Turn Your Old House Into a Vacation Rental

The demand for vacation rentals is highly increasing. Last year CNN Travel had made a mentioned a report by Grand View Research, which stated that the market size of global vacation rentals is expected to reach 113.9 billion dollars by 2027. 

I have a friend who lived in an old, archaic house. Her house was built during the 1930s. iIt had a pond full of fishes, trees, animals and birds of various plumages. Her ancestors, were nature lovers. Gardening was a hobby for her parents. Born and brought up in such an environment, she was a nature lover herself. At present, nobody lived in the house, scared to live in such a big house alone. Plus, her job called her to live in a different location. So she decided to make this place into a vacation rental. If you have similar properties or know of somebody similar, turning these properties into vacation rentals can be a good idea. Let us find out how you can do this makeover:

• Investment in photography = get a DSLR or high-quality camera. You can even use a phone that has a high-quality camera. Take good quality pictures of your property. Hire a professional photographer who can do this for you. Good quality photographs are vital to attracting visitors to your property.

• Always keep extra towels, bedsheets, pillows and mattresses in stock. You might have more guests than expected. Having extra beddings will be the savior in those times. Also, keep extra comforters and quilts. These will also come in handy during festival or vacation season, particularly when you expect more guests than usual. Even when there is not much time gap between one guest’s check-out and another guest’s check-in, the bed sheets need to be changed quickly.

• If you have entered into this business for the first time, remember to get a kit for the guests who lodge over at night. The kit can include soap, shampoo, a brush and other essentials.

• Market your rental = Your rental space will require adequate promotion for potential guests to know about it. You can print pamphlets of your space and distribute them in newspapers or magazines. People are highly dependent on the internet today. Therefore, you will have to advertise your business online to attract business. Airhosting’s Coeur d’Alene vacation rental can help list your property on the website. Furthermore, the team can also help you maintain your rental space.

Find out the unique attribute of your place. For instance, if your property has a pond, you can highlight in your advertisement that your guests can go fishing at this place, and the children can go swimming. You can also hire a swimming instructor to help out the children.

Your guests will be more than excited to go for a safari to see different animals and birds. A relaxed environment in greenery like this will be a guest’s dream vacation far away from the everyday chaos. Additionally, if you present your guest with homegrown fruits from your farm, be sure that word of mouth about your rental space from your guests is going far.

Conclusion

Hospitality is about service to the customer. Customer obsession is the first thing you should have in mind when you own a rental apartment. If you have a large area, you can install a projector for watching movies or have a mini library with selected books and a reclining chair. When you start implementing such ideas into the rental space, there is no way that you are not getting a 5-star rating. Additionally, you will find the guests returning to your place and future returning guests with them, and all this is just a matter of time.