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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Alex&amp;#39;s Blog</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/blogs/vacation_rentals/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/blogs/vacation_rentals/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/blogs/vacation_rentals/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="3.0.20611.960">Community Server</generator><updated>2007-05-31T12:08:00Z</updated><entry><title>Responding to Inquiries...</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/blogs/vacation_rentals/archive/2007/06/09/responding-to-inquiries.aspx" /><id>http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/blogs/vacation_rentals/archive/2007/06/09/responding-to-inquiries.aspx</id><published>2007-06-09T17:21:00Z</published><updated>2007-06-09T17:21:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;As a vacationer I often get frustrated dealing with property owners.&amp;nbsp; Many don&amp;#39;t respond to inquiries.&amp;nbsp; Others take a long time to get back to me.&amp;nbsp; The ones that do get back to me often don&amp;#39;t answer the specific questions that I had submitted.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So my question is the following: is it worth renting through a management company or direct with the owners?&amp;nbsp; Management companies usually charge around 30% to the vacation home owner. &amp;nbsp;As a vacationer I would hate to spend&amp;nbsp;an additional 30% to rent the same home.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So my suggestion to vacation&amp;nbsp;home owners is to always get back to us even if your property is already booked,&amp;nbsp;before we start&amp;nbsp;dealing with&amp;nbsp;hotels again!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=23" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Alex</name><uri>http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/members/Alex.aspx</uri></author><category term="Frustrated Vacationer" scheme="http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/blogs/vacation_rentals/archive/tags/Frustrated+Vacationer/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>What is a Weblog (Blog)?</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/blogs/vacation_rentals/archive/2007/05/31/My-First-Post.aspx" /><id>http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/blogs/vacation_rentals/archive/2007/05/31/My-First-Post.aspx</id><published>2007-05-31T16:08:00Z</published><updated>2007-05-31T16:08:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;A weblog (blog) is an online journal you can use to share thoughts, ideas, gripes, or anything else you want. Blogs allow you to be a contributor rather than just a bystander.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Postings must be about vacation rentals and are arranged chronologically. You can view a post by clicking on the title from the home page where all users&amp;#39; posts are collectively shown. Once viewing a blog you can read other posts by that person or provide comments on postings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Creating new posts is quick and easy. You should see a link on the left on your weblog&amp;#39;s home page: new post. Clicking on this link takes you into your blogs administration pages for creating new posts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Happy Vacation Rental Blogging!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>admin</name><uri>http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/members/admin.aspx</uri></author><category term="What is a Weblog (Blog)?" scheme="http://www.vacationrentalscommunity.com/blogs/vacation_rentals/archive/tags/What+is+a+Weblog+_2800_Blog_29003F00_/default.aspx" /></entry></feed>