Important for the increase of inquiries is always an appealing presentation of your accommodation. Here you will find some useful tips that you should consider in your presentation. Furthermore, additional advertising options are available, such as booking a photo link or a last-minute offer, with which you can further highlight your accommodation.
1. Maintain your availability calendar. Accommodations with a maintained availability calendar receive up to 6 times as many inquiries as accommodations without a current availability calendar. This helps you to avoid both inquiries at times when your vacation accommodation is already occupied and dissatisfied prospective tenants who feel inadequately informed. In addition, a regularly updated occupancy calendar has a positive effect on the positioning in our search results. Availability calendars that have not been maintained for more than 45 days or have never been maintained are displayed as "properties without a maintained availability calendar". The same happens if the accommodation does not have current prices.
2. Enter prices and seasons preferably for a year in advance. Pay attention to seasonal prices, which vary depending on the main/low season. The more specific the better here. Inform guests exactly what they will be charged. In addition to entering the overnight price per night, this also includes specifying additional prices (such as final cleaning). Because only if all prices are indicated, our price calculator can calculate the correct final price.
3. Most vacationers pay attention to positive reviews from other guests when looking for a vacation accommodation. Take advantage of this and ask your tenants to submit a review. In your landlord login area under "View reviews" you will find the item "Get a review". Here there is an already pre-written text, which you can thus send directly to your vacation guests. Of course, you can change and personalize the text at any time. Positive reviews are displayed in the search result and randomly on the home page.
4. Think about the minimum stay: What is the minimum length of time a tenant should stay to make it worth your while? But also keep in mind that especially in the low season it is a good idea to admit guests for 1 or 2 nights. This way you increase the probability of renting out your accommodation even in months with low bookings.
5. The first impression is the most important - photos usually play a big role. You should consider the following tricks if you want to inspire with good photos:
- Exterior view: photograph your house in good weather and preferably in spring or summer - when the trees are green and the sun is shining, everything looks much friendlier.
- Brightness: light up rooms well - brighter pictures look more radiant and friendly. Again, sunlight is the best option here.
- Size of rooms: Rooms look larger when photographed diagonally from one corner to the other. It goes without saying that tidying up beforehand is a must.
- Digital pictures: Take pictures with a digital camera instead of scanning old photos. The pictures should not fall below a width of 475 px and a height of 356 px. With us you have the possibility to upload a main view as well as 20 additional photos. To give potential tenants a comprehensive impression of your vacation accommodation, you should take advantage of this and upload the largest possible number of images.
6. Remember to describe your vacation accommodation as appealing and as honest as possible. Try to put yourself in the shoes of a prospective renter: What information would you want? What is the decisive factor for choosing a vacation accommodation?
Experience has shown that the following questions are of particular interest to vacationers:
- Location of the bedroom: does the bedroom face the street or a quiet courtyard?
- If there are several rooms: What is the distribution of the beds?
- How are the individual rooms (including the kitchen) equipped?
- On which floor is the accommodation located?
- Is there a garden and if so, how is it equipped?
- Are pets allowed?
- Is there a parking place?
- Location of the accommodation: Are there shopping facilities etc. nearby?
- Is the accommodation suitable for families with children? Are there cribs, high chairs, toys, etc.?
- Are extra services offered (e.g. breakfast, etc.)?
7. has your vacation accommodation been awarded by the German Tourism Association (DTV) or a similar institution? Then show this to your prospective tenants! A positive rating from an independent organization creates confidence among tenants, which results in a higher number of rentals.
8. Is your vacation accommodation also open to dogs or is it located on a farm? Then show this and increase the chance of renting. In your landlord login area you have the possibility to assign different holiday categories to your accommodation. The selected category will then appear on the individual view of your accommodation. In addition, you can provide information and tips on the corresponding topic. This way you address tenants even more specifically.
9. Highlight your accommodation by posting a photo link. A photo link is a small picture of your accommodation with a direct link to your property presentation, which is displayed, for example, on the home page of Sicily-lodge.com. Through this additional advertising you highlight your accommodation more and present yourself to even more potential tenants.
10. Advertise your accommodation furthermore with a last minute offer. If you want to close short-term rental gaps, booking a last-minute offer is the ideal solution to attract last-minute vacationers with a discount of at least 10%. Your accommodation will then appear on our last minute page.
11. Translate your property presentation into English and German to appeal to international prospective tenants. Click on "Edit property" in your landlord login area. Above the individual text fields you will find an English/German flag. If you click on it, you can enter the text in English and German. If you want a professional translation of your object presentation, you can simply use our translation service. This way you do not have to miss the presentation of your vacation property for the international audience. For this you can contact us or write an e-mail to info[at]travanto.com. The English object presentation will appear on our portal www.travanto.com.
