Come sit next to me if you want to complain about the smart phone. I know that I miss seeing my children’s faces that are buried in theirs. There is one redeeming quality that I can get my head around. My kids are friends, real friends, with kids all around the world. They Instagram and snap chat with them every day and those relationships are as real to them as the kids that they are friends with at school and at dance.
Tags: Vacation Rental Software, How to market vacation rentals, Relationship Management, Technology Age, New Technology
As winter begins to fade it becomes more important than ever to capitalize on your winter season guests. These guests can vary dramatically based on your market but one thing is the same, the main season is ending and your guest are beginning to shift from those coming to stay for the peak season to those who are looking for a shoulder season getaway.
Tags: Client Expectations, Vacation Rental Software, How to market vacation rentals, Marketing, Property Management, Property Management Software, Competitive Advantage, Browser Based Software, Barefoot Technologies, Property manager marketing, rental indusrty competition, Offerings, CRM Tips
Every once in a while you find something that is so unique and exciting that you have to comment on it. We sit in our world, and watch everything pass by, and never really utilize the uniqueness of the opportunities that are afforded to us.
Tags: Vacation Rental Software, How to market vacation rentals, Marketing, Property Management Software, Barefoot Technologies, future of vacation rentals, Property manager marketing
Over the past few months we have seen some scams and issues coming through a few larger portals because, on some level, the portals leave the deals up to the private parties. This will not be the case much longer as HomeAway.com has launched its newest communication management tool. This isn’t a tool for HomeAway for professionals, or one that will even really compete with you at this point. It is a security measure for individual owners.
Tags: Scams, Vacation Rental Software, VRBO Portal, vacation rental scam, Security, HomeAway.com, Barefoot Technologies, HomeAway Portal, CRM
In the ever changing landscape that is todays business world, startups seem to be the ever new trend. Its not every day that a startup in the vacation rental industry makes news waves but that is exactly what is happening with tech startup Cozy.
Tags: Vacation Rental Software, Barefoot Technologies, Cozy.com, Landlordology
Happy Holidays to everyone and we hope this holiday season treated you well. Sadly with the ringing in of this New Year, my first post-holiday blog comes with some bad news. Another market is being targeted by vacation rental scams, Lake Placid and the Olympic village has reported dozens of rental scams this holiday season.
Tags: Vacation Rental Management, Barefoot, Vacation Rental, Client Expectations, Rentals, Rental Market, VRBO, Scams, Vacation Rental Software, HomeAway, VRBO Portal, rental industry competition, vacation rental scam, RBO, Security, HomeAway.com, rental industry
Our friend over at VRM Intel, Amy Hinote put together this awesome survey with 94 vacation rental manager respondents. The survey focused on the technology that you out there are using. We at Barefoot found the information fascinating and wanted to make sure everything was shared with you. The original article can be found here.
Tags: Vacation Rental Software, VRM Intel, Rental Manager, Rental Manager Survey, Technology Issues, Rental Technology
Who is protecting and supporting the professional property manager? Actions speak louder than words. So the professional property manager needs to look closely at their technology partners, and determine who can best help them in meeting the very specific needs of their business. Here is some information you may or may not know. It might tell you more about who is, or is not covering your back today, and into the future.
Tags: Vacation Rental Software, HomeAway.com, rental industry, Vacation rental system, rental competition
Berlin is now the most recent location to limit short term rentals. This is the first international story we have reported on here, as most of our focus has been based on rental trends in the us. However, with all of the crackdowns coming through as of late, this trend seemed destined to become global.
Tags: Vacation Rental Industry, Vacation Rental Software, rental industry competition, Property Management, Second Home, Rental Software, Rental management Software, rental marketing, future of vacation rentals, Vacation Rental Legislation
Browser based, the cloud, web storage, and more are words that seem to paint the picture of a secret file cabinet hidden by location, not security. Barefoot boasts a browser based vacation rental software system as one of the main selling points and recently, the question of security has come from a few prospective clients. It’s time to set the record straight and assure you that browser based software is very secure and does not need questioning.
Tags: Vacation Rental Software, Security, Property Management Software, Management Software, Rental Software, Browser Based Software
