Property management in Orlando

White Rose Villas is currently investing in some great new branding for the vehicles used by our housekeeping and maintenance teams – and we’d like you to get involved! Could you design a new image for our housekeeping and maintenance vehicles? If so, you could be in with a chance to win free property maintenance for a property for three months, courtesy of our team. That’s what we’re offering the...

Attention all homeowners! We’re currently in talks with a security company about some new, more robust pool alarms. We’re encouraging all homeowners to have them fitted. Please read on to find out why. Earlier this month, we received extremely sad news about a drowning on the Windsor Hills resort community. While this thankfully didn’t affect any of our homeowners directly or involve any of the homes we manage, we are...

Yes, it’s here again: recurring on the first Wednesday in February, it’s time to get this very important message across to your guests. Tell them of the many advantages to be gained by booking direct and abandoning third-party channels e.g. Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, TripAdvisor and Expedia. Many guests (and owners) are rightly dismayed at the ever-increasing (often hidden) guest/traveller fees piled on by these platforms; how can they be justified...

White Rose Villas is seeking to fill the extremely important post of Vacation Rental Inspector. Currently operating in excess of fifty vacation rental properties, the successful candidate will fulfil a vital role in ensuring the maintenance of our homes to a very high standard, and delivering the excellent customer service our valued guests deserve. Our Inspector will also be responsible for building and developing further our team of reliable, detail-oriented...

This year’s Black Friday falls on 27th of this month and, for many of us, it will be a very different experience compared to previous years. At White Rose Villas we continue to proactively look to fill our homes with Black Friday travel bookers. Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year and, while many will be staying close to home, there will be many bargain hunters looking...

The White Rose Villas Reservations Team has been back to school over the last few weeks!  We’ve been learning new skills in data analytics as part of the Rev Max Bootcamp. You may be aware that we recently added the Rev Max software to our booking engine to help homeowners who are interested in using data insights to improve their results.  The Rev Max Bootcamp is an additional service which...

This week on our blog, we’re absolutely delighted to bring you some thoughts from another of our homeowners. Eric owns two fantastic family-friendly homes on Kissimmee’s Indian Point resort.  It enjoys a fabulous location, just a half mile drive from Highway 192 and close to the Orlando theme parks. Like most of our homeowners, Eric has seen his bookings slow through the pandemic and, especially, through the various lockdowns.  As...

There’s no getting away from it: the travel industry has taken a hammering during COVID.  Bookings are down.  International flights are flying at a tiny fraction of the rate they did this time last year.  And the quarantine measures being implemented by governments around the world are stifling demand still further. As vacation homeowners, I know that you have experienced for yourselves just how different 2020 has been as a...

September is always a quiet month in Orlando, but this year has been quieter than most.  However, the parks are doing everything they can to tempt guests back whilst ensuring the safety of staff and guests. There is plenty of Halloween fun to be enjoyed in Orlando’s theme parks this year, so what can you do to tempt guests back and maximise your vacation home’s autumn revenues? 1// Remove risk...

White Rose Villas property management is continually reviewing ways to help us improve occupancy rates for you, our homeowners. The pandemic has been tough on us all.  The added economic pressures of not being able to rent out your vacation home due to COVID’s impact on the global travel industry has made the crisis all the tougher. Helping you by helping guests We know one of the reasons that bookings...