Mark Simpson covers three essentials for vacation rentals: list a physical address for key pickup and deliveries, set up 24-hour maintenance or reservation service so guests can reach you, and keep listing photos current with a clear building shot and 360° views so arriving guests can actually find the place.
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If you have 24 hour maintenance service or you have 24 hour call and reservation service, you can set that up as a subset of your business hours and have those there so people can see them. Physical address really important, especially for people coming in from out of town that need to pick up, you know, a key or something at the office or go there for, you know, pick up. Maybe they're getting a package delivered there having that physical address. And beyond most what some of my most important tips I always give is key. Keep those photos updated. You know, I know driving into a new area, not familiar, don't know where to go to maybe get, like I said, a key or a package or something. And having a picture of your building in your Google business profile is paramount. Because I'm like, you can do the 360 view. You can see like look for other landmarks to know where you're going. Because at the end of your trip, if you've traveled a long time, you're tired and you just want to get to where you need to be to get to your vacation rental.