I help hospitality-focused vacation rental owners and managers put more bookings on their calendars and more profits in their pockets with direct booking websites, digital marketing and systems to build a professional vacation rental brand.
They’ve created a marketplace that has become so competitive, it forces you to need them. Or at least that’s what they want you to believe.
THEY decide where to place your listing. THEY decide if you are a “super host.”
They allow anyone and everyone to create a listing and more competition makes it harder to stand out from the crowd.
They are creating the rules for your business – cancellation policies, contracts, who you allow to stay in YOUR home and how you communicate with them.
But, I’m here to tell you there is a different way.
A way where you can create your own brand, create your own listings, book your own properties and make your own rules.
I’m Jodi Bourne – thus the name of my business. 😆
I have been helping small business owners, visitor’s bureaus, bars, restaurants and music venues bring in more customers and out-of-town guests through online marketing since 2011.
In 2015, it was a natural progression to begin working with vacation rental owners and property management companies to help them start building an independent business – before I had ever heard the term “book direct”
Since that very first client – who was 75% book direct when we stopped working together in 2017 – I’ve helped individual owners and boutique property management companies grow their direct bookings. Many of whom are now 100% direct.
Now, I work with owners and managers all over the world and they all have the same issue – they don’t want to be just another listing on someone else’s website.
But, they are stuck. Not knowing if, or how to move forward.
The owners I work best with are passionate about excellent hospitality, creating comfortable and well-appointed vacation homes, and helping their guests experience an amazing vacation.
They are ready to work – and even if they don’t have time to do “all the things” they know that to reap the rewards, they have to put in effort and investment.
When we work together to build your vacation rental website, dial in your social media strategy or work on your content, it’s a partnership.
I help you build and implement business and marketing strategies, give advice based on my experience and help you create more than just a vacation home, but a vacation rental brand.
If you want to learn what’s next. Know what steps you need to take. Understand how it all works, and create a profitable, guest-centered vacation rental business that doesn’t rely on someone else’s website…
Use this free guide and workbook to determine what steps you need to start or grow your book direct vacation rental brand.
Feeling Blessed!
