This is a new time in vacation rentals, where the homeowner is renting his own property and dealing with guest's and housekeepers and a maintenance man, yes a little more work but owners are finding that it keeps there vacation property rented and they know whats going on at all times. The Internet has made renting your vacation property easy and is now the way to rent a vacation rental. The larger companies are seeing big short falls in rentals and this is from over pricing their services and under paying their employee's. With them having to take their percentage and charge you for everything they do with big mark-ups its know wonder they are seeing this short fall in bookings. I painted a unit last week and the home owner said they only have 4 weeks rented, I told them that I know this new place that everyone is going and renting their property themselves and they are all full. I gave her the web sites I have seen work and she called today saying "This is the way" she had booked 3 weeks in 4 days. vrbo.com and crystalcoastrentals.net were the two sites and they seem to be really booking some properties. Another homeowner who has a large rental and it to is booked solid from them renting themselves and 78% of the rental were booked by them, he asked me do you think I should have to pay them for the rentals that are not made by them? I replied surely not. Well to beat the band he said it was their policy to be paid for this. I laughed and said what a joke ,now you pay them for something you did, and know wonder they are floundering in bookings. All I can say is if you are not seeing your vacation rental making you money you might have to do what these people did and put your home on vrbo.com and crystalcoastrentals.net and see what you have been missing by letting someone else run the show and you be the loser in the end. No one will look after your property better than you, but I will help. Darren Tupper Emerald Isle Maintenance and Caretaker service 252-764-2332
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