Forget mainstream: Rent a home for your next trip

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A new all-in-one booking website makes it easier than ever to rent a vacation home online. With search functionality that rivals the big online hotel search engines, ReserveMyHome.com has already become the preferred booking site for verified private vacation rentals in the USA, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean.

The website, built for private vacation rental owners, property managers and renters, has streamlined the advertising and booking process. Each unique rental listing webpage on ReserveMyHome.com advertises the member’s vacation rentals and can accept instant bookings or call-to-confirm bookings.

ReserveMyHome, LLC joins partners RentalAvenue.com and Skipjump.com to provide the new site to the public and offer seamless bookings for their members’ vacation rentals while promoting to a much larger renter audience through Skipjump.com’s targeted marketing channels to short-term vacation renters and travelers.

With cutting-edge functionality in place, ReserveMyHome’s vacation rentals can be booked and confirmed in less than five minutes – putting an end to a renter’s arduous quest of tracking down owners for availability and pricing. The vacation rental logistics, including confirmations and driving directions, are done automatically and instantly.

Also, the site is building its user-generated content model with features like “The Lodge”, an online vacation rentals community for owners and renters to share information. Also, the site now offers reviews by Renters.

“We are truly delighted to partner with ReserveMyHome.com. The Rental Avenue booking software and credit card payment processing integration is a perfect fit for ReserveMyHome,” said Troy McCasland, President of Rental Avenue, Inc., a veteran and pioneer in the online vacation rentals industry who developed one of the first online reservation systems.

“Enhancing ReserveMyHome.com to an ‘All-in-One’ service for our users was a natural step for our business, making the website a booking hub for private rental owners and property managers,” commented Scott Norris, founder of ReserveMyHome.com. “Owners can also select “allow instant bookings” or “Call me to Verify” each booking. We simply call owners and property managers for their approval but more conversions are made using the Instant Booking feature.”

“The fear of losing a booking is a traditional stress for owners,” continued Norris. “The loss of two bookings per month at $300 per night with a three-night stay amounts to a $21,600.00 annual loss. ReserveMyHome has changed that, without risk to owners. Owners can sign up for FREE, log in to their unique webpage, block out days, change rates, make manual bookings, accept instant bookings, and easily promote their homes on sites like Craigslist, Facebook and Twitter with a click of a button. We have made it Easy for our Owners and Renters.”

Why choose a vacation rental over a hotel?

Sure, we all like stepping into a nice, clean, managed and often luxurious hotel space. However, rental homes offer many advantages over the typical hotel experience. First, rentals often offer many more amenities and space – such as mutliple-bathrooms and living space to properly accommodate a large group or family (a vacation home typically averages 2000 square feet, split between multiple living areas and bedrooms). Also, if staying for more than just a few days, rental rates are typially A LOT cheaper than their hotel counterparts.

Vacation home rentals also typically offer fully equipped kitchens and laundry facilities – something you would only find at a hotel if you paid the extra money to reserve a suite. Many also offer WIFI, home theaters, private pools, game rooms, spas, boogey boards, sleds and more. You can also find vacation homes and condos with great outdoor living spaces such as patios, lanais, gardens, lawns and decks overlooking incredible settings.

Your own personal space for a fraction of the cost

In a hotel or resort, you are typically boxed together with other people – individuals, couples, families – so the privacy level typically has limits. Vacation rental homes provide a sanctuary away from crowds and typical hotel or resort bustling setting, while not even coming close to matching the expense of a hotel; the average vacation home is 50% less expensive per square foot than a hotel.

On top of that, the savings provided by having the choice to prepare your own meals can save significant amounts of money when compared to the price of eating in restaurants every meal of your trip.

For more information, visit www.ReserveMyHome.com.

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