Frequently Asked Questions

 

 1.  Can our family still use the vacation rental for our own use?

Yes, you, your family and friends can use the vacation rental any time you want.  Just mark your reservations on the calendar so we will know when the lodging is not available.

2.  How will I know how many reservations you are taking for my property?

Reservations will be shown on the calendar as they are taken.  You can see how many reservations there are any time you want.  You will also see the names of the people and how many nights they are staying as well as other information.

3.  How does the Availability Calendar work?

The calendar is integrated into the reservation engine and is very easy to use.  We will help you learn it.

4.  Do you have much experience in the lodging business?

Our network of Texas Tourist Web Pages has been bringing guests for vacation lodging since August, 1996.  We have brought in millions of dollars worth of rentals for vacation lodging owners over the past thirteen years.  Our web pages bring in well over a million dollars a year in rental income for the owners.  When you sign up with TVL you can get your share of this rental income.

5.  How do we get paid our share of the lodging fees?

On the 10th day of the month we will mail you a check for the previous month.  This will include your share of the lodging fee, cleaning fee, sales and hotel taxes and any other fees you have coming. 

6. Who pays the Sales Tax and the Hotel Tax to the Texas State Comptroller's office from the reservations?

You will need to keep the records of the taxes we send to you and pay the Sales Tax and Hotel Tax to the Texas State Comptroller's Office.  Our monthly reports make this a breeze.

7.  Do we need to sign a long contract with you?

No, you do not sign a long contract with us.  You will sign an agreement with us that allows us to be your agent so that we can take reservations for your vacation lodging, but you can cancel that agreement at any time, for any reason.  We do not feel that we need to lock our clients into long-term contracts because the advertising and reservation service we are offering them is too valuable for them to ever want to discontinue the agreement with us.

8.  How do you know that you can bring us a lot of guests?

Our network of web pages we use to bring you guests has been bringing guests for vacation lodging for over 13 years and is probably the most effective advertising network for vacation lodging in Texas.  We don't know of anyone who can bring you more guests than we can.

9.  If you are handling the advertising and taking the reservations, what is left for me to do?

The main thing that you will need to do is to arrange for the cleaning of the vacation lodging so that it will be ready when the guests arrive.  You will need to see that the guests get the key so they can get into the vacation lodging.   Everything will need to be kept in good repair, and the lawn well taken care of.  You also need to have good insurance covering the home and the guests against injury, etc.  And, you will need to keep a record of the Sales Tax and Hotel Tax and pay them to the State Comptroller's Office.

10.  Can we rent extra things to the guests, like boats, jet skis, ATVs, etc?

Yes, you can rent other things to the guests.  You may need to do that directly with the guests.

11.  How do you make money on this program?

Because of our large network of tourist web pages in Texas, we will bring a lot more renters, and having an abundance of renters allows us to charge higher nightly rental rates.  Basically, the renters pay our fees...or at least most of our fees.

12.  Everything looks so good with your program.   What are the negatives?

If there are negatives, we don't know what they are.  We have designed a program that will bring a lot more guests for the vacation lodging owners, and they will make a lot more money.  The owners will have a great advertising program at no cost, and they will have us as agents answering the phone and booking reservations at no cost to them.   If you think there are any negatives, we would like to hear about them.