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While the Internet has become an important tool in marketing vacation homes, real-world options are still valuable and can help you find potential renters both locally and globally. Postcards Postcards are another great way to go about marketing vacation homes. They are practical, useful, and inexpensive. Again, include pictures of your home as well as contact information and your website URL or listing service website. Not only can you place these postcards around town, but you can also leave a stack of them in the home itself. Renters will use the postcards to send notes to their friends and family, who may then see what a great time is had at your vacation rental and contact you directly for their own trip. You can also use these postcards to send notes to friends and family, or to thank your renters for staying with you. Brochures and Flyers Full-color brochures and flyers can be extremely effective tools for marketing vacation homes. They are inexpensive and easy to produce on your own by using your home computer and a simple publishing program. You can also spend a little more and have a graphic designer create some for you. Start with a small run rather than thousands. It is important to include quality pictures of your home, including not only the front of the house but also a few things that make it stand out, such as your extra-large bathroom, your swimming pool, or your beautiful view. You should also include your name, phone number, email address, the location of the vacation rental home (if space permits) and, ideally, the URL for your own personal website or unique listing service. Check around the town in which your vacation rental is located for spots to place your brochures or flyers. Ask local businesses to hang them in windows or place them for patrons to take. Churches and schools may have bulletin boards on which you can post your flyers as well. You can also expand the scope of your efforts by keeping brochures or flyers with you at all times when you travel or in your hometown and placing them strategically for people to take. Additional Options Another approach to marketing vacation homes is to offer up a weekend as a prize in a local raffle. There are fundraisers going on all the time for various causes, and they would probably be thrilled to receive this as a prize to give out. At the same time, you benefit because it gets your vacation rental home noticed and even those that do not win will be made aware of your existence. You should also create a signature for your emails that includes some basic information about your home. You never know who will see your message, and your friends and family will always have your contact information at their fingertips to share with those that they know as well. Another secret would be to choose and find a unique online listing service. There are many out there but ask to see if they target a certain niche of people. Normally listing sites have thousands of listings and most likely your will be just thrown into a pile with the others. By finding a niche listing service that allows your property to be marketed directly to a different scope of people which allows your rental unit to be seen more by potential renters. Conclusion When you are involved with marketing vacation homes, you need to make sure you cover all of your bases. There are many homes out there competing for renters, so you need to stand out. Make sure you create a website for your vacation rental home, and then add your home and its URL to reputable listing sites for additional traffic. Use word of mouth and referrals from friends and family to your best advantage. And never forget that print advertising still has its place, even in today's online world. Savvy owners know that with a strong strategy in place for marketing their homes, they'll be sure to book their rentals year round with ease. If you're looking for a unique listing service, visit Force Group Network or visit us directly at http://www.ForceGroupNetwork.com to find the most beautiful well maintained vacation rental homes being promoted to a specific niche World Wide. ------------------ ARTICLE END ------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
