Barefoot Technologies Blog- Vacation Rental Industry News

No one expects it to happen to them, yet every year hurricane season makes a mess of unfortunate travelers’ long anticipated summer vacations. As your guests look forward to relaxation and abundant sunshine this season, it’s wise to note that many popular places to visit in the U.S.—Florida, the Carolinas and the beautiful coastlines of Hawaii—are also prone to hurricane-related travel risks. Though it’s rare that vacation plans are affected by natural disasters, helping guests prepare for adverse weather that could impact their itineraries can help them trust that you’re attending to each aspect of their trip.

After our initial demonstration and any follow-up evaluations or explanatory sessions, it’s time for you to decide whether you’re ready to take the next step in your vacation rental property management business. We know this is a big decision, so we’re available to answer any questions you might have along the way. If you opt for Barefoot‘ vacation rental solution, we’ll get the ball rolling immediately. Our goals are to make your switch as smooth as possible, optimize your all areas of your business business and make day to day life for all members of your team easier in general.

Pictures are worth a thousand words and remarkable photos that paint a picture are worth even more--it is about setting a mood, an expectation.  If you add video with music into your owner retention program and out to your prospective guests, then you have even more control over the mood you want to invoke, which drives sales and commitment.   

We know that transitioning your team and your business to new software is a daunting prospect. Most businesses have had at least one bad experience where that promised smooth transition to a new workflow or program was chaotic and troublesome. That’s why we offer extensive demonstrations of our software to all parts of your company, showing you each benefit for every single department and individual task. So, what can you expect from a Barefoot Agent 4.0 demo?

Have you met our integration partner, Breezeway? They are the industry’s leading property operations and services platform.

With a name like Barefoot and a domain of www.Barefoot.com, you can imagine that the chat initiated off our website can go in a lot of different directions. Here is a short list of my favorites:

Vacation rental management involves juggling a range of tasks on a daily basis. Our days are often completely full managing owner partners and guests as well as chasing up special requests. As all of our time is usually already spoken for, unexpected issues can really take us by surprise.

A 1031 exchange both forward and reverse are powerful tools for real estate companies focused on vacation rentals. It allows investors/owners to sell investment properties and use all the proceeds to purchase new investment properties while deferring taxes associated with the sale. To qualify as an exchange, the relinquished and replacement properties must be qualified as “likeinkind” properties and the transaction must be properly structured as an exchange. “LikeInkind” relinquished properties and replacement properties must be real properties that have been and will be held for productive use in the investor’s trade or business or for investment, but there is some flexibility and gray area. For vacation rentals, as long as you follow the special definition of vacation rentals, you can apply other investment properties as “LikeInKind”.