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[M288]Marthas Vineyard Vacation Home
by Mark Gesture, Mar

When you walk into your vacation home do you feel like its home or more like a hotel? Owning a vacation home can be a lot of work and cost some serious money. You should therefore want to spend most of your time there. Make your vacation house a second home by decorating in the taste and style that reflects your lifestyle. If your vacation home lies near the beach and you enjoy spending most of your time in the sand, colors and wall paintings should reflect the beaches' color palettes.

I am a big believer in bringing activities you enjoy on vacation into your vacation home. The best way to decorate any home is to add your personal touch. In your vacation home make sure your personal touch includes the vacation activities you love. If you own a vacation home dedicated to enjoying the quite of the woods near a pristine lake, you may want to bring paintings inside of what you like about the lake.

Interesting enough, I don't believe you can overdo this technique when decorating your vacation home. Make sure you make your vacation house or cabin as comfortable as your main home.

If you rent out your vacation home for part of the year, the people renting it out will definitely appreciate the personal touch because it makes it feel like a home and not a hotel. People can easily stay for a week at a hotel room or suite for their vacation. They chose to rent out a vacation house or cabin because they want to feel completely relaxed like they are at “home”.

You can also take this design tip home. Keep your mind on vacation while you're sitting at home by bringing your vacation activities home with you. Your spouse will appreciate the beach painting, or moose head on the wall in your home. Personal touches in your house or vacation home make sure he/she will remember every minute of a stress free vacation when coming home from a hard days work.

Discover your unique style while on vacation by finding a piece of art that only you and your family would enjoy. Unique pieces of drift wood, or sand dollars can add that personal touch that is so difficult to find. Make sure you clean any product of nature that you do bring inside your vacation home. You never know what bugs, or creatures still live inside.

A special creative hobby that you enjoy to do on your free time can also serve as inspiration for your vacation home's décor. If you enjoy arts and crafts, place your latest work of art on the coffee table or wall. If you enjoy placing ships into a bottle this can be a great addition to side table. Enjoy spending some time either creating or finding that additional item that will truly make your vacation home unique. Take your time with this process, make it a family event, or a romantic activity for the two of you.


If you currently own a vacation home that isn't getting used enough by your family and friends, you might want to consider how to advertise your vacation home for profit. Many people rent out their vacation rental to earn extra cash if they won't be staying in it themselves, and you'd be surprised to learn how much people are willing to pay on a nightly and weekly basis to stay in the home that you are not using! Knowing how to advertise your vacation rental will help you get the most for your time and efforts and will also mean that you can make a substantial income just renting out your property.

The first thing you'll want to do in the process to advertise your vacation property is to write a very descriptive ad of your vacation rental. You'll want to tell the potential renters the square footage, how many rooms, how many bathrooms, and what sorts of furnishings are provided. You'll then want to mention, possibly in bold lettering, any amenities the property has such as hot tubs, pools, saunas, tennis courts, and things that many people would consider luxury items worth paying for. You'll also want to list these items because it'll make your vacation rental stand out from the rest. When you advertise vacation homes, you want to make sure that people see your property and recognize its attractiveness and worth. A great way to draw people to your advertisement is to use a bold typed catchy headline. Don't lie in the headline, but make it be something that will grab renters? attention. Suggest that you'll give a free night rental if a week is booked or something to that effect; it'll bring the renters in! When you advertise your vacation home, you want to be sure that you really sell the place on all of its good character traits, as that is how you get renters to book with you and start making money.

After you write your ad you will want to advertise vacation rentals in every possible outlet. The Internet is obviously a great resource that most people use to search vacation rentals. There many of these sites that it will be hard to select which ones to use, so try to pick the ones that seem most enjoyable to browse as a renter, as these are the sites that are most attractive to your potential renters. When you advertise vacation homes on these web sites you'll want to include photos. Without photos you might as well not advertise your rental at all, because people really want to see what they are paying for. Look for a site that offers unlimited pictures, so you can add as many as you want of the interior, exterior and surrounding area. Pictures have a positive effect on inquiries and bookings.

You should also prepare a nice, professionally produced brochure for your property. You can use the same content you wrote and posted on the Internet, and the photos, too. The more exposure your home gets when you advertise your vacation rental, the sooner it will rent and the better your profits will be. Not a bad way to start out, not to mention all the money you'll make!
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