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Managing Short-Term Rentals

Marketing Trends and Management Advice for Short-Term Rentals

  • Including the lodging tax in your vacation rental rates places you at a competitive disadantage when vacationers compare listings by price, possibly even restricting your listing's exposure.

    By Elizabeth Weedon | 4/25/2019

    Absorbing the lodging tax in your rental rates is a bad idea

    Including the lodging tax in your vacation rental rates places you at a competitive disadantage when vacationers compare listings by price, possibly even restricting your listing's exposure.

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  • How to protect yourself and your vacation rental from scams or from being scraped/copied to take advantage of unsuspecting vacationers. 

    By Elizabeth Weedon | 3/29/2019 (updated 11/19/2021)

    Protect your vacation rental from fraud

    How to protect yourself and your vacation rental from scams or from being scraped/copied to take advantage of unsuspecting vacationers. 

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  • Discussing some key tips for vacation rental homeowners to help keep their rental home, listing, and income safe from scammers!

    By Elizabeth Weedon | 3/23/2019

    Protecting your vacation rental from scams

    Discussing some key tips for vacation rental homeowners to help keep their rental home, listing, and income safe from scammers!

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  • What every Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket vacation rental homeowner should know about insuring their rental home, including adquate liability coverage.

    By Elizabeth Weedon | 2/27/2019 (updated 4/11/2023)

    Is your rental home adequately insured?

    What every Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket vacation rental homeowner should know about insuring their rental home, including adquate liability coverage.

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  • Vacationer inquiries are like gold, don't squander them! Here is how you can convert them into bookings.

    By Joan Talmadge | 2/8/2019 (updated 12/18/2024)

    Successfully Converting Inquiries to Bookings

    Vacationer inquiries are like gold, don't squander them! Here is how you can convert them into bookings.

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  • The Mass Lodging Tax on short-term vacation rentals imposes up to 14.45% taxes on weekly Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket rentals starting July 1, 2019.

    By Joan Talmadge | 2/7/2019 (updated 2/18/2019)

    The Lodging Tax is here - What do you need to know?

    The Mass Lodging Tax on short-term vacation rentals imposes up to 14.45% taxes on weekly Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket rentals starting July 1, 2019.

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  • A checklist of our 10 most important recommendations for preparing your vacation rental for the upcoming season including compliance with the new Lodging Tax.

    By Elizabeth Weedon | 2/1/2019 (updated 3/1/2024)

    Vacation Rental Checklist for Homeowners

    A checklist of our 10 most important recommendations for preparing your vacation rental for the upcoming season including compliance with the new Lodging Tax.

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  • Travelers looking to vacation on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are inquiring and booking vacation rentals earlier in the season, making use of direct communication and no service fees.

    By Elizabeth Weedon | 1/9/2019

    Be sure to catch the vacationer wave!

    Travelers looking to vacation on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are inquiring and booking vacation rentals earlier in the season, making use of direct communication and no service fees.

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  • By Joan Talmadge | 1/8/2019 (updated 7/23/2019)

    What you need to do regarding the new Lodging Tax Bill

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  • The total lodging tax imposed on vacation rentals in Massachusetts varies by town. View the what your town is assessing and whether the wastewater tax applies.

    By Joan Talmadge | 1/4/2019 (updated 12/4/2024)

    Short-Term Lodging Tax Percentage by Town

    The total lodging tax imposed on vacation rentals in Massachusetts varies by town. View the what your town is assessing and whether the wastewater tax applies.

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