Category Archives: Owner's Blog

Security Update As we all strive to #BookDirect, thousands of Property Rental owners are building new websites - and we are helping many of them, but with progress there is always a risk. As we explain here, more than 2/3rds ... Read More

Over the last few years there has been a lot written about guest experience but pretty much all of it has been written from an owners point of view. In this article, I blow the lid on the real guest ... Read More

23.03.2019 Here are a couple of things that caught our eye in the soup this week Post News Sunshine Villas created a post that lists vegan and gluten free dining options in Orlando. This is a great idea as more ... Read More

Welcome to the first of our Branding Sessions.This is just a brief introduction but touches on some important aspects of our business and branding in general. Once you've watched the video please read the note below in order to access ... Read More

Here at Vacation Soup we are always looking at ways to reward our members that publish articles to the site. We are a publisher first and foremost. Above all we want to be fair. So this week we have adjusted ... Read More

Today is the 6th of March, exactly one month after #bookdirect day. In this article, I'm looking at the difference between #bookdirect day and direct bookings. I'll also share a case study of an owner who has an 82% occupancy ... Read More

There has been a fair bit written lately regarding social marketing and a lot of people think that this involves marketing on social media platforms - It doesn't. These two concepts, social marketing and marketing on social media could not ... Read More

Reinventing The Wheel #bookdirect day won't bring you direct bookings - This article will Tomorrow (February 6th) is #bookdirect day but there's a lot more to getting direct bookings than sharing an image on your website or social media once ... Read More

Three or four years ago, when vacation rental owners started to become unhappy with the major listing sites, many owners turned to Facebook to supplement their marketing and booking opportunities. This worked… For a while But the bad news is ... Read More

Here is the proof, with actual stats, that writing blogs will boost your bookings. We have been crunching numbers from the last 9 months and provide detailed evidence that it writing high quality blogs will bring you travellers that want to book. This article goes through the detail of why you need to blog and what results you can expect from doing so.