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Rent a Vacation Home and Save

(News Item #0115, 05/25/08) NA — High fuel costs and a shaky economy aren't causing all travelers to cancel their summer vacations, but they are prompting people to look for ways to stretch their dollars. One way of getting more ... read more ›

Skip the Hotel, Rent a House

(News Item #0113, 05/23/08) NA — Vacation season is just around the corner, which means not only figuring where to go but where to stay. One lodging option that is becoming increasingly popular with travelers is vacation rentals. Yo... read more ›

The Truth About the BBB

(News Item #0142, 05/23/08) Unknown — After having some bad experiences myself, including being denied the opportunity to respond to a completely frivolous and malicious complaint recently, I came across this blog post describing one bus... read more ›

Sunspots offers Vacation Rental Service in Seattle

(News Item #0082, 04/01/08) SunspotResorts.com — After eight years operating Vacation Rental homes in three states Sunspots Resorts has opened a division to handle Seattle area vacation rentals exclusively. The announcement was made by William M... read more ›

Study calculates the economic effects of Osceola's vacation-home rentals

(News Item #0077, 03/21/08) Orlando Sentinel — - - Landmark study calculates the economic effect of Osceola's vacation-home rentals. An estimated 1.24 million visitors to Central Florida each year stay in resort homes in Osceola County alone, ... read more ›

Spiffing Up Your Vacation Rental

(News Item #0098, 03/12/08) RealtyTimes.com — For vacation rental owners, or those who plan to buy one this year, the planets are aligned in your favor. Crowds are coming from home and they are coming from abroad. And they are looking for b... read more ›

Sunspot Resorts add Air & Rental Car Services

(News Item #0064, 02/15/08) SunspotResorts.com — Getting to your Sunspot Vacation Rental just got became easier. Now on the rapidly growing lodging company headquatered in Seatle, WA has added a handy link on its www.Sunspots.info website, directly... read more ›

MySunspots Favorite System for Sunspot Resorts

(News Item #0059, 01/25/08) SunspotResorts.com — Viewing and selecting a vacation rental home at Sunspot Resorts just got a lot easier with the introduction of the MySunspots favorite system on the companies website - www.Sunspots.info. "Most gu... read more ›

Popular Vacation Home Features

(News Item #0099, 01/18/08) RealtyTimes.com — When tourists come knocking at the door of your vacation rental, what will they expect you to offer? Many answers are available in "Top 10 Vacation Home Features Travelers' Seek" offered by Trip... read more ›

Second Homes: Vacation Rentals Get Free Google Listing

(News Item #0100, 01/10/08) RealtyTimes.com — You don't need a website or an online vacation rental listing service to market your vacation rental property on the Internet. Just use Google Base. Like Craig's List, it's free, but Google B... read more ›

5 Reasons to Check Out a Non-Hotel

(News Item #0053, 11/11/07) Seattle Times Newspaper — Your next hotel might not be a hotel. It could be a condo, a rental apartment or a home. And maybe it should be. It isn't just that traditional hotels, inns and resorts turn off many travelers. Th... read more ›

Sunspots' President Reveals Growth Plan at Vacation Rental Conference

(News Item #0028, 10/17/07) VRMA.com — The world's top Vacation Rental Managers met in New Orleans this week to review the state of the industry and William May, President of Sunspot Inns, Resorts & Vacation Rentals was one of the feature...

VRIA President to speak at Vacation Rental Managers Association

(News Item #0047, 10/02/07) VRIA.org — The world's top Vacation Rental Managers will met in New Orleans October 13th through the 17th, 2007 to review the state of the industry and William May, President of the Vacation Rental Owners Assoc... read more ›

Best Places to Buy a Vacation Home

(News Item #0096, 08/09/07) Forbes.com — Renting a vacation home has its perks. You're not wedded to one area for longer than a few weeks. There's no dealing with frozen pipes, property taxes or scraping together that down payment. But ... read more ›

Vacation Rental Deals? Think Off-Season

(News Item #0097, 07/17/07) BusinessWeek.com — A higher supply and the housing slump mean the already affordable fall season for vacation home rentals will be an even better bargain this year Back from summer vacation? Need another one? Beach... read more ›

Lynnette Gulsvig accepts VP Operations Job

(News Item #0051, 06/01/07) SunspotResorts.com — Today Sunspot Resorts, operator of Inns, Resorts and Vacation Rentals and headquartered in Seattle Washington, elected Lynnette Gulsvig Vice President of Operations. "Never have I seen anyone wor... read more ›

Sunspot Resorts opens at Priest Lake

(News Item #0024, 05/16/07) SunspotResorts.com — Sunspot Resorts a Seattle based Vacation Rental management company has opened operations on Idaho's Priest Lake. The company operates over 200 properties in Washington State, Hawaii and now Idaho. ... read more ›

Bull, Bear Grapple in Vacation Home Market

(News Item #0101, 05/14/07) RealtyTimes.com — Adverse economic conditions, rather than seasonal climate change, has ushered in the off-season for investment properties known as vacation rentals. Hordes of investors have gone back to real jo... read more ›

Sunserra Condos at Crescent Bar joins with Sunspots

(News Item #0022, 05/10/07) NA — Sunspot Resorts has been selected by Select Vacation Rentals at Crescent bar to assist with marketing, sales and reservations for the 200 new luxury townhomes at Sunserra Resort. See www.Sunserra.ws.... read more ›

New Meaning for Vacation Rental "Hot Spots"

(News Item #0102, 04/10/07) RealtyTimes.com — Vacation rental owners are losing customers if their property doesn't include a "hot spot" -- or isn't otherwise well-stocked with technology more and more travelers seek. The hotel industry is ... read more ›

Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

(News Item #0014, 03/05/07) RentingParadise.com — It could definitely ruin a vacation if a rental house was terribly unacceptable. How are we supposed to know which ones are which?" That concerned post on a Yahoo group for vacation home owners f... read more ›

Jonathan McIntyre Named VP and Creative Director

(News Item #0050, 03/01/07) SunspotResorts.com — Just a year ago Jonathan McIntyre joined Sunspot Resorts as photographer. Today he has been named Vice President of Operations. "We had no idea he had such great creative skills and manager abilities... read more ›

Florida Legislators Pass New Insurance Legislation

(News Item #0045, 01/24/07) Unknown — In a special session of the Florida Legislature under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, a 167-page bill was passed this week that should lower insurance premiums between 5% and 40% and provid... read more ›

Finding a Home Away from Home

(News Item #0129, 11/27/06) BudgetTravel.com — Brian Sharples, the cofounder and CEO of HomeAway, came by the other day to talk about the company's plans to become the go-to source for vacation rentals. HomeAway recently secured $160 million in f... read more ›

Price, Amenities Draw Travelers to Vacation Homes

(News Item #0103, 11/22/06) RealtyTimes.com — Own a vacation home rental? Chances are, you've got a captive audience. And that's good news for your bottom line. Virtually all travelers who've tried a vacation home for their travel a... read more ›