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Lau Lau for Christmas Dinner
By William May
Published: 12/22/03
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It was six years ago on Christmas day. My then eight year old son and I were snorkeling about 40 yards off shore at Poipu Beach Kauai. Having taken weekly swimming lessons since he was just 9 months old Taylor felt safe swimming with me out and around a point in hopes of seeing one of the endangered Read more Leave comments
Christmas in Hawaii
By William May
Published: 12/15/03
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Mele Kalikimaka Haouli Makahiki Hou (Merry Christmas Happy New Year from Hawaii). There are many wonderful reasons for owning a vacation home. But my favorite is the way ownership allows people to make another place home. And I don't mean just a nice place to eat and sleep. Instead, if you are Read more Leave comments
The Art of Getting Your Email Read
By William May
Published: 12/01/03
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Almost everyone loves email but spam makes it difficult for legitimate messages to get noticed. Users scan dozens if not hundreds of emails every day without much of a glance. There are some tried and true rules you can adopt to make sure your important message doesn't get tossed in the can. Almost Read more Leave comments
Are You Paying Enough Tax?
By William May
Published: 11/03/03
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If you think the law is supposed to be based on logic and reason you may be sadly mistaken. In many jurisdictions the rules, regulations and laws affecting your right to rent out your abode are illogical, unreasonable and sometimes downright stupid. And if you don't know the ropes you could get hung Read more Leave comments
How to use the world's best sales tool
By William May
Published: 09/15/03
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The fear strikes everyone - owner and property manager alike. No one wants to pick up the telephone to sell people things. If that's how you feel, I'd like to give you some tips that will not only make it easier, but will actually make it fun. Pure enjoyment, really. Last week's newsletter harped o Read more Leave comments
The Joy of Vacation Rental-ing
By William May
Published: 08/25/03
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If you think the newsletter is late this week -you are right. Because this week I sampled the joys of staying in someone else's vacation rental home. I'm actually supposed to still be on vacation but just had to drop a line to all the nice VROA folks I'm hearing from. BACK TO THE BEACH. So I Read more Leave comments
Little ways to cut rental expenses
By William May
Published: 08/04/03
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Vacation home owners have a number of pretty big concerns. But there are few nagging little ideas I hear from owners about saving money that might be worth sharing in case you're not already on top of them. Here they are: - SIMPLE THERMOSTATS: I mentioned these a month ago and had lots of feedback. Read more Leave comments
Don't Burn Down Your Vacation Home
By William May
Published: 07/21/03
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Vacation homes are somewhat more susceptible to fire than full time residences for several easy to avoid reasons. FIRST, they sit vacant much of the time. You might think that the more any home is used the greater the chance it will be misused - that occupants may leave a fire burning in the fire Read more Leave comments
How to select the best Vacation Rental Websites
By William May
Published: 06/30/03
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You may have one or a few vacation rental websites that you love. But In case you haven't noticed there are hundreds of such sites on the Internet. And it seems that more are being added every day. So how do you know which ones are any good? Well, in short you don't. If a site is well designed, Read more Leave comments
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