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From DIY to Professional Property Management Website Design: Molly’s Journey
In the vacation rental industry, your website is more than just a digital presence—it’s a tool that can either drive or hinder your bookings. Many property managers, especially those running small or medium-sized portfolios, often face the question: Should I design my website myself, or should I leave it to the experts? This article explores why using integrated, theme-based website builders—specially those curated by professionals—provides the best results for property managers. Why...
How can you benefit from vacation rental channel management?
Modern properties are hard to manage, in no small part due to the demands of an always-on culture. This has led many rental professionals to turn to high-tech solutions such as property management software from 365Villas in an attempt to increase their exposure, reduce their overall effort, and...
Common property management issues and how technology can help
Managing your rental or holiday property can be extremely challenging in what is steadily becoming a crowded marketplace. However, modern technologies can be extremely helpful when it comes to cutting through your property management issues and leapfrogging the competition in your local area and...
Vacation Rental Web Design Mistakes that Affect Your Bookings
For holiday rental owners, it is important to remember that the appearance of your website could affect your conversion rate and, subsequently, your revenue. As such, you must ensure that you have a highly responsive and reputable vacation rental web design to attract visitors to book your...
How to Get the Most Out of Your Property Management Software
For many property managers, landlords, and individual owners, property software is considered a must for the modern vacation rental business. It controls and automates tasks such as handling reservations and communicating with guests. Naturally, you will want to maximise your use of rental...
What Features Are Essential When You Create a Vacation Rental Website?
In a few short years, having a business website has gone from being a ‘nice to have’ to being an essential requirement for any modern business looking to attract and engage with prospects. Today’s modern vacation rental websites not only need to look great, but they must also include the tools you...
How to tell if your vacation rental website is fit for purpose
Websites have changed dramatically in recent years. Good ones are no longer just collections of static pages in cyberspace. They are high performance tools that help you get more bookings, generate trust from visitors and integrate with everything from your social media channels to the software...
Getting your database GDPR compliant
NEW EU GDPR REGULATIONS COME INTO FORCE LATER THIS MONTH, WHICH WILL AFFECT THE WAY THAT AGENTS AND OWNERS STORE AND PROCESS THE PERSONAL DATA OF EU CITIZENS. IS THE DATA IN YOUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE GDPR COMPLIANT? AT 365VILLAS WE WANT TO ENSURE OUR CLIENTS ARE PREPARED FOR THE NEW...
Getting your website GDPR compliant
LATER THIS MONTH, NEW EUROPEAN GDPR REGULATIONS COME INTO FORCE, WHICH WILL AFFECT THE WAY THAT YOU STORE AND PROCESS THE PERSONAL DATA OF EU CITIZENS. TO BE COMPLIANT, THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES THAT YOU’LL NEED TO MAKE TO YOUR WEBSITE. Let’s start by reminding ourselves what GDPR is all...
Wix vs WordPress – Which one is better for your vacation rental business?
Wix vs. WordPress. If you’ve heard of Wix, it’s probably through their massive advertising campaigns. You will have an idea of their platform as fast, fun, and flashy. In a way, they’re quite like the Apple of web builders. Today, we’ll look at which platform is best—the Wix vs. WordPress...
Vacation Rental PMS Versus Manual Tools
As an agent managing several vacation properties or other short-term rentals, you have to choose which tools and work practices are best for your business. All agents have the option of selecting a Property Management Software (PMS) solution, working with separate manual tools, or using a...