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[V13]Vacation Rental Property Owner

by Fabio Cassini, Fab

Bookitsystem is the vacation rental software that can simplify your life as a rental property owner. As vacation rental property owner you would want your property to be regularly booked irrespective of whether you own rental property in one or multiple locations. So, you need to make people aware of your property through advertising. Managing your own property means spending several hours replying to hundreds of email enquiries. Most of them may not materialize into business, but you cannot afford to ignore them. In fact, if you don't reply to an enquiry immediately, it might mean the loss of that customer.

Enter Bookitsystem.com - property rental software that takes care of all the administrative work, saving you a whole lot of time and earning you money. Let us look at how this vacation rental software works. We know that using a customized autoresponder can make sure that every incoming email is replied to. Moreover, when someone gets an instant response to his or her enquiry, chances are far more that your property will be booked right away. By incorporating the BookitSystem.com availability link in this, you can rest easy knowing that all your enquiries are being sent the relevant price and availability information about your vacation rental property. You can keep track of all bookings and enquiries.

The Process

The process is foolproof and works effectively. To begin with you are required to enter details about yourself, your rental policies, the terms you expect, reservation method, payment methods, deposits, check in checkout times, taxes, and service options. In fact, you have to write down everything that you would painstakingly email in your enquiry response, but only once. After that it is readily available to you and your customer. Thus it expedites the decision.

When an enquiry is received, Bookitsystem.com property rental software will present all the necessary information to the customer about availability etc. In case your property is already booked for the date the customer wants, the software shows them alternate dates on which their booking can be accepted, enabling them plan their booking accordingly. This vacation booking software also calculates all rates and fees including taxes as applicable and presents a complete picture to the customer. If you have established a merchant account, you can also manage all your payments and receipts online.

The Main Advantage Of Vacation Reservation Software

Essentially, what this vacation reservation system achieves is increased guest bookings, freeing up time for the property owner to concentrate on other things. Any time your guest wants information on booking, he or she gets an immediate response, which would not be practically possible manually. All your rental policy information, security deposits, cancellation procedures and penalties, balance due dates, etc. are available in the online booking system automatically. The guest receives a confirmation email with all this information after booking. Vacation reservation software lets your guest make bookings via a link on your website. In case you receive offline bookings, you can easily log in to the system and enter the information.

What If You Own More Than One Property

If you own more than one property in more than one location, Bookitsystem will still work for you just as well as with one property. All you have to do is enter all the relevant information and let it do the rest.

There are many factors which need to be considered when calculating how much rent to charge. Choosing the correct price means you get the most rent for your home without scaring away potential tenants by overpricing. Factors to consider when determining the correct price include: Location: The real estate adage "location, location, location" applies equally to rental values as to selling values. In other words where your property is located will, to a large extent, determine how much you can realistically ask in rent. Its proximity to desirable venues such as waterfront, downtown, universities/colleges or sporting/special events will impact on the demand and therefore the rental value.

Condition: Obviously the condition and level of upkeep of your property will have a considerable impact. (Perhaps this is a good time to reiterate the importance of describing and presenting your property in a truthful and honest way. The implications of not doing so can be far-reaching and costly). How much wear and tear do items such as carpet and vinyl have? Do the walls need to be painted? Is the lawn and yard mowed and free of weeds? Is the property neat and free of unnecessary clutter? Time of the year: Demand varies with the time of the year and it may be entirely possible that you will establish not one rental rate but several. The highest rate for the high or peak season, a lower rate for the "shoulder" seasons and the lowest for the off-season. In most areas of Canada the peak season would be considered the summer months (often preferred because families with children generally go on holiday while school is closed); the off-season would be considered the winter months. One exception to this would be ski areas. Check the listing prices at holidayhomes.ca

Competition: How much are other houses in your neighborhood renting for? No matter what your house is worth, if other similar homes in the area are under priced, tenants will generally rent that home first. Formulas and rules-of-thumb for calculating rents are plentiful. We have found none which are foolproof. However, to give someone contemplating entering the fully furnished property rental business something to work with we offer the following very general rule-of-thumb. The monthly rent a property may attract on a "normal" long-term tenancy rental may be similar to the rent that could be achieved on a "vacation" rental for one week. E.g. A 2 bedroom condo, which may rent for $500.00 per month with a tenancy agreement in place, may rent for $500.00 per week on a shorter-term "vacation" rental.
Remember that you will be incurring expenses on the "vacation" rental that you would not normally incur on the other. Expenses such as electricity, gas, basic 'phone, cable, cleaning, etc. and other, less tangible, costs like wear and tear on the appliances and furniture.

This may be a good time to mention that there is a lot to be said for being flexible about rental rates and terms. Some owners fix a rate, and if they can't find a renter who will pay it, the rental stays empty! Far better to get something rather than nothing.

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