FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We have assembled the following
responses to the most frequently asked questions
we receive about vacation rentals.
If your question is left unanswered, please feel
free to
contact us
or call
877-SHORE-4-U.
LIST OF QUESTIONS
Exposure
1. How much web traffic does
Shore Summer Rentals
get?
2. How will I know if people are looking at my
vacation
rental listing?
3. How will I receive
vacation property rental inquiries?
4. How do you promote the
Shore Summer Rental
website?
5. What are the advantages of listing my vacation rental property on the
Shore Summer Rental
website?
Costs
1. Are there setup fees involved to create my vacation rental property advertisement?
2.
Are there management or referral fees involved with
Shore
Summer Rentals?
3. How much does vacation rental advertising cost on the
Shore
Summer Rental
website?
4. Do I need a credit card to sign up?
Membership
1.
What does my vacation rental advertising membership
include?
2. Who is responsible for writing the rental lease agreement?
3. Who determines the price I charge for my vacation rental property?
4. What other features are included in my membership?
5. What is the difference between the Standard and the Deluxe
membership?
Location
1. What shore vacation towns are included
for rental
properties on the
Shore Summer Rental website?
2. Besides Jersey shore rental properties, what other summer
vacation destinations are featured on your
site?
3. Does the Shore Summer Rental website also promote
winter
vacation rental properties?
Ad Management
1. Do I need to know HTML or how to design my summer vacation
rental page?
2. How do I go about changing and updating my vacation rental property listing?
3. Who updates my listings?
4. How do I add and change photographs to my vacation rental listing?
5. Do you charge to update photos or make changes to my property listings?
6.
May I provide links to other
pages external to the
Shore
Summer Rental
website?
7. Do you offer a rental property availability calendar?
Cancellation Policy
1. May I cancel my vacation rental listing at any time?
2.
Can I delete my advertisement if I am no longer
interested in advertising?
Security
1. Is ShoreSummerRentals.com a secure site?
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
Exposure
1) How much web traffic does
Shore Summer Rentals
get?
The
Shore Summer Rental website is a high
traffic resource that receives thousands of hits
per day for summer rental
properties. Traffic, however, is a relative
measure. What counts is the quality of traffic
received on the website, not just the quantity.
We pride ourselves in the volume of quality
inquiries received on a regular basis, i.e.,
serious clients looking to rent your vacation rental property.
2) How will I know
if people are looking at my vacation rental
listing?
Once your
vacation rental property is in
our index and published on the website, you can
monitor the visits to your vacation rental
property page. Benefits include:
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Email
inquiries from potential property renters
are stored on your account for easy
reference.
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We
provide you with a real-time page counter
that keeps track of all your hits. To view
the page counter, just click on your
vacation rental property details and look at
the counter located at the bottom of the
page. You may reset the counter at any time.
3)
How will I receive vacation property rental
inquiries?
Once a potential
renter finds your vacation
rental property in our index, they will
complete a simple inquiry form and the
information will be sent to your chosen email
account. You have the option to change this
email address at your convenience. Additionally,
your telephone number will be available for
people who prefer to speak with a live person.
4)
How do you promote the Shore Summer Rental
website?
Results are key,
and to that end we have gone to great lengths to
make sure that your summer vacation rental
property listings on the
Shore Summer Rental website receive maximum
exposure. With extensive advertising, paid
search engine placement, and a search engine
optimization, we make sure that you get the most
value for your listings.
Paid Search Engine Placement
We partner with top search engines and
directories so that our website and your
listings receive the most exposure possible.
Search Engine Optimized Website.
By making sure that our site is optimized for
search engine indexing and is search engine
friendly, we have been able to achieve
phenomenal results with many of the top search
engines and indexes on the Internet. We
continually strive to make our site as easily
accessible and well placed as possible.
5) What are the advantages of
listing my vacation rental property
on the
Shore Summer Rental
website?
The most important advantage is
value.
We offer you exceptional value when you advertise your
vacation rental on
Shore Summer Rentals.com.
We have incorporated extensive techniques to
make our site user-friendly for both potential
renters and paid advertisers alike.
Costs
1) Are there setup
fees involved to create my vacation rental property advertisement?
No! We are available to help renters who are not
computer savvy create their vacation rental
property ads at no additional cost.
2) Are there management or referral fees
involved with
Shore Summer Rentals?
No! There are no management or referral fees
involved with
Shore Summer Rentals. Your only fee is the
package cost for a one-year listing of your vacation rental property. There
are no hidden charges or unexpected terms.
3) How much does vacation rental advertising
cost on the
Shore Summer Rental website?
A summer vacation
rental listing with
Shore Summer Rentals.com is both effective
and affordable!
- Our
Standard
Membership costs only $130 for 12
months (just $.36 a day)
- Our
Deluxe
Membership costs only $180 for 12
months (just $.49 a day) and promotes your
vacation rental
property to a limitless audience.
- Our
Multi-Unit Membership costs only $250 for 12
months and promotes more than one
vacation rental (in the same location) to a limitless audience.
- A
Bed and Breakfast or
Hotel/Motel
Membership may also be listed for a
full year at just $225. This one-time fee
allows you to list your vacation rental
property for an entire year - with no hidden
costs and no surprises.
- If you are listing
multiple summer vacation rental properties
at different locations,
certain discounts may apply.
Please contact us
for more information
about multiple property listing rates.
4) Do I need a
credit card to sign up? No, you do not
need a credit card to advertise your vacation rental property
with
Shore Summer Rentals. We will gladly accept
your personal or company check as an alternate
method of payment. Your vacation rental
property listings will be published on the
site once your check is received.
Membership
1) What does my
vacation rental advertising membership include?
All 12-month packages, including the
Standard
Membership - $130, the
Deluxe
Membership - $180,
Multi-Unit Membership - $250,
Bed and Breakfast Membership and
Hotel/Motel Memberships - $225, allow you to
personally update listing information and photos
at your convenience. You may use our online
calendar to post your summer vacation rental
availability, monitor the activity of your
property listing, and benefit from the extensive
advertising efforts we make on your behalf.
2)
Who is
responsible for writing the rental lease
agreement?
All vacation rental property leases must
be coordinated by the property owner. We supply
sample leases and welcome letters, a rental
procedure checklist, and an inventory checklist
form to registered members.
Please contact us
if you have any questions
about vacation rental property lease agreements.
3)
Who determines the price I charge for my
vacation rental property?
You determine the price to charge for your
summer vacation rental property. You may update
your pricing structure at any time through your
administration page.
4) What other features are
included in my paid membership?
With 24/7 online access, paid members have the
ability to manage their vacation rental property
listings, which includes the posting or editing
of rental rates, changes to images, property
description, and much more. Additionally, paid
members can take advantage of the helpful tools
offered exclusively by
Shore Summer Rentals.com.
5) What is the difference between the Standard and
the Deluxe membership?
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The Deluxe Membership gives your property 4
times more exposure than the Standard
Membership.
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Your Deluxe listing will appear randomly
ABOVE all of the Standard listings when
someone does a search.
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It also appears above the Standard listings on
the separate Popular City Destinations.
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Your property will also randomly show up on the
left of all pages as a Featured Property.
Standards do not.
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You can have up to 30 photos with a Deluxe and 5
with a Standard.
Location
1) What shore vacation
towns are included for rental properties on the
Shore Summer Rental website?
Shore Summer
Rentals handles summer vacation rental
properties for all vacation towns,
especially:
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POPULAR NJ SHORE
VACATION RENTAL LOCATIONS
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· Asbury Park
· Atlantic City
· Avalon
· Barnegat
· Beach Haven
· Brigantine
· Cape May
· Holgate
· Long Beach Island
· Margate
· North Wildwood
· Ocean
City
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· Ortley Beach
· Point Pleasant
· Sea Isle City
· Seaside Heights
· Seaside Park
· Ship Bottom
· Spring Lake
· Stone Harbor
· Surf City
· Ventnor
· Wildwood
· Wildwood Crest
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If your TOWN is
not listed,
e-mail
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ALL Other
New
Jersey
Shore Vacation
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2)
Besides Jersey shore rental properties, what other
summer vacation destinations are featured on your
site?
Shore Summer
Rentals
has just launched this new site which now
accommodates vacation rental properties in all the
US to be advertised. We are currently looking
for properties in the following towns.
3) Does the
Shore Summer Rental
website also promote winter vacation rental
properties?
Although we currently specialize in summer
vacation rentals, we plan to offer winter
vacation rental promotions for New Jersey to
assist you in gaining income during the winter
months. This includes also includes other popular
East Coast vacation destinations, such as Disney
World in Florida and seasonal rentals along the
coastal towns. Please bookmark
Shore Summer Rentals or
contact us
for additional information.
Ad Management
Not Computer Savvy?
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Print an "Add a
Rental" Form.
Mail or fax it to us and we will
create a great ad for you!
1) Do I need to know
HTML or how to design my summer vacation rental
page?
Nope. When you join
Shore Summer Rentals.com you will complete a
simple online form about your summer vacation rental
property. We take care of the rest!
2) How do I go about
changing and updating my vacation rental property
listing?
Once you have added your vacation rental
property to the
Shore Summer Rental website, you may change any
part of your property listing by logging into a
secure administration area where you are given a
Web-based form – similar to those used to create the
original listing. You may change your information as
often as you like. Once you are done, your web page
and rental property information will be
automatically updated.
3) Who updates my
listings?
You do! We provide you with a secure Web-based
administration tool, which allows you to update the
details of your summer vacation rental
property such as availability, rates,
description, title, amenities, photographs, rental
policies, and terms. We make sure that your
vacation rental listing page is immediately
updated.
4) How do I add and
change photographs to my vacation
rental listing?
We provide you with an online photograph
administration tool that allows you to upload and
update several photographs per property listing,
depending on your
vacation rental property listing package. The
photograph administration tool allows you to upload
your photographs much in the same way that you might
attach them to an email message. This convenience is
provided to you at no extra charge.
TAKING YOUR OWN
PHOTOS
If you
are taking photos on your own and do not have a
digital camera you should order a disc along with
your paper photos as the photos look much better
when uploaded directly from your computer.
Please
note that if you have paper photos that you need SSR
to scan, there will be a nominal fee and the photos
are not as clear as they could be.
Contact us for
photo questions.
5) Do you charge to
update photos or make changes to my property
listings?
No, we do not charge for updates to your listings.
As a paid member, you are entitled to log into your
account and make changes to your ad or access your
leases as you see fit. We provide you with the
necessary online tools to easily update your
vacation rental property listings.
6) May I
provide links to other pages external to the
Shore Summer Rental
website?
In general, the answer is “yes”; however there are
rules concerning which links are acceptable and
which links are not. We do ask for the link to point
to another web page that contains additional
information about that property. If you have
multiple listings with us, you may link your Cape
May vacation rental, for example, to your
Wildwood vacation rental page, and vice versa.
We reserve the right to remove links to websites
that directly compete with
Shore Summer Rentals.com.
7) Do you offer a
rental property availability calendar? Yes, there is an availability calendar in which you
simply select the dates your vacation rental
property is unavailable. It’s easy to use and
is provided at no extra charge.
Cancellation Policy
1) May I cancel my
rental listing at any time?
Yes, you may cancel your listing on
Shore Summer Rentals.com by either
contacting us by phone or
e-mail. All vacation rental listings are backed
by our
Money Back Guarantee.
2) Can I delete my advertisement if I am no
longer interested in advertising? Yes, you
can delete your ad anytime by logging into your
account, click on Edit to the right of your listing
title and then look to your left - there will be a
"Delete Property" option.
Security
1) Is
ShoreSummerRentals.com a secure site?
We have employed sophisticated technology to ensure
the most secure website for our advertisers and
visitors. Our website was designed with your
security in mind.
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