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We are almost over the season where we all host long term guests, most of them running away from colder northern states and Canada, a.k.a. snowbirds. Some property owners do not prefer hosting snowbirds, and some love to.There are many things to do in Destin for snowbirds.Let's have a look what a...
02/28/2024
Electric vehicles (EV) are becoming more and more popular. in 2022, 1% of the light vehicles driven are EVs in the US. With the sales projections, this number is expected to reach 45% by 2050. Thanks to their ranges getting extended, vacationers can now drive there to their destinations. The main...
11/21/2022
COVID changed the world for sure. Some industries for positive, and some for negative. The vacation rental business is affected negatively at the beginning, but once the initial panic wave was over, the demand came back much stronger. Per AirDNA, average daily rates of US short term rentals in De...
01/26/2022
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It is a world of competition out there, and if you are looking for repeat guests at your vacation rental, you would need small gestures to make them happy. Actually really small things matter and make your guests happy, which leads to a referral or repeat visits.When we began our journey with Des...
11/10/2020
I am not a tax consultant or professional, neither this information constitutes tax advice. They may be wrong. If you find something wrong, let me know and I will correct it.Doing rental income taxes for 4 years, I faced a lot of questions from fellow owners, so i decided to write an article Vaca...
02/12/2020
When I started Destin Condo Rentals business at Pelican Beach Resort 3 years ago; I was sending pale arrival information emails to my guests. In time, I observed that they kept asking me questions while they could actually Google them. Can I rent bicycles, where to eat, do I need to rent a car, h...
01/15/2020
I have been working on SEO for our Destin Condo Rental at Pelican Beach Resort website for a few years, and I did well. You will find a lot of articles on web about optimizing your web page, let me summarize the main bullets before giving some additional advice:The obvious Build SEO friendly page...
09/17/2018
Since I established my business Destin Condo Rentals to rent our Pelican Beach Resort Condos, I have listed it with several channels. Here is a comparison with my experience. I need to remind you that all channels will incur 3% credit card fees and also will not properly protect you against charg...
09/11/2018
Lately, I realized that, I more utilize businesses who are listed under BBB. That maybe the confidence of having an option to complain and get results.Therefore, last week, I decided to list by Vacation Rental business Destin Condo Rental under BBB Pensacola, FL. Here are the few justifications I...
10/27/2017
No long time ago, but in July 2016, I decided to buy a condo in Vacation Rental in Destin, FL. Before that, I have been long time doing my due diligance to buy a long term rental in DFW are in North Texas, however the calculations were solid that I could hardly pay my monthly payments for a 15 ye...
10/12/2017