SHORT-TERM HOME RENTALS MADE EASIER

One of the most important news that has always caused so much public stir has been the security of tourists or visitors. Day-in-day-out, news on the killing of visitors and robbing of visitors pop up. One of the most identified cause of the situation has always been the inability of visitors to acquire proper accommodation. Visitors who travel to other countries either resot to the hotel management system  or short-term home rentals for accommodation.  The short-term home rentals business has become very lucrative over last few years. This has dominated the real estate and property management  sector for the  past 10years. This business has competitively antagonised the current market share of the  hospitality industry to individual property owners, with this sector constantly gaining more attention. According to HomeAway, an online marketplace for vacation rentals, listings have increased 44% since 2009. These massive acceptance of the home rentals ...

According to Maslow’s theory of needs, shelter is a basic necessity for all. It is needed to make one go through the hierarchy of needs successful to live life to the fullest. Some time ago, people had to struggle to acquire lands before they could build their own houses and some had to spend so many years in getting these houses built. As time went on people could acquire just by buying them. Fast foward as technology emerged people could just sit in the comfort of their homes and acquire such properties with just a tap with little or no stress. But come to think of it, what happens if one needs to go far away from home as work may demand of him or her? What happens if you want to travel to a place you know no one? What happens if you needed a change in environment for a short while? What happens if you needed to go on a holiday with friends and family and needed a place to rent? People sometimes get this figured out; however, they sometimes end up not getting what they actually ...

Lay back, fix your fingers together at the back of your head and imagine yourself moving  into your new home which you spotted on an online platform devoid of scams and middle men. Imagine getting to make reservations in a hotel or a guest house over the internet with the minimum fuss over fees and the reliability of the platform through which you do the transactions. Now open eyes, put on your thinking cap and stop imagining. Is there a possibility of this happening in this era? A big yes. Will you consider to go house hunting or getting accommodation over the internet?  An iffy yes. The idea of going through streets searching for houses for short term rent at affordable prices at convenient locations is in itself a very challenging task. Most people either end up getting affordable housing at places far away from business centers; even civilization. For some, they do manage to find short term accommodation at good spots in the city to work and even raise a family but uns...

THE PRESENT The popularity of online rental services and hospital management has really shot up this last decade, especially among millennials. Tourists want the most affordable hotel bookings (I mean the ones that perfectly fits in their budget such that no one is breaking a sweat paying it). Online adverts keep on flooding social media which clearly resonates the idea holiday makers and others interested in rental services perceive. The challenge now is how to get a home which is truly yours without having to fall any scams or having to pay through middle men to secure one. Otis Red arrived to her new home to find someone else’s clothes churning in the washing machine and her dishes stored away. Dogs and a cat roamed Otis’s home, and two ladies were talking inside. A couch rested on the back porch. Another family was moving in “I said ‘What are you doing in my house?’” Otis said.  “It became clear to me what happened.” The would-be tenants had been scammed. O...