Today online advertising company TheVacationBug.com announces the very latest advance in the online vacation rental advertising industry “Make an Offer”. Renters will now be able to search thousands of properties and make offers to property owners that understand that renters are looking for great deals in this economy.
“TheVacationBug.com is unveiling unprecedented advertising solutions with great success. We have taken a step back an truly evaluated what the renter is looking for in a vacation rental property. Our property owners and managers have made a commitment to work with renters to help them accommodate their wishes” said Mike Shosted, director of Operations at TheVacationBug.com. “This new “Make an Offer” feature, coupled with a risk free advertising solution for property owners and managers is reshaping online advertising for vacation rentals. We are looking to put the pressure on all advertisers to perform for their advertisers, and it is working extremely well.”
This is certainly a great middle ground between renters who would like a great deal and owners who are tired of seeing their properties sit empty.

TheVacationBug.com was designed to fill a need in the vacation rental industry. Started in 2007 by vacation rental owners, TheVacationBug.com founders noticed a disconnect between brick and mortar property management firms, individual owners, and the on-line renter community. This website and company were designed as a way to give the local property management company and individual property owner a web presence that would help them grow their bottom line by offering a pay-per-booking model.  This ensures a positive return on every marketing dollar spent.  Essentially, TheVacationBug.com has taken the risk out of a sometimes very difficult marketing decision.

TheVacationBug.com will assist property managers and individual owners in reaching more qualified renters via the web. TheVacationBug.com team hopes you enjoy this site and think of www.TheVacationBug.com for all of your vacation rental needs.

There are many vacation rental websites that focus on property owners who wish to list their individual properties for a fee. The problem with these sites is the lack of communication and no system to insure that a transaction and a vacation rental property are held to an industry standard. TheVacationBug.com only works with property managers to ensure that the renters concerns and expectations are met.

When trying to find a vacation rental the last thing a potential renter wants to deal with are bothersome ads popping up and a confusing maze of content that is leading them in circles. The goal for the user/renter is to find what they are looking for and book the property or inquire.TheVacationbug.com is a free service for renters looking for beachfront condos, romantic cottages, luxury villas, upscale townhomes, or a mountain cabin getaway. Simple to use listing features allow users to sort by the criteria most important to them. As a user/renter the biggest selling points are the cost, pictures, and description of each property. Once a desirable property is found the renter may have additional questions for the property manager. TheVacationBug.com enables you to quickly and easily get those questions addressed so you can make a decision. TheVacationBug.com is focused on the renter and the vacation rental experience.

The property managers who manage these vacation rentals know that timing is everything when making a decision and they are prompt to reply. If you are dealing with a site that caters to individual owners you are on the owners schedule and in most cases renting their home is not the most important task in their day and not their job. Another key reason that TheVacationBug.com has partnered with property managers is fraud on the internet. Without dealing with a professional property management company you run a risk of working with someone who just posted pictures of a property without it even existing. The renter finds a property and the price is right so they put down a deposit and fill out a fake rental agreement only to show up to a vacant lot hundreds or thousands of miles from home. Granted this is not the norm but it is a scam that TheVacationBug.com does not want to be associated with. When you work with TheVacationBug.com the experience is built with the renter in mind from start to finish.

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