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  1. Why should I place my rental listing on World Equestrian Home Rentals?
  2. Why Rent By Owner?
  3. What Do You Get In Your Listing?
  4. How Much Should You Charge When Renting Your Property?
  5. How does the home rental process work? (How do I place an ad? How long does an ad take to create?)
  6. What happens if I sell my house between now and the World Equestrian Games?
  7. Where will my home rental ad appear?
  8. When will my home rental ad appear online?
  9. I manage a number of different rental homes in the area, about 50 in total. Do I have to purchase an online ad for each unit?
  10. How do I price my space if I list as a host?
  11. What efforts are you making to market my property to potential renters?
  12. Our home is furnished with antiques and expensive art. How can we be careful about damages and or possible theft?
  1. Why should I list my property for equestrian rentals with WEG?
  2. Does my property need to be right near the facility to have rental success?
  3. Does my property have to be a home?
  4. Can I modify my listing?
  5. What gives my property the best chances to rent and get repeat renters?
  6. What if there is a dispute by the renter regarding the condition of the property?
  7. When do I get paid for the rental?
  8. What does it cost to list my property with WEG Home Rentals?
  9. Do you guarantee you will rent our property?

1. Why should I place my rental listing on World Equestrian Home Rentals? Top
  World Equestrian Home Rentals is simply the best place online to post your rental home, townhouse, apartment or duplex rental listings for the World Equestrian Games.

Home Rental Ads are affordable.  Your home rental ad goes live on the internet quickly and easily.

Your home rental property can be displayed with all of the details renters are looking for: photos, virtual tours, detailed text description, plus more.  You will not waste time with unqualified leads! With World Equestrian Home Rentals, we actively recruit the renters coming into the Bluegrass, and give them all the information they need to rent a property.  That makes them much more qualified leads, and better, more serious applicants. If you have questions or concerns with your rental property ad, you are always welcome to contact us via e-mail at ryan@weghomerentals.com
  
2. Why Rent By Owner? Top
 
  • Easily Earn a Second Income - This is an opportunity to turn your home and properties into a 2nd income; You could be earning as much as your monthly mortgage per night!
  • Demand is High - Lexington hotel rooms are already booked solid for the World Equestrian Games, and there is still going to be the influx of 600,000+ participants and spectators at the event
  • Be in control - screen your own guests and rent your home as little or as much as you want. You control the entire process.
  • Go on Vacation - Through our Home Swap option, you can trade your
    home with families coming into the Bluegrass, and travel to their homes
    on whatever terms you all establish.
  • Travelers prefer the space, value, amenities, and privacy along with the unique experience that can't be found in a hotel.
  
3. What Do You Get In Your Listing? Top
  Standard Listings Include:

- Easy online setup - if you can type, you can do it
- Three photos of your property
- Detailed Descriptions of your properties
- Owner Profile to personalize your listing
- Central member account for managing all your listings
- Easy online access 24/7 to edit your listing from any computer anywhere in the world
- We have high ranking on Google and Yahoo
- We market directly to the people coming to the event. So your property will be marketing to the niche community coming to Lexington Kentucky for the World Equestrian Games.
- Attractive Google Map Integration

Extra Features:

- Add a photo gallery for unlimited photos of your property
- Virtual Tour Options Available
- Featured Listing are displayed at the top of each rental index page
- Direct Marketing of your property in select, niche publications
- Listing Syndication Service - This allows the syndication of your listings to dozens of real estate market places, local sites, and exclusive spotlight destinations.
 
4. How Much Should You Charge When Renting Your Property? Top
  Due to the scarcity of lodging in some cities during special events, most hotels and vacation rentals elevate their rates. It's the simple principle of supply and demand: A large number of travelers seeking a smaller, somewhat fixed number of rooms will drive up prices to a rate that only the most motivated travelers will pay.


Things To Consider:
1. What Are the Prevailing Hotel Rates in the Area During the World Equestrian Games.
2. Factor In Your Location
3. What Is Your Emotional Price Point
4. Additional Amenities You Can Offer

Other Ways To Determine Rental Price
Some people charge a daily rental fee based on the value of your home using a multiplication factor between .0050% and .0040%.  For example, if your home is valued at $300,000, you may choose to use a factor of .0050% --  $300,000 X .0050 = $1,500.  In this example you would charge a rental fee of $1,500 per day.

You may decide to adjust your rental rate based on additional factors such as:
 
1.  Condition of your home
2.  Proximity to the Horse Park
3.  Extra amenities in your house (gameroom, hot tub,swimming pool, etc.)
4. Availability of amenities such as stalls, paddocks, barns, etc.

Please keep in mind that you can adjust your asking rental fee on the website at any time.


  
5. How does the home rental process work? (How do I place an ad? How long does an ad take to create?) Top
  Entering an ad is a straightforward process that takes just minutes. To expedite creating the rental ad, have all the details and photos about your rental home ready and enter this site from the fastest Web connection available to you. Along the way, we will guide you through the process with helpful hints and tips. GET STARTED NOW
  
6. What happens if I sell my house between now and the World Equestrian Games? Top
  If this is the case, congratulations are in order because you sold your house. However, you are free to remove your old home's listing in exchange for your new house. Just let us know what's going on by emailing ryan@weghomerentals.com. We will modify your account and let you list the new home.
 
7. Where will my home rental ad appear? Top
  Your home rental ad will appear as a rich full ad on this site. You will benefit from exposure to millions of potential house, condo and townhouse renters. Additionally, your ads will be accessible from a multitude of targeted marketing pieces throughout the world.  
8. When will my home rental ad appear online? Top
  Your home rental ad will be posted to this site once it has been approved for publication. Once approved, your rental home ad goes live and an e-mail confirming this will be sent to you.  
9. I manage a number of different rental homes in the area, about 50 in total. Do I have to purchase an online ad for each unit? Top
  If you manage / own buildings with 15 or more homes or units, we can tailor a Custom Ad Package to fit your exact needs. Contact our sales department at ryan@weghomerentals.com or at 1 (859) 533-9438  for more information.  
10. How do I price my space if I list as a host? Top
  Like every other listing, it depends on location and condition of the space being rented.  Basic hotel rooms are being listed for approximately $250.00 per night, which seems to be a fair starting price for WEGHomerental customers.  
11. What efforts are you making to market my property to potential renters? Top
  Actively marketing our services nationally and internationally. We are advertising at all the events and in all the publications specifically targeting people coming into town for the World Equestrian Games. Just a few examples of the publications and events we are promoting your listing are:

- Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event
- Junior League Horse Show
- International Equestrian Magazines
- United States Equestrian Federation
- Equestrian Magazine & Online
- And many, many  more
  
12. Our home is furnished with antiques and expensive art. How can we be careful about damages and or possible theft? Top
  Regarding your valuables, we recommend you do a few things in preparation:

  1. Remove all your personal items and smaller valuables prior to turning the property over to renters
  2. You should take pictures of all your valuables, every piece in every room...not a bad idea anyway, in case something happened at any time.
  3. Contact your insurance company.  Inform them of your intentions to rent during this period.  Make sure the language of your policy covers any theft that might occur, and make sure you're covered.
  4. Get a "healthy" deposit from your renter.  As a guideline, we would recommend an amount between 10%-20% of the rent total.  Example...if you rent for $2,000.00 per day....16 days...equals $32,000.00......minimum deposit $3,200.00- $6,400.00.  This would go a long way in correcting any damages to your property.
  
1. Why should I list my property for equestrian rentals with WEG? Top
  Because of where your home, condo or villa is located (equestrian area) your property may appeal to the thousands of visitors, participants, and vendors that frequent  your area each year and often search for unique accommodations’,  besides just the use of a hotel.  We market your property aggressively within the industry and the Web to make your property seen to the industry.
 
2. Does my property need to be right near the facility to have rental success? Top
  Absolutely not, our marketing reaches many different potential renters that all have different specifications and budgets that your property may appeal to.  
3. Does my property have to be a home? Top
  Not at all, a condo, villa, townhouse, barn, or even specific rooms to rent can all be utilized by the various participants, vendors and visitors to the equestrian venues.

  
4. Can I modify my listing? Top
  Absolutely, you will have log in capabilities to change pricing, photo’s or descriptions at any time.  
5. What gives my property the best chances to rent and get repeat renters? Top
  Several photo’s taken with care will best show your property.  Add shots from outside and inside the property, and try to take photos from the corner of the room to give the space the best perspective.  Provide what you describe, and be sure to deliver a clean home with all amenities that will be provided for the renter. Poorly delivered properties are often cause for deposit disputes, requests to cancel, or generally unhappy guests.  
6. What if there is a dispute by the renter regarding the condition of the property? Top
  WEG home rental will do everything to help, but if your description and photos of the property determine that they are not as the accommodations were delivered, it may result in the guest asking for a reduction in price, or cancellation.
 
7. When do I get paid for the rental? Top
  WEG will release funds less commission 24 to 48 hrs after the guest moves in and finds the property is as described.
 
8. What does it cost to list my property with WEG Home Rentals? Top
  WEG charges a 10% commission for each rental along with a onetime listing fee per year of $99.00. Unlike other Web based listing companies that charge you a large fee upfront to list, and do little to advertise your property afterward, WEG has structured our business to focus on finding you renters. Once your property rents, WEG Home Rental will refund you the $99.00 initial listing fee.  
9. Do you guarantee you will rent our property? Top
  No, as much as we would love to guarantee we will, we can’t promise that. We will assure you that we will work very hard to expose your property via WEG Home Rentals to the equestrian industry using our extended expertise in Web based marketing.