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OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
OTA = Online Travel Agency, which means those sites that sell the booking and take the payment for you.

Listing sites
Sites that are not OTAs - meaning they put you in touch with renters but do not take the payment

Social media
Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube, TikTok, etc.

Personal websites
Everything to do with using your own website to advertise your rental property. Design, usability, hosting, getting listed on the search engines, optimising your site, pay-per-click, etc, etc.

Bookings
Up, down, could be better? How to get more bookings is our number one obsession. Talk shop here.

Handling rental enquiries
How to communicate with your potential renters - how to turn site visitors into enquiries, and enquiries into bookings.

Scam email enquiries
Post scam emails to warn other rental owners, or if you are not sure if an enquiry is genuine, put it up here and see what others think.

Non-internet marketing
Using press and magazine advertising, brochures, mailings - old hat or still cost-effective?

Website reviews
Get some feedback on your site or ad from other rental owners and techies. Also a library of online resources so you can make DIY improvements to your web presence.