All Forum Posts by: Julie Merritt

I've used Evolve Vacation Rentals and have had a ton of success with them. They take professional pictures, manage schedules on multiple websites, and had all of the money and any insurance issues. However, they don't deal with the cleaners or any fix it issues. They charge 10%, so it's a bit of a different model than traditional property management. 

@Kristopher K. Well at least you cut down on some of the costs for doing the turn overs initially. I don't have any experience in the off season yet. We only closed on it on March 25th, so it's still a pretty new property to me. I'm working with a company that does property management, not a traditional but an online company, and they did an analysis on the place. They did come up with it seeing that we should be able to rent it out a good portion of the off season. 

@Kristopher K. When I was researching cleaners they brought up a discount if I moved to Sunday, so this would be possible. The market in Ptown is amazing, 5 days after we put up on the online posting we had the whole summer rented out. Now it's a great location, which certainly helps, but most people do seem to have the whole summer rented. But I would think Dennis could warrant a 7 night minimum. 

That's great that you are able to do your own turnovers. And you can also see the place, which is nice. I've thought about doing the turnovers if we ever get a second place in Ptown, but it's just too far of a drive for one place. 

Thanks @Kristopher K. the place has a 7 night minimum over the summer, with a check in time of 3 and a check out time of 10. Ptown is so crazy with how everything books up so well we can lock in the full week. I will say my interest is really around the Sunday aspect to get a cheaper quote for the cleaning. As you know cleaning prices on the Cape in the summer aren't exactly cheap :) It's not to connect with someone else from the area! 

I don't have any data to back up Sunday - Sunday is what people want, which is why I put up this post. I've heard people say this, so I'm curious to see if responses back this up. 

I have a vacation property in Provincetown, MA that is currently a Saturday-Saturday weekly rental during the summer, and I'm thinking that next year I will move it to a Sunday-Sunday rental. I feel like people may want this more, which will lead to even more bookings. Plus, I can get a discount on the cleaning to do this. What do people think? Is a Saturday-Saturday rental better, or a Sunday-Sunday summer rental better?