There are various vacation rentals found on internet, through
listing websites and agencies. It can be challenging to find the best
option for your vacation and at times even if you find, there are
chances of somebody getting before you, leaving you missing the chance.
Following
are the tips which would help in finding the appropriate place for nice
vacation and have nice relationship with vacation rentals owners.
1.
If you treat as vacation rentals owners similar to a resort or hotel
receptionist they might decline your request, as owners spend a lot of
effort and time on making their home comfortable, well equipped with
proper ambiance for the clients and usually give it to those who
appreciate it as they are very proud of their property. A nice vacation
rentals makes you feel at home and has a nicely decorated ambiance and
means of entertainment, kitchen with all facilities for making meals and
proper bedrooms. As per my experience, I prefer people who would enjoy
and respect staying in my cottage and thus want friendly people with
whom I could talk over phone and judge if they are appropriate for my
property.
2. While talking to the vacation rentals owners be clear
about the head count in your group. Never appear to be unclear about it
as it might be alarming for them as they would fear of renting it to
the people who use it as a party house by inviting their friends and
sharing the place. Be sure about the people in the group and respect
their limits of accommodation.
3. Various factors determine
accommodation limits. First, based on the possible wear and tear, owner
may choose to set the limit on number of people. Thus, if according to
listing a vacation rentals property has five bedrooms where
accommodation limit is six do not argue to bring 10 people as owner may
not be attracted by your thought and may stop the conversation
instantaneously. Second common factor is that many properties are not
served by town's drainage and septic system and have septic or holding
tanks of limited capacity which puts limits on number of people it could
accommodate and thus have no difference between adults and children.
Often rentals argue about babies not using water, but I can remember
getting my babies bathed regularly requiring more water than is required
for a shower.
4. Many owners have exhaustive web sites providing
all the required information, but welcome any additional questions. You
should read the listing before mailing or telephoning the owner with
your list of questions as it would be helpful to them. The attractive
and popular property owner may receive numerous queries and thus be
selective about renting it, and asking them the questions already
answered in their listing may not be a favorable response.
5. Many
owners may or may not allow pets. In this case, do not expect them to
allow in any case even though the pet may be trained, non allergic,
controllable, and well-behaved. It would be better than to put the pet
in kennels or search for other property. It would be preferable to take
your pet to a place where it is accepted with some nice dog treats.
Over 20 years I owned various properties and met people who became good friends now and learnt much about vacation rentals
guests, their expectations, providing them with right space. I work
hard for creating reasonable space and offer and expect respect and
appreciation of the property in return. Such a vacation rentals is not
appropriate for everybody and in case you are searching for impersonal
and sterile environment, then we are not appropriate. Instead, you would
find once you spend vacation in our vacation rentals you would never go
to any other again.
Prashant Mamtora is a young technology business owner. Develops
Software, websites, web stores and also offer excellent result oriented
SEO services.
