Vacation Rentals | Keystone Colorado, Savannah Georgia, Steamboat Colorado, Kiawah Island South Carolina

Who says you can't live in a beach or ski resort AND make a a great living?

You can... by managing and renting resort vacation rental properties for the property owners.  Vacation rentals (short-term lodging in privately owned residences at vacation destinations) is one of the fastest growing segments of the $700 billion travel industry  generating $18 billion/year.  Americans planned on 328 million leisure trips from june, july and august this year (up from the previous year) and a May 2008 survey by Zonder shows that rentals are increasing even as the economy slows due to the value that vacation rentals represent vs. other forms of vacations and the higher-income demographic of the beach or ski vacation guest!  Yet there are very few national brands for the management of vacation rentals.

A Vacation Rental Property Manager:  Providing services to these home owners (and to their guests) to rent their property as well as maintain and secure their property is the role of a local Vacation Rental Property Manager.  To perform this role, a Vacation Rental Property Manager typically gets between 30-45% of the rental income plus cost+ for maintenance required.  A vacation rental property manager does not OWN the properties they rent, they rent and care for the property of others.  And the demographic of the 2nd homeowner is an attractive one to have as a customer base.  These are people with the means to own a 2nd home and they value a high level of service and dependability and are willing to pay handsomely for it.  So instead of investing $millions, you can generate income off of the investments of others by providing them valuable services.

But managing 2nd homes isn't easy to get into:

1. Without a proven track record, it is difficult to convince owners you have the means to successfully rent their property.
2. Marketing properties to rent them at a profitable rate can be difficult and requires experience and the use a multiple-channel marketing strategy (driving traffic to your own internet site, advertising on 100's of other internet vacation rental sites such as vrbo.com, internet travel agents like expedia.com, print ads, repeat business, etc etc).  Just having properties to rent doesn't mean people will rent them... and when you don't rent them, you don't get paid.
3. Developing the systems to track all of the details of guest payments and owner accounting and launching a website to market your properties can be a technically daunting, expensive and difficult task requiring many months of investment time before you can start earning income.

SkyRun could have expanded by adding resorts ourselves like the only other national property management brand does (ResortQuest), however SkyRun's strategy is different.  SkyRun adds resorts by finding LOCAL entrepreneurs that work and live in the resort area and helping them start a new Vacation Rental Property Management business or expand an existing business.  Enabling local owners is the way to provide exceptional local knowledge and service to our guests and to property owners.

We are currently seeking highly qualified companies to start SkyRun franchises.  Any luxury vacation destination not already covered by another franchise is a possibility.

The highlights of SkyRun Vacation Rentals Franchise program are:

• SkyRun provides a hosted website on the www.SkyRun.com site that you simply load your properties into.  Click on one of our resorts on www.SkyRun.com to see our location sites.  The website has been optimized to send search engine traffic and renters to your site to get retail (direct from renter) bookings.
• SkyRun provides a back-office system to track all reservations, charge credit cards to your merchant account and do all owner accounting/statements.  There is a full work order tracking system as well as cleaning and management reports.
• SkyRun provides an owner portal where your owners can track and make their reservations and view past statements and tax info.
• SkyRun provides a network of wholesalers (others that work to book your properties for you) an easy way to book your properties to help you fill your properties through our wholesaler portal.
  
  
• Our Franchisee Portal provides online access to all SkyRun documents and information.  Each franchisee also has their individual area of the portal to store your documents.
  
  
• SkyRun provides our expertise on how to improve your marketing to owners as well as guests.  For example, google ranking as well as how to get listed on internet travel sites like Orbitz and Travelocity and Expedia and Travel Agents around the world.
• SkyRun has a national advertising program with set rates of investment on your behalf.

• License to use the SkyRun brand.
• Territory rights.
• 3 Days of training for all new franchisees at our Keystone Resort Location.
• Access to the franchise portal (logon to the left on this page) with documents such as:
  - I/T guides including online tutorials, how to setup and use your skyrun.com emails, how to create and maintain your website and the backend system reports
  - Branding logos, letterheads, ads, business cards, etc
  - Operational guides and information
  - Planning documents including a profitatibily estimator
  - All educational materials provided in the 3 day class
  - HR documents such as contracts, applications, position descriptions, evaluation forms
  - Owners information such as marketing letters, a sample contract, owners guides for how to use the owners portal
• Your own franchise location portal for copies of the above documents you have customized for your location as well as any of your own documents for your staff.
• Franchise business and operations manual.
• Comprehensive policies and procedures.
• Development of your initial marketing campaign for signing property owners.
• Development of your initial marketing campaign for attracting renters.
• A website you can personalize by easily loading your properties.
• Forms, letters and checklists.
• State-of-the-art property management software.
• 500 business cards.
• 500 marketing brochures.
• Teleconferencing and webinars.
• Annual conferences.
• Rapid startup program.
• Proprietary marketing system.
• Continued market research.
• Access to our expertise and consulting to help customize our program to the unique requirements of each vacation location.

Take the next step and call us at 1-877-SkyRun-1.  Use extension x102 to speak directly with SkyRun Owner Steve Falk about our Franchising opportunities and get a copy of our FDD and a presentation on how SkyRun can help you get started in the Vacation Rental Property Management business.

It's a lifestyle with the income to match!

This information is not intended nor shall it be deemed to be the offer of a franchise. Information available on or through this website should be considered only in connection with the Franchise Disclosure Document ("FDD"). No franchises will be offered in states or other jurisdictions where registration is required unless we have complied with such laws and only after any required disclosure has been provided.