MARKETING YOUR PROPERTY

If you are like most cottage owners who want to rent out their cottage, you place an ad in the classified section of one or more newspapers and run these ads for a month or more. While this is a good way to advertise your property, it is also expensive and therefore limits the amount of information that you can include for a reasonable price. The less information you provide, the more phone calls you receive that are dead ends. This increases the number of times you have to explain where your cottage is, give a description of it, list what is or is not included, tell the caller when it is available and provide information on any restrictions you may have etc. and you have to do this over and over again. When you list your property with Water's Edge Vacation Rentals Inc., we take care of all of this for you and people call US instead of you. All the costs of mailing, courier charges, long distance calls and faxes are covered by us.

This is where we advertise and promote your cottage:

• Printed material distribution:
  • Ontario Government Tourist Information Centres
  • local Chamber’s of Commerce
  • Muskoka Tourism Marketing Agency
  • sport and consumer shows and cottage shows
  • throughout cottage country, placed in strategic tourist stores and at local attractions
  • at numerous business locations with which we have an affiliation
  • company booth at various cottage shows
• Advertising:
  • worldwide exposure of your property on our interactive web site
  • advertising in a variety of newspapers and magazines
  • web site with links from other cottage related sites and tourist info sites
• Referrals:
  • corporate membership in the Federation of Ontario Cottager’s Association
  • local Chamber’s of Commerce
  • Muskoka Tourism Marketing Agency
  • professional association with real estate agents and insurance agents
  • word of mouth – still the best form of advertising!!