Host Resources for Canadian Vacation Rentals

What Airbnb and VRBO Actually Cost You: A Free Booking Tracker for Canadian Hosts

A free spreadsheet that works out what each booking really costs you across Airbnb, VRBO and direct. It counts the guest-side fees that never appear in your host reporting and the annual VRBO subscription most hosts forget, then gives you one blended percentage per booking. Free in Google Sheets or Excel, no signup.

How We Quietly Handed Over the Front Door to Canadian Vacation Rentals

Vacation rentals existed long before online travel platforms. Somewhere along the way, the websites that helped us find them became the gatekeepers controlling how we search, communicate, and pay.

How to Set Up a Direct Booking Website for Your Canadian Short-Term Rental

The five things a direct booking website needs, three ways to build one inside a weekend, and how to get it found — for less than the commission on a single OTA booking.

Choosing a PMS and Setting Up Calendar Sync: The Canadian Host’s Guide

What a PMS does for a small host, how to choose one (including our three Canadian-friendly partners), and exactly where to find your iCal link on Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com.

Insurance and Damage Deposits for Your Short-Term Rental: Why AirCover Isn’t a Plan

AirCover is a platform perk, not an insurance plan. The three layers of real protection for Canadian hosts: insurance that includes hosting, a damage deposit or waiver on every direct booking, and honesty with your insurer.

Pricing and Revenue: Creating Better Value for Hosts and Travellers

Rates that cover the true cost of hosting, feel fair to travellers, and build a business over time: base rates, seasonality, minimum stays, cleaning fees, discounts and the direct-booking value loop.

How to Write a Property Description That Converts

Descriptions that help the right traveller picture themselves staying: experience-first openings, features turned into benefits, honest layout and location detail, and a simple formula to rebuild yours.

Vacation-Rental Photography and Visual Presentation

Photography that presents your rental clearly, attractively and honestly: the cover photo, preparation, light, straight lines, full coverage, seasonal shots, captions and when to hire a professional.

Great Guest Communication Starts Before There Is a Problem

The right information at the right time: honest pre-arrival disclosures, a message schedule your PMS can automate, rules with reasons, and a plan for when something goes wrong.

Creating a Guest Experience People Remember

Hospitality is the feeling that someone thought ahead on your behalf: arrival that works in the dark, comfort before extras, thoughtful stocking, honest fixes for known limitations, and systems that make it consistent.