Author: Thibault Masson

Luxury Vacation Rental 101

luxury vacation rental
View from my St Barts villa

This purpose of this blog is to share with fellow villa owners my experience of renting out my own properties.

– What are the best channels to rent out one’s house?

– What are the best ways to attract guests?

For the moment, I am renting out my properties through several channels:

– Villa rental agencies like WIMCO and SIBARTH in St. Barths

– Vacation rental by owner sites like Homeaway

– Hybrid online specialists like luxury rental startup OneFineStay

In order to improve my knowledge, I am also reading books like “How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner” by Christine Hrib-Karpinski and websites like Matt Landau’s Vacation Rental Marketing Blog.

I hope to interview knowledgeable people to share this newfound knowledge with you.

My sites & books

As a vacation property owner and as the creator of 2 destination portals, I have set up a few websites that may be of interest to you. I have also published several books, related to my former career in fashion magazines.

Websites:

– SaintBarth.com: Information and Tips to enjoy your vacations in St Barts in a stylish way

– SaintBarth.com/Domingue: Our villa DOMINGUE, with breathtaking views on the ocean, located in Pointe Milou, St Barts

– RealBali.com : handy information to really enjoy your vacations in Bali

– RealBali.com/Adagian : Our villa ADAGIAN, in the peaceful Umalas area, so close to Seminyak, yet still very Balinese

– Boulevard Lannes : Apartment rental in Paris 16

– Fashion Fox: My vacation rental marketing company website

Books :

– My author page on Amazon, with the list of books published under the name Thibault Masson

 

What I do

My goal is to help vacationers rent the perfect house in St Barts (Saint Barthélémy, French West Indies), Bali (Indonesia) and Paris (France).

To help them, I have created 2 destination portals : SaintBarth.com and RealBali.com . I really like St Barts and Bali and I am trying my best to know more as much as possible about them. I share my findings on these two sites, to pass on the good tips I have collected, as as well as to share my exeperiences.

I spend also a lot of time taking care of my clients. For instance, I am always curious to hear about suggestions to improve my houses. I am trying to learn how to market my properties as best as possible, so that people who might enjoy them as vacation rentals find them easily.

I am also currently building 2 new houses: 1 in a secluded place in Bali, right on the sea, due in October 2013, and 1 in St Barts, for honeymooners, due in October 2014.