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Managing Short-Term Rentals

Marketing Trends and Management Advice for Short-Term Rentals

  • Discover how to build guest loyalty and drive more bookings with these 5 proven vacation rental tips. Learn how reviews, personal touches, and follow-ups can turn guests into repeat visitors.

    By Elizabeth Weedon | Updated 6/17/2025

    5 Tips to Retain Repeat Guests and Attract New Ones

    Want more repeat bookings and glowing reviews? Great guest experiences don’t happen by chance—they’re built through thoughtful communication, personal touches, and timely follow-ups. Learn 5 simple strategies to keep guests coming back and attract new ones through word-of-mouth and online credibility.

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  • It's veryimportant to email your guests just prior to their arrival with directions to your home, reminders of what to bring, your contact info, etc.

    By Elizabeth Weedon | Updated 4/28/2025

    Preventing Vacation Rental Frustrations: A Pre-Arrival Checklist

    It's very important to email your guests just prior to their arrival with directions to your home, reminders of what to bring, your contact info, etc.

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  • Including the lodging tax in your vacation rental rates places you at a competitive disadantage when vacationers compare listings by price, possibly even restricting your listing's exposure.

    By Elizabeth Weedon | 4/25/2019

    Absorbing the lodging tax in your rental rates is a bad idea

    Including the lodging tax in your vacation rental rates places you at a competitive disadantage when vacationers compare listings by price, possibly even restricting your listing's exposure.

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  • How to protect yourself and your vacation rental from scams or from being scraped/copied to take advantage of unsuspecting vacationers. 

    By Elizabeth Weedon | Updated 11/19/2021

    Protect your vacation rental from fraud

    How to protect yourself and your vacation rental from scams or from being scraped/copied to take advantage of unsuspecting vacationers. 

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  • What every Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket vacation rental homeowner should know about insuring their rental home, including adquate liability coverage.

    By Elizabeth Weedon | Updated 4/11/2023

    Is your rental home adequately insured?

    What every Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket vacation rental homeowner should know about insuring their rental home, including adquate liability coverage.

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  • Vacationer inquiries are like gold, don't squander them! Here is how you can convert them into bookings.

    By Joan Talmadge | Updated 12/18/2024

    Successfully Converting Inquiries to Bookings

    Vacationer inquiries are like gold, don't squander them! Here is how you can convert them into bookings.

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  • The Mass Lodging Tax on short-term vacation rentals imposes up to 14.45% taxes on weekly Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket rentals starting July 1, 2019.

    By Joan Talmadge | Updated 2/18/2019

    The Lodging Tax is here - What do you need to know?

    The Mass Lodging Tax on short-term vacation rentals imposes up to 14.45% taxes on weekly Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket rentals starting July 1, 2019.

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  • Prepare your vacation rental for the season with this host checklist. Improve your listing, manage bookings, attract guests, and stay compliant with local rules.

    By Samantha Williams | Updated 1/9/2026

    Vacation Rental Checklist for Hosts: Get Ready for the Rental Season

    Get your vacation rental ready for the upcoming season with this essential 10-step checklist covering listings, bookings, photos, compliance, and guest communication.

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  • Travelers looking to vacation on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are inquiring and booking vacation rentals earlier in the season, making use of direct communication and no service fees.

    By Elizabeth Weedon | 1/9/2019

    Be sure to catch the vacationer wave!

    Travelers looking to vacation on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are inquiring and booking vacation rentals earlier in the season, making use of direct communication and no service fees.

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  • By Joan Talmadge | Updated 7/23/2019

    What you need to do regarding the new Lodging Tax Bill

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