lies in its appeal to shoppers. Take the time to stage your home. Print this list and bring it with you. Many times I have told folks not to forget how important the items below are to their advertising, but with so many other important things to do as well that I have regretted not having the list below with me when I photographed my own vacation rental.
Take your photos in the late afternoon, or very early evening before the sun sets.
Turn on all the lights, this is an easy one to forget, but remains one of the most important aspects of advertising online photos. All those recessed lights, bedside lamps, candle lights; every single light in your home can help create an inviting, warm ambience when digitally photographed.
Turn on the amenities. Turn on the TV and find appropriate channels, Disney is good. Take the lid off of the spa, and turn it on, lights, jets even staging with some people is fine, but not necessary, as most shoppers like to picture themselves in the photo! Light the fireplace and set the table, candlelight is a nice touch.
Example: Big Sky Vacation Rental
4. Keep your lights on and after the inside photos have been taken; take exterior photos with all the lights still on before it gets too dark.
You don’t need to be a professional photographer, just pretend you are doing a photo shoot for a magazine and your assignment is to show your home to its full potential. Your home will always look better in person then in photos, so do your best to make it shine!
---Taylor Lewis Vacation Rentals http://lodging4vacations.com
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Matching Your Vision of a Perfect Vacation Rental to An Internet Vacation Rental
Are you looking for a home away from home, somewhere you can gather your friends and family to reconnect? Consider a vacation rental. Get Specific! What do the kids really want to do, sled or ski? Do your friends want to shop and relax at the spa? Try to narrow your search down to the most important aspects of your vacation, for example, " Breckenridge Colorado, private home rental, sledding vacations," using Google Lucky search, this page came up directly, http://lodging4vacations.com/fh-breckenridge-co/ And then linked to http://lodging4vacations.com/co/breckenridge/ Where you can find more great homes in Breckenridge!
Start with great expectations, half the fun of going on vacation is exploring the different possibilities. Is being pet friendly important? Affordable housing? Ski in ski out? Have fun with your search! But remember a few key things to keep your search from becoming endless. Start with the maximum amount of people. How many in your group? Queen beds can sleep 2, but if that extra last minute person can't make it, one person in a queen bed is more comfy. What location? What would you like to do while visiting the area? Ski? Surf? Museums? Within the first few minutes of searching for your accommodations, trust your intuition. Do you have a good feeling about this place? Does it seem legitimate? Did this vacation rental owner have to pay advertising costs or was is this a free listing? Is there a phone number? Watch out for phony advertising.
Recently, a scam artist was caught. The scammer had copied images and advertised the home as his own. When called by the prospective renters, the imposter of the vacation rental could not clearly give directions or was unable to repeat the correct address. Call the owner, if it is a scam they may not be able to clearly give directions, or they may be vague. Double check with map quest or another reputable map source to make sure the rental is located where the owner has said it is supposed to be located.
Private by owner vacation rentals are clearly the way to go for more than two people on vacation. Once you find a reliable source, for many renters, it is like owning a second vacation home without the mortgage and upkeep.
Why not spilt the cost with your friends and family and share the memories?
Start with great expectations, half the fun of going on vacation is exploring the different possibilities. Is being pet friendly important? Affordable housing? Ski in ski out? Have fun with your search! But remember a few key things to keep your search from becoming endless. Start with the maximum amount of people. How many in your group? Queen beds can sleep 2, but if that extra last minute person can't make it, one person in a queen bed is more comfy. What location? What would you like to do while visiting the area? Ski? Surf? Museums? Within the first few minutes of searching for your accommodations, trust your intuition. Do you have a good feeling about this place? Does it seem legitimate? Did this vacation rental owner have to pay advertising costs or was is this a free listing? Is there a phone number? Watch out for phony advertising.
Recently, a scam artist was caught. The scammer had copied images and advertised the home as his own. When called by the prospective renters, the imposter of the vacation rental could not clearly give directions or was unable to repeat the correct address. Call the owner, if it is a scam they may not be able to clearly give directions, or they may be vague. Double check with map quest or another reputable map source to make sure the rental is located where the owner has said it is supposed to be located.
Private by owner vacation rentals are clearly the way to go for more than two people on vacation. Once you find a reliable source, for many renters, it is like owning a second vacation home without the mortgage and upkeep.
Why not spilt the cost with your friends and family and share the memories?
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