Being that we don't do any real estate sales ourselves, and instead look for partnerships with real estate agents, we often get great feedback from the agents that we work with during the vacation rental buying and selling process. There's a debate in the real estate community as too whether or not you should block the vacation rental calendars to...
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We've covered online travel agencies, booking agents, and tour operators in our previous blog posts. The question is, what are the best bookings to take and where should property owners and managers focus their energy for bookings? The answer to this question is actually none of the above. There's a way that you can earn more...
Vacation rental homes are a relatively new concept for most of the world and around the United States. Within the past 10 years, the world has seen an explosion of vacation rental inventory through the efficiency and mass marketing success of online travel agencies such as Airbnb and VRBO. However, Orlando had an established vacation rental market,...
What is an Online Travel Agency (OTA)?
Whether you've heard the term Online Travel Agency or not, you definitely know what they are. Online Travel Agencies have taken over the travel industry by changing the way that you and I research, reserve, and experience destinations around the globe. Airbnb is the largest and most well known OTA which has hosted over 400 million guests since it's...
Factors That Effect Vacation Home Rentals
Orlando is a year-round, global vacation rental market. With a strong enough marketing program, homeowners will enjoy bookings virtually each month, provided there are no major external factors (such as COVID-19 where currently experiencing). However, if you take a look through Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), you'll find many times that there are...
We get a fair amount of "pure investors" that ask us "What's going to make us the most money?", which is not really a fair question to ask when investing in real estate. Buying the property "right" is key, and there are hundreds of real estate investing books that go into much deeper detail than I would in a blog...
How To Evaluate Vacation Home Rental Revenue
"How much will I make from this vacation home?" This is a question we get ALL the time, and it's not an easy question to answer. Many inexperienced vacation home buyers are just looking at what their ROI would be. What they don't know is that many vacation rental owners and management companies report gross revenue differently. This is all...
Written by: Keith Wachter - iTrip Vacations Orlando Business Development Specialist