13 Keys to Successfully Renting Your Cottage, Condo or Cabin
Guidelines to ensure your vacation rental business runs smoothly and effectively. 
- Be the first to respond to a renter's inquiry.
- Be polite and friendly.
- Keep your ads up-to-date, especially your calendar.
- If you're not getting as many bookings as you'd like, consider broadening your spectrum of renters.
- Optimize your listings for the search engines by being as specific as possible when writing your headline, photo captions and descriptions.
- Solicit reviews from past renters to help further sell your vacation home to potential travelers.
- To avoid miscommunications, have a set list of cleaning tasks for your housekeeper or cleaning service to do between each guest.
- Have an extra set of linens and towels to make back-to-back rentals easier on your housekeeper
- Establish a clear refund policy to protect yourself from lost revenue.
- Establish strict policies regarding check-in and checkout and be clear about your expectations
- What do you want your guests to do before they leave, etc.?
- If you'd like to boost off-season bookings, consider accepting pets.
- Keep detailed records of all communications and bookings on a spreadsheet and maintain a good filing system on your computer to avoid scheduling errors and double-bookings.
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