Prepare Your Vacation Rental for the Gen-Xers

As a vacation rental owner one very important aspect of setting your home apart from the crowd is providing amenities travelers expect. This year (2007) the Baby Boomers have been replaced by the Gen Xers as the largest group of both business and leisure travelers. Gen Xers are fond of leisure travel and spend more per trip than their Boomer counterparts and have higher expectations for the level of service, amenities and quality in their accommodations.

Gen Xers although individuals, have a number of common characteristics they look for when choosing their accommodations. Here is a list of preferences as they relate to travel decisions:

1. They love electronics and gadgets and they expect freebies such as internet access. Is your rental set up for wireless access? Most Gen Xers travel with laptops.

2. Gen Xers respond to promotional offers as they make vacation plans. They are always looking for discounts. Do you offer specials to fill you calendar? They often make plans last minute taking advantage of airline specials.


3. Gen Xers are more oriented toward family life and more leisure trips. Expect 3-4 day getaways to become more prevelant. Do you have a minimum stay of 7 nights? If so, reducing the required number of nights can help to increase your bookings.

4. They consistantly value three things: service, security, and a comfortable bed. Are you receiving good feedback from previous guests in this area?

6. Common with other groups, the Gen Xers appreciate the "personal touch" what better way to show your guests you appreciate them than by greeting them with a welcome gift upon their arrival from Welcome Your Guests Gifts.

In summary, like most vacationers the Gen Xers are looking for luxury, value, and relaxation. Take a look at your vacation rental from the Gen Xers point of view and see if you can improve in any areas. The benefits to you in the end will be a full calendar of happy travelers.

Vacation Rental Homeowners' Gift Service

Vacation rental homeowners from Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas to Colorado, Pennsylvania and Texas are facing more intense competition these days. Regardless of whether your own a beachfront or ski resort home, attracting and keeping loyal renters to a vacation property is becoming increasingly more challenging.

The stakes are high. Few can afford a decrease in annual bookings for their vacation properties -- not with expenses soaring for services such as painters, plumbers, property taxes, property management, and landscaping for investment properties. The point is, vacation rental homeowners must work smarter, but not necessarily harder, to maintain and hopefully increase their property bookings.

That's where Welcome Your Guests Gifts comes in...

With your unique challenges in mind, our hospitality service provides vacation homeowners an easy-to-use welcome gift solution. Imagine how special your renters will feel when greeted by high quality "goodwill gifts" such as our Tea Time and Nature's Good Stuff gift bags (pictured in side bar).

• Our elegantly packaged gift bags feature two very exciting product lines -- the Naked Bee and the Portsmouth Tea Company. Suitable for gift-giving in warm and cold climates, either gift helps distinguish your home as a place of distinction and launches a high-value stay.

• Homeowners who live out-of-state, or even out of the country, particularly find our service easy-to-use and extremely convenient. We deliver on the personal touch they know is important, but simply falls through the cracks due to distance and other life priorities.

• Our gift bags are clear-wrapped and finished with a sheer organza bow. We also can include on the gift tag a personalized greeting message bearing your name.



• Our gift bags come elegantly packaged and are shipped to your property manager, who can store them in your owner's closet and easily set one out prior to the arrival of each vacationing guest.


• Wonderfully priced under $25, our quality gift bags also are tax deductible for most vacation homeowners. What's more, purchase 22 or more items and you'll receive our Deluxe Homeowners Set of the same fine products, valued at $50!

For more product information, an FAQ, or to order gift bags to start impressing your guests, visit us at WelcomeYourGuests.com.