“We think this summer is going to be a good summer…” -George Ferguson, senior aerospace and airline analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence The Summer 2021 Travel Season should be one for the books. While pandemic recovery varies from country to country, increasingly successful vaccine rollouts will allow many travelers to get away from it all. And […]
Properly is proud to announce our partnership with Booking.com in a pilot program designed to standardize cleaning for short-term rentals. As our CEO and Founder Alex Nigg recently detailed in his article, it is essential for short-term rentals to show travelers that they are a safe, reliable option for accommodation. Cleaning according to the whims […]
COVID-19 is changing the way we live, work, and spend time with our loved ones. It’s no surprise that it should also change the way we clean our rentals. We published a complete guide to disinfecting your rentals previously, but many of our customers have gotten in touch to ask for a more detailed breakdown […]
COVID-19 has hit the travel industry hard, and for many property managers, the path forward is difficult to see. Why are so many guests cancelling? Why are our owners pulling their listings? And is there anything we can do to make sure our businesses survive this incredibly difficult time? At Properly, we’ve done our best […]
With the rapidly evolving situation surrounding the spread of COVID-19, property managers everywhere are thinking about how to reassure their guests and take proper precautions to prevent the spread of infection. The short-term rental industry is uniquely positioned to provide assurance to guests at this time. Once a property has been correctly disinfected, the only people […]
With coronavirus (COVID-19) in the news, many travelers are concerned about protecting their health. While some of the fears are overblown, travelers are cancelling their travel plans at record rates – and there are things you can do as a manager to reassure them. It’s our job as professionals to have standards for cleanliness in […]
[:en]Vacation rentals get damaged. It’s simply a fact of this industry. Which means every professional should have a plan for how to track when damage occurred, communicate to guests who have caused damage, and get reimbursed as quickly as possible.[:]
If you’ve downloaded our Ultimate Guide to Short-Term Rental Inspections, you know why post-turnover inspections are a critical tool for every property manager. Inspections can eliminate 98% of all mistakes made during turnover. You can save thousands every year by catching those mistakes before your guests see them. There’s just one problem: in-person inspections are […]
In the business of vacation rentals, nothing guarantees a great guest experience like a perfect turnover. Your turnover process is also your best friend in preventing negative reviews. In our business, we’ve collected data on hundreds of thousands of turnovers. As we’ve started to offer services like Remote Inspection, where our team double-checks the turnover […]
Vacation rental management is a difficult job. But did you know that vacation rental managers are also taking on an unusual amount of mental strain? Recent studies have shown that corporations more frequently expect their employees to be “always on” – available by phone or email even when they’re no longer at the office. Scientific […]