Archive for the 'Vacation Rental Industry' Category

Free-Rentals.com Hits New High In Alexa Ranking

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

The number one free vacation rental website keeps getting bigger. Free-Rentals.com just crossed the 300k mark in terms of Alexa traffic rank, making it the largest free vacation rental website online. Thank you to everyone for your participation, it’s only with the help of vacation rental home owners that we can take this industry back and […]

Free-Rentals.com Hits 7000 Vacation Rental Listings

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

We are pleased to announce that free-rentals.com now has 7000 Vacation Rental listings worldwide. Free-Rentals.com is now the largest vacation rental directory website offering owners a 100% free to advertise opportunity.

How To Market Your Vacation Rental

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

The Free-Rentals.com business model is to put the vacation rental industry back into the hands of individual vacation home owners. What that means to the average vacation home owner is this… Free-Rentals.com offers you tools and services to actively market and promote your vacation rental.
In contrast, the big stalwart companies that currently control the Vacation Rental […]

Summer 09 - Biggest Vacation Rental Deals Ever

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

This summer is shaping up to offer some of the most spectacular vacation rental discounts and deals ever seen since the industry boomed with 16 years ago with the advent of the internet.
According to the New York Times, here are excerpts in store for this summer’s vacation rental industry:
Part of the reason is that potential […]

Free-Rentals.com sees hockey stick growth

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Free-Rentals.com experiences a spike in traffic thanks to the recent donations from several members. Their money has been used in advertising and promoting the website, which has driven a lot of traffic to all vacation rental listings.
 
Free-Rentals.com demonstrates that democracy on the web does indeed work, and that a smart pooling of resources helps everyone involved. 

3 ways how vacation rentals save you money

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

The blog Orlando Vacation News has just posted 3 main points that vacation rentals offer over hotels. They are in a nutshell:

Room for everyone without the added cost. Ranging from 2 bedroom condos to 7 bedroom homes that sleep from 4 to 16 people comfortably.

Fully equipped kitchens that present tremendous savings versus dining out. With […]

Cabins for Rent

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

New start up ShopCabins.com allows you to find a cabin to rent. But for whatever reason, they also list condos and hotels. At time of this post, they have 63 cabin listings.

Ecominic crisis creates growth in vacation rental market

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

According to a National Association of Realtors’ 2008 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey released March 30, 2009, the economy has more second home owners than ever before deciding to rent their homes to vacationers. Seems like it may be a better time to rent.
While the NAR reports a sharp decline in total second home […]

Hotpads now doing vacation rentals

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Hotpads began by focusing on long term real estate rental heat maps, allowing you to view real estate listings primarily through a map front end interface. It then added a “Buy vs. Rent” search feature allowing users to search homes either for sale or rent while comparing their monthly costs.
Their latest addition is to offer vacation rentals across the […]

Find Apartments and Houses for Rent

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Rentbits is a search engine focused on helping people find apartments and houses for rent, but it has released a new feature that allows users to see the average and median rental prices of properties in 4,000 cities across the United States. 
 
Rentbits has analyzed 7 million rental entries in its database, compiling historical graphs displaying the general […]