Barefoot Technologies Blog- Vacation Rental Industry News

Recently I sat down with Barefoot client, Greg Hart, President of Folly's Beach Rentals. Greg shared a great idea with me and other Barefoot customers when we were having a social. He would like to establish a new group of innovative vacation rental management company owners to get together and share ideas. To learn more about this concept, read our interview below.

Well, it has taken me over a week to recover from the annual work and fun visit with everyone attending the Vacation Rental Management Association’s conference. As usual, I have some takeaways to share.

Every vacation I go on, there is one thing that I do that makes the vacation just a bit more special. Before I leave, I will find a book that is placed in or is about the location that I am visiting. Hopefully this will be based on some historical facts about the area. I started this many years ago with James Michener’s Hawaii.  That was an easy selection, but many of the locations I am visit now take a bit of work to find something suitable. Sometimes I miss my mark and get something that just didn’t not work. Without the book, I find that my vacation was not as special. 

Recently, I’ve been getting lots of call from brave souls who are looking to start a vacation rental business. It may be a familiar scenario. They bought a vacation rental home in a beautiful location as an investment or second home. They decided to move into their vacation rental home and buy a second property that they manage and put onto VRBO. They meet other people who own second homes who ask them to manage their home, and another and another. Presto! Before they know it they are now the owner of a vacation rental property management business.

At Barefoot we are excited to announce that our customers can list their inventory on Airbnb through either of our two partners, Leisurelink or BookingPal.

We've decided to start a new kind of blog post where we put the spotlight on the amazing Barefoot customers who provide outstanding vacation rental management around the country.

We've decided to start a new kind of blog post where we put the spotlight on the amazing Barefoot customers who provide outstanding vacation rental management around the country.

It's that time again. You are well into your summer season and even those of you who are people people are getting burned out. Here's a humorous take on the typical vacation rental manager's state of mind at the end of July.

Although many Vacation Rental Companies are in the thick of your season, it might make some sense to take some time now to plan for the shoulder season, less than 45 days away. Putting some marking campaigns into place now might mean the difference between high occupancy or lower occupancy for those amazing fall months when the weather is still beautiful and there are less crowds to contend with.

Last Thursday, May 11, 2015, Greg Schwartz, CFO of Zillow sent out an email with three stated purposes including lead management, rapid network growth and the announcement of a new product, Zillow Rent Connect.