Waikoloa Vacation Rentals
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I seldomnly dive into anything policital because it just is not worth it, but I just recently had some thoughts about the new helthcare bill and wanted to get your input. In 2008 I had a housekeeper working for me. Within the course of the first 9 months she called in sick over forty times with ...
04/13/2010
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Having great photos has played a large role in us being successful at renting vacation rentals. I wanted to try to do some videos of the properties to give people interested a better ideas of them. Here are some questions I had. 1) I have some great photos that have been enchanced, etc to make...
04/03/2010
In this tough economy everyone is looking for a competitive advantage. Just cecently the Marriott started a "Checked Bags Rebate Program". This program allows any guests that stays with them to get their money back on checked bags with the airlines. I thought this was a great incentive to stay...
03/30/2010
I just started a vacation rental advertising group on ActiveRain. I have spent a few years in forums around the internet and there is a lot to be discussed on this topic. I know there are a couple of other property management groups on ActiveRain, but there are very few "real" discussions that h...
03/13/2010
As the economy continues to struggle people are finding it more necessary to take a vacation and get away from the "stresses of life". Many people that once desired all the amenities and services of hotels have moved to staying in vacation rentals in order to save some money. While staying at a...
03/11/2010
I purchased a home from a developer, DR Horton, on the Big Island. I had heard prior to purchasing to be very careful about making sure everything was correct before purchasing because their warranty department was really bad. Anyway, everything was pretty good at the house so we closed on it. Th...
03/09/2010
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More than just being a post of information I wanted to open a discussion of how to use Facebook to benefit you and keep your existing clientele. Here are some of my thoughts and questions. 1) I think Facebook is better than twitter due to the amount of information you can publish and also after...
03/09/2010
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Google seems to always be changing its prescense on the web. Just recently I noticed that they are implementing real estate listings in google maps more. I think this is a great feature for google, but also competes with what many of you may be doing. Since google tends to use their maps and g...
02/26/2010
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As social media is becoming more and more of a trend I keep finding myself feeling like I need to partake in it. In early 2009 I started a twitter account and just could not make sense of it. Everything I wanted to say that was related to business could not be said in the few amount of words th...
02/17/2010
I have only been a member of ActiveRain for a couple of years, but I am already finding it hard to find a descent topic to write about. I thought I would just pass along a small success story to give everyone out there some positive outlook. I started really working on my web site, www.waikoloa...
02/16/2010
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Rob Dalton
Big Island Vacation Rental Guru
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I own a vacation rental business at Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii. You will enjoy information about Waikoloa, industry news, as well as info on my vacation rentals and company.
Since owning Waikoloa Vacation Rentals I also got into the online marketing aspect of the business. From time to time I will blog about industry news and information related to online marketing.