Experience can come in many forms.  Mostly it seems to come from making decisions and then looking back upon what worked and what did not work.  Now, what if I could just have knowledge without having to go through this adventurous and sometimes painful?  How can I get experience without the time & decisions? 

Easy!  Bring on a guy who has been there, done that, and can use that experience to help me.  How lucky am I to have Gary Gigot joining our team and using his experience to help me in my decisions?  Very lucky.  Gary’s addition to our team has been significant already and established some fantastic plans of how we can grow our business and services to vacation rental property managers. 

Former Microsoft and Visio Marketing VP, Gary Gigot, Joins LiveRez Team in Creating New Brand in the Online Vacation Rental Booking Space

The bigger picture here is about making the most of experience.  Chances are that you do not know everything (assuming you are not my 13 year old daughter).  Finding the right resources that will complement your knowledge can have a tremendous affect on your ability to drive your business.  Not only because your ‘concilieres’ provide you great advice, but also b/c they allow you to focus your energy and mind on the things that you are really great at.  And that, what you are really great at, is what makes your business a reflection of you, different from anyone else, and something that customers value.

Ralf
LiveRez

One of the things we are passionate about here at LiveRez is the partnership we have with property managers.  We call it a partnership, not a customer relationship. 

Why the difference?  Because we believe that the property managers are our partners in meeting the needs of the traveler.  The traveler is the customer.  The traveler is the one who pays the thousands of dollars for a vacation experience that the property manager, the property owner, and all their partners provide.  So here at LiveRez, we dismiss the old-fashioned supplier-customer paradigm for a new partnership where we collaborate with property managers to to create the best shopping, booking, preparation, and vacationing experience.

This partnership paradigm is a principle I have also observed to pay dividends between property managers and owners.  Treating owners as customers is nice and appropriate, but how much more effective that relationship becomes when the property managers and owners collaborate as partners to create the best experience for travelers.

Our industry continues to evolve and make great strides.  I believe we are seeing the emergence of the next growth phase fro vacation rental homes as the industry collaborates in organizations such as VRMA, Discover Vacation Homes, and the Vacation Home Expo.

Ralf
LiveRez.com