White Rose Villas Blog

We all know the importance of guest reviews in increasing the occupancy of our homes. With this in mind, we’d like to encourage all owners to share ALL of your guest reviews with us. Good and bad! Fostering a Culture of Improvement and Recognition Guest reviews in shape the reputation and success of our vacation rentals. Reviews provide valuable feedback that helps us enhance the guest experience and maintain high...

Find out more about how White Rose Villas is using YourWelcome, a digital welcome book service, to offer a five-star service to guests. Most of you are already using YourWelcome. If you aren’t, let me explain: YourWelcome is the leading digital guidebook platform offering a premium solution across entire guest journeys. Getting important feedback at check-in One of the most useful features from a property management point of view is...

We’ve had great success with our marketing for Book Direct Day. Thank you to all our homeowners for your support. We’re thrilled to share some exciting news with you regarding our recent book direct marketing campaign. We’re pleased to report that the campaign has garnered a highly positive response, resulting in increased bookings and heightened engagement from our valued guests. Book Direct with White Rose Villas Through targeted efforts to...

Today is Book Direct Day! In a world dominated by online travel businesses like Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, it’s easy for vacationers to believe that the best deals and experiences are to be found on the websites of these big platforms. However, the truth is that often the best deals and the most treasured experiences are to be found by booking direct. Here’s just a few reasons why the next...

Imagine our surprise when the White Rose Villas team stumbled into Florida’s premier snowing event in downtown Celebration. Our tips on enjoying the holiday festivities! As we sat down for breakfast at the cozy Downtown Diner in Celebration, the air filled with the tantalizing aroma of freshly brewed coffee and sizzling bacon. Little did we know that our ordinary breakfast outing would soon transform into a magical experience, complete with...

Did you know that more than half of the villas booked by our rental partners have Grade A status? Our booking partners tell us that a home’s quality, condition and amenities all play a part in the overall customer experience. By bringing your home up to Grade A status, you can maximise the likelihood of our booking partners booking your home. But what makes a Grade A home? In this...

New year is typically a time of reflection and new starts. For us, here at White Rose Villas HQ, we’ve been working hard over the holiday period to bring all accounts up to date as part of our start to 2022 so we can go into the new year with our best foot forward. Like most of the travel sector, we’re hoping that 2022 marks a new beginning in the...

New for 2022: we’ve recently completed a kitchen renovation and we’re excited to share the results with you. It’s a different, cheaper and greener way to keep your home at Grade A status. We have recently worked with one of our homeowners to update and modernise the kitchen in their home. To save time and money, they chose to trial a new finish for the kitchen worktops called Miracle Method....

The vacation rental market in the USA is looking far more positive, according to a new report. It shows that, despite a difficult 18 months, Florida continues to lead the rest of the country in terms of this year’s bookings. A new report into the state of the vacation rental market in the USA has revealed some surprising changes to patterns of booking. It says “the off-season is looking a...

What are we doing to navigate through this new uncertainty? And how can we protect the improvement in bookings we’ve seen lately? Here’s an update from our team. With the discovery of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the uncertainty that had been waning over recent months has returned to the travel industry. Travel operators are waiting to see what the effect will be on bookings. Booking rates around the world...