Elizabeth Weedon

Author's details

Name: Elizabeth Weedon
Date registered: 11/10/2011
URL: http://www.weneedavacation.com

Biography

Although I’ve worked for WeNeedaVacation.com since 2008, I’ve been a loyal homeowner on the site since early 1998, just a few months after the website was launched by the Talmadges. I grew up summering on the Vineyard and have managed my family's rental home there since the mid-1980’s. I’m passionately devoted to the Vineyard – and to WeNeedaVacation.com, which I credit with enabling me to hold onto the special property that has been in our family since the 1920’s. An enthusiastic member of the WNAV.com Homeowner Support Team, I am particularly involved with our new listers, providing assistance with the sign-up process and advice about how to create the most effective listing to ensure their booking success with us. I have recently taken over our press and public relations needs. And, with owner Joan Talmadge, I am also responsible for editing and writing much of the content on our website, our monthly newsletters, and the blog posts. My husband and I live in Wellesley where we have raised our 2 grown kids and our Black Lab, Maisie. Email Elizabeth

Latest posts

  1. Handling Tentative Bookings — 03/05/2013
  2. Choosing a Vacation Rental Turnover Day — 01/15/2013
  3. More Vacation Rental “Silent Killers” — 12/11/2012
  4. Long-term Winter Rentals: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — 11/27/2012
  5. Top 10 Marketing Tips for Vacation Rental Homeowners — 10/30/2012

Most commented posts

  1. Considering Pets in Vacation Rentals: “Please, please, PLEASE, can Fido come, too?!” — 10 comments
  2. Managing Vacation Rental Bookings: Preparing your house was the easy part! — 7 comments
  3. Hiring professional Service Providers to maintain your vacation rental home — 6 comments
  4. When Welcoming Your Vacation Rental Tenants, Go Above and Beyond — 6 comments
  5. Vacation Rental Security Deposits – Too much or too little? — 4 comments

Author's posts listings

Oct 23 2012

Soliciting Guest Reviews: Strike While the Iron’s Hot!

Surely by now all homeowners realize how critically important it is to have guest reviews posted on their vacation rental listings. The words “pictures and guest reviews, pictures and guest reviews” are repeated like a mantra here in the office to homeowners seeking marketing advice for their listings. In this age of …

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Aug 31 2012

Withholding Security Deposits – Know Your Rights

So many of the disputes between vacation rental homeowners and their tenants every season involve the issue of withholding security deposits after a tenant’s stay. In a previous post, Vacation Rental Security Deposits – Too Much or Too Little?, I discussed …

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Aug 16 2012

Battling Dampness and Mold in Your Vacation Rental Home

Old house or new, waterfront or inland, there aren’t many homes on Cape Cod or the Islands immune to the ill effects of dampness during the summer. Our brand new appliances seem to rust overnight, unprotected wood appears to rot from one season to the next, and it’s difficult to keep surfaces …

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Jun 22 2012

When Welcoming Your Vacation Rental Tenants, Go Above and Beyond

With very little effort or expense, you can make a great first impression on your vacation rental tenants, as well as increase the odds of their posting valuable guest reviews and returning to your home for future stays. Although renting your home is essentially a “business transaction,” it behooves you to …

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Jun 19 2012

When should you consider lowering your prices?

Still have a few stubborn vacancies at your vacation rental property this season? Although the decision is totally dependent on how incented you are to fill those vacancies, it’s probably a good idea to discount your price sooner than later – certainly by mid-June. Waiting until the very last minute to do …

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