Buying a Holiday Home in Thailand

When deciding to purchase a holiday home, finding the perfect spot is the most important thing you can do. You need to decide if you want a home on the beach, in the city, in a rural area or in the mountains. You should also decide if you are looking for a cultural atmosphere or [...]

Most Popular Destinations for Holiday Homes

When deciding where you purchase a holiday home, you must consider all aspects. Is the weather nice? Are there a lot of activities to do? Is it loaded with tourists out on cheap holidays ? When you consider all of these things, you come up with a few locations that are perfect for your type [...]

A Review of Profit from Your Vacation Home Dream: The Complete Guide to a Savvy Financial and Emotional Investment

There have been some very solid books published on the subject of vacation home rentals. While most are quite solid, they do run the risk of sounding the same. In other words, there is not much difference between the subject and presentation of the material. However, this is not the case with Profit from Your [...]

Tax Strategies for Vacation Rentals

The concept sounds simple enough. You want to start renting out your vacation  home, to make some extra money. Before you go down that path, you might want to consider some of the pro’s and con’s of the tax implications.  So, let’s take a home to consider some of the tax strategies for vacation rentals. [...]

HomeAway Recent Advertisement

I think everyone must have seen the hilarious Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo mini movie made by HomeAway.  I just squirmed for the unfortunate couple as they tried to have a romantic night together.  If you haven’t seen it, here is the link to it: Hotel Hell Vacation.  It is very funny.  However, to quote [...]

Vacation Rental – Making Your Advertising Bucks Work For You

Hello again. I hope you had something to think about after my last post?  I know that some of you do the “over and above the call of duty” things anyway, but for those who don’t, you are, quite literally, throwing money away! So, let’s carry on with our advertising maximization plan: We have our [...]

Ten Tips to look good with Renters

Renters are back in force after the new year to book vacations. Here are ten tips to close bookings quickly and ensure repeat business next year. Respond – Remember this old saying? – The early bird gets the worm. Respond, the faster the better! And, follow up – Many renters are shopping around and a [...]