Trust in terms of the quality of accommodations with a professional rental management company is critical. Although we have mentioned ways to authenticate vacation home management companies in the past, there is one step every prospective Orlando vacation home renter must do before booking. It will only take a few minutes and will assist anyone wishing to verify and authenticate rental management companies.

I must first admit I failed to do this before I booked the services of an online professional design firm recently, and this omission cost me several hundreds of dollars.

We suggest you always consult the Central Florida Better Business Bureau (BBB) website and put in the name of the rental management company. Click to go to this website for the Orlando vacation homes Better Business Bureau certification.

Keep in mind that just because a website displays a BBB logo does not necessarily mean a company has a good track record.

Some additional notes on checking Orlando vacation rental companies:

• Over 100 Central Florida vacation rental business ratings are available on the website.
• Be sure and check the company’s official BBB rating on the website.
• One of the other important elements to check is the BBB accreditation which includes the customer complaint history as well as issue resolution.

In conclusion, if you only do one thing to verify a company’s reputation before reserving an Orlando vacation rental, check the rental management company’s customer complaint history and BBB accreditation using the Florida Better Business Bureau business reviews.

You’ll certainly find that most area vacation rental companies have excellent track records (A+ to A- ratings). This one necessary step is worth your time checking online.

Moreover, to learn about the many vacation home choices you have in the Central Florida area, click on the community reviews section of this website.

Hotels in Orlando have gone into shock. In February 2009, hotel revenues were reportedly down dramatically (1).

Orlando vacation homes, although affected by the economic downturn, have some very powerful factors now in their favor.

1. Of the 200 +/- hotels in Orlando, there are as few as 400+/- full time sales managers at the property level promoting their product.
2. With 30,000 +/- vacation homes in the Orlando market, each owner becomes their properties’ best sales manager. You could argue there is an army of 30,000+/- part time sales managers/owners promoting Orlando vacation homes all over the globe on a daily basis.
3. Tour operators are now selling Orlando vacation home product with as much fervor as they do hotels. Such premium accommodations as Emerald Island Resort and Windsor Hills Resort are well know for their quality amenities.
4. In Orlando, there are hundreds of vacation home management companies aggressively promoting vacation home rentals for owners. The databases of management companies also include thousands of satisfied consumers who refer potential renters.
5. Orlando vacation home rentals have become very competitive in rate, and can often offer a better value proposition than a traditional hotel. Hence, their popularity with travelers.
6. Once the domain of Europeans, the domestic American consumer is becoming very educated on vacation homes and the benefits they offer including the ease with which the homes can be booked.

Orlando vacation home marketing has become organically powerful and has so much “hidden” muscle that a significant gain in market share against the hotel industry looks inevitable. The Orlando vacation home idustry segment is  now a force to be reckoned with.

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