Enjoy Luxury South Lake Tahoe Vacation Rentals At 40% Off

Lake Tahoe Lodging, Inc. welcomes the new year by offering 40% off on its luxury Lake Tahoe vacation rentals.

Lake Tahoe, CA / NV (PRWEB) January 6, 2005 -- Lake Tahoe Lodging, Inc. offers 40 percent off on mid-week Lake Tahoe vacation rentals with a 2 night minimum stay.

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Lake Tahoe Lodging, Inc. (LTL) – A provider of Luxury Lake Tahoe accommodations announces their “Get into winter” special offering 40% off on mid-week vacation rentals.

Known for its vacation rental bonuses and immaculately kept quality properties, LTL is providing this special mid-week savings to guests who book a minimum two-night stay at any of LTL’s properties.

“This is a great opportunity for guests to visit us for a mid-week stay or quick, last minute vacation get-away and really save money while enjoying a south Lake Tahoe vacation rental. ” says Chad Smittkamp, CEO of Lake Tahoe Lodging.

VacationsAtTahoe.com and LakeTahoeLodging.com are vacation rental and lodging sites created by Lake Tahoe Lodging, Inc. providing hassle-free year-round Lake Tahoe Vacation Rentals packed with amenities for less than the cost of many hotels. Visitors to the Lake Tahoe Area can get a fully equipped vacation-ready “home-away-from-home” and enjoy luxury accommodations, a romantic getaway or just bring their entire family to enjoy this world famous area.

Lake Tahoe Lodging has vacation rental properties located on both the Nevada and California sides of Lake Tahoe's South and East Shores. Visitors enjoy concierge services including: Personal Shopping, Babysitting, Dog Sitting and Walking, Hot Tubs, Wood for Fireplaces, Personal Massages & Facials, Children's Activities, Boat Cruises, Boat Rentals, Boat Buoy Rentals, Guided Hiking, Biking, Horse Back Riding Tours, Event Tickets and more.

Terms: Subject to availability with a two-night minimum stay. No holiday periods. Good for any reservation arriving on a Monday thru Wednesday and departing Wednesday thru Friday. Offer expires March 15, 2006.

For more information, reservations and last minute specials call toll free 1-800-654-5253 or visit on the web:

http://www.VacationsAtTahoe.com
http://www.LakeTahoeLodging.com

Latest 'Renting Paradise' e-Guidebook Uncovers Vacation Rental Gems in San Francisco Area

Renting a vacation home is a great alternative for families and small groups. 'Renting Paradise/San Francisco and Marin County' is the first guidebook with unbiased, firsthand reviews of unique vacation rentals in the city of San Francisco and Marin ...
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Date : Tuesday - May 10, 2005

Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2005 -- Many San Francisco-bound travelers feel lucky to find a clean, well-located, reasonably priced hotel—a place to "lay their head" after a day of sightseeing. Now imagine soaking in the hot tub on the deck of an A-frame houseboat or watching the sun set on San Francisco Bay from a private roof garden on Nob Hill. These are just two of the vacation homes for rent reviewed in a new guidebook called Renting Paradise/San Francisco and Marin County: 10 Amazing Houseboats, Flats, Cottages & Estates You Can Call Home for a Weekend…or More.

"Renting a vacation home is a great alternative for families and small groups," said author Joyce Hadley Copeland. "They combine private bedrooms with comfortable common areas. Most have luxury amenities and amazing views, some even accept pets and many are more affordable than a nice hotel room."

Renting Paradise/San Francisco and Marin County includes a range of home-styles, including a Victorian survivor of 1906 earthquake and a mountain estate bordering a Point Reyes nature conservancy, half an hour north of the Golden Gate Bridge. "Over the years, I"ve developed a sixth sense for finding places with lots of character, "said Copeland, who got the idea to create a guidebook series after researching vacation homes for her own family reunion.

"I spent hours scouring multiple web sites," she said. "The only way I could keep things straight was by jotting lots of notes on the fly. After all that work, I started to feel apprehensive about plunking down a deposit and committing a week of my family"s time based on a brief description and few digital photos."

When she discovered there were no independent guides to vacation rentals similar to the multitude of guides available for bed and breakfasts (B&Bs;) and charming inns, Copeland decided to create her own series called Renting Paradise. Each edition focuses on a select group of rentals in geographically defined areas in Northern California. (The first focused on Sonoma County.) Only 50 pages long, on average, Renting Paradise contains dozens of live links to a wealth of detail—from direct contact information to fun things to do and see.

Readers appreciate the personal reviews based on Copeland"s experience staying overnight at each rental. "The author's gift for finding the right words to make you see a place is what makes Renting Paradise so valuable," says Kimberly Friddle, Houston, Texas.

Why is Renting Paradise an e-guidebook? "More of us are researching trips and making travel reservations online and virtually all rentals are listed on a handful of web sites, so it just made sense" Copeland said. Also, the average printed guidebook is updated every two years. Renting Paradise can be updated instantly. Readers can easily bookmark specific reviews, quickly jump from page to page using internal links and even print out specific pages.

Vacation rentals attract attention

By GWEN MICKELSON
Sentinel staff writer

SANTA CRUZ — Sandra Lovelace hopes to learn some new software tricks at an upcoming vacation rental conference Monday and Tuesday at the Coast Santa Cruz Hotel.

The conference, sponsored by Seattle-based Escapia Inc., which makes vacation rental management software and marketing products, aims to bring together Northern California coast vacation rental management, staff and vacation industry leaders to discuss new trends and technologies that will determine the future profitability of vacation rentals in the area.

Lovelace, vacation manager with Kendall & Potter Property Management Co. in Aptos, said her company was looking for an updated program for its database, seeking something more Web-based, and it chose Escapia’s software.

"We’ll learn things we don’t know already because we’re just starting to use their software," she said.

The conference is one of a series held at various U.S. vacation locations. Escapia and co-sponsor Buehner-Fry Inc., a Bend, Ore., vacation rental management services company, will present seminars, roundtable discussions and a technology showcase.

The vacation rental market here merits it, according to Chris C. Kemp, president and chief executive officer of Escapia.

"Vacation rentals is a market that’s evolving in Santa Cruz," he said. "It’s a huge industry that’s growing at a pretty rapid rate. When baby boomers retire, about 60 percent of them want to own a second home or vacation home somewhere."

Over the past six years, according to the Vacation Rental Managers Association of Santa Cruz, the vacation rental industry has been growing at a rate of 10 to 15 percent per year.

The industry consists mainly of real estate companies that sell homes to investors who plan to use them part-time, said Kemp.

Kemp said he expects between 12 and 24 attendees at the conference.

The featured speaker will be George Volsky, veteran industry analyst, speaker at vacation rental events across the country, former vacation rental manager, attorney and expert on issues facing vacation rental managers.

Topics discussed will include how to draw people to a seasonally affected area, legislative resistance to vacation rentals, Internet marketing and how the Web is affecting the industry and how to make vacation rental companies more competitive with rent-by-owner offerings and pricing.

The two-day conference, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, costs $195 per person, which can be paid at the door and includes breakfast and lunch. For information, visit conference.escapia.com/-northerncalifornia/ or call (877) 871-5156.