Rent One Online Revolutionizes the Vacation Rental Industry with Travel Services Platform
Rent One Online's innovative business model lets vacation rental managers profit from travel services provided “with” and “beyond” each reservation.
Scotts Valley, CA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) May 26, 2005 -- Rent One Online announced today an innovative travel
services platform that makes it easy for vacation rental managers to expand
beyond lodging by marketing airline tickets, rental cars, local activities and
trip insurance to visitors of their properties. The travel services platform is
based on an advanced web services architecture and is tightly integrated with
Rent One Online's web-based Vacation Rental Manager solution. Unique features
include:
1) The platform enables vacation rental managers and
“destination” real estate offices to market profit generating travel services
along with reservations, without doing any paperwork. Rather than just providing
a night in a vacation rental, they are now able to provide complete vacation
packages.
2) The travel services are integrated directly into the process
of booking a reservation. For example, travel protection (insurance that
protects the traveler in case of trip delay or cancellation) is automatically
quoted based on the trip cost and the purchase is tracked along with the
reservation. There is no paperwork or reporting required as the transaction is
done completely on the web.
3) The travel services components may be made
available on a vacation rental manager's website or other property listing sites
in an online booking scenario, making them directly accessible to
travelers.
The travel services platform includes services
for:
*Advanced availability search
*“By Amenity” search
*Property
Listing Directory based on search results
*Individual property
pages
*Online booking of reservations
*Travel
Protection
*Airfare
*Rental Cars
*Local Activities
There is no
extra charge for the travel services platform, and when combined with Rent One
Online's Vacation Rental Manager solution ($1 per property per month), every
reservation becomes an opportunity to generate additional income. Rent One
Online pays referral fees to vacation rental managers for marketing travel
services to their guests, making it the only vacation rental management solution
that literally pays for itself.
According to Bart Meltzer, founder of
Rent One Online, “With our travel services platform, we have truly created an
all parties win environment that benefits vacation rental managers, owners and
most importantly, the travelers. We will continue to lead the industry by
deploying innovative technology that improves the complete vacation rental
travel experience.”
About Rent One Online
Rent One Online provides
100% Web-based marketing, management and travel solutions for vacation rental
managers. The Rent One Online mission is to bridge the gap that currently exists
from the vacation property market to the larger travel services industry. Rent
One Online does this by increasing marketing effectiveness, providing
professional management tools and offering complementary and revenue-producing
travel services. Visit www.RentOneOnline.com.
Media Contact:
Joel C.
Messenger
Director of Marketing
415.637.4296
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