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Vacation Rental Booking Savings in 2016

January 3, 2016 by Donna Martinez 1 Comment

Is vacation rental booking savings one of your New Year’s resolutions? If so we want to welcome you to 2016 with an important announcement on how you can save a whale of money on your next Vacation Rental Booking!
 

Save 6% on your Next Vacation Rental Booking

As of 2016 HomeAway (one of the booking websites we are listed on) has decided to add a traveler’s fee of as much as 6% to the cost of your stay!
 
These fees will likely increase over time, as seen with other similar sites that charge as much as 15%. HomeAway was acquired by Expedia and now they are after as much revenue as they can in order to maximize their return on investment.
 
This is not money charged by us the homeowners or our property management company, Beach Rentals.
 
This added 6% fee is simply an add on that HomeAway is charging you — in addition to the huge advertising fees they charge us the owners community for your vacation rental booking.
 
We highly recommend that if you want to rent a great holiday home, you do so directly with the owner. Most homeowners (all the good ones) have their own websites  and if you book directly with them you will save a lot of money.

Important Tip for Your Vacation Rental Booking

Always book directly with the owner. 
 
If you contact an owner via Homeaway you will have to pay the added fee because the owners cannot take your booking directly once you have started the inquiry process with HomeAway.
 
Companies such as HomeAway, Airbnb, and TripAdvisor have all indicated that they will be increasing travelers costs in the future. That’s a lot of your vacation budget that could be better spend on you and your family.
 

How to Directly Make a Vacation Rental Booking 

You may find that searching the advertising sites makes it easy for you to select the perfect holiday home for you and your family. Once you have made the discovery of that perfect home Follow these steps to locate the owner or property manager:

  1. Run an internet search for their contact information. Many reputable owners have their own website. They also frequently have social media accounts. You can find ours here: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
  2. Call or email the owner directly or visit the owner’s website. Our contact information is Donna@SeaRanchAbaloneBay.com, and our property manager’s number is (707) 884-4235.
  3. If you stay at a home you love, keep the owners contact and book directly with them on your return trips.

We look forward to working with you directly this coming year and years to follow.

 

Filed Under: Vacation Tips Tagged With: Abalone Bay, airbnb, homeaway, Increased rates, New Year, TripAdvisor, vacation rental, vacation tips

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