Go to VacationCandy Owner. Listing your week is very easy. It will be “pending approval” for a day or two then it goes active. VC will email you when they have a renter.
I now add $100 to my Redweek add due to them taking another $100 when it rents verified.
Me too.
I have listed and sold every one of my listings on Koala (5 in last 4 months) for price and fees I am very happy with...spoke with Koala yesterday about their VIP progam and promotion to sign up and I likely will but for Gold, not Platinum.
@rhhula Thanks for sharing...what do you feel will improve with using VIP?
Hi Rick and Cindy, am new member to group...we own on Kauai Point @ Poipu and is our favorite island. Curious about Hono Koa, if you use/like alot or mostly rent it? Does property have 3 br's? Now that Diamond owned by Hilton curious about Hilton Kings Land, as I should have access to book, you list as going there, have you stayed previously? Do you recommend highly, is it near beach or have 3 br's? Thanks, Rod
Hono Koa does not have 3 bedrooms and is not rentable for even maintenance fees, but we are 40 feet or less to te water from our balcony. and we love it there. Currently, they are updating the units, we saw the model unit. It's going to be gorgeous when done. No AC, which is disappointing to some, but not for us.
Well, what I liked, if actually works as well as described is opportunity to fulfill weeks from their HUB - a list of pre rented inventory for you to choose to fulfill. You pick a request to fulfill, secure the reservation, and send the confirmation. The list tells you exactly what to book and exactly what you will be paid. When the guest checks in, your payout is released directly to your bank account. And Gold VIP also includes access to Listings on Demand - a curated list of available high demand inventory for you to fulfill. I pick which weeks I wish to book and they list and promote the listings through multiple channels to sell. The annual VIP Club fee (after promotional discount) is $142 a year for these two benefits and also no listing fees. Right now with Koala I pay (8% listing fee) about $160 per week I sell...so since I sell multiple weeks over a year on Koala I could easily save $500 or more a year on listing fees.
Thank you, I have access on occasion to book this property and knowing that it is being updated I certainly will consider staying here! I also have good access/prices to book Kaanapali Beach Club but is mostly 1br's at that resort.
Quick update...I have emailed them again to find out why my weeks do not have a Platinum VIP tag and if they can send me links to my listings that they have marketed externally. Unfortunately, they have not responded. I have already paid them an annual fee. I give up...For now, I will leave the listings on Koala but I will definitely cancel my membership next year and lick my wounds.
While they should be replying to your inquiries, have you tried searching Airbnb or Vrbo for your listings to see if they are out there?
Yes. It's legitimate. I haven't done this but I would probably consider the program.
I am a platinum VIP member with Koala. So far, I regret signing up. To my knowledge there is no "supercharged Listings or boosted marketing" ...I have asked them to show me where they are marketing my week and have had no response. My platinum weeks are hard to find on their website...they are buried with the rest of the weeks on their website and do not stand out. If you are not confident in how much you should rent your week for, they can help you figure that out. However, I basically told them how much I wanted to rent my weeks for and they obliged. If Koala rents my weeks I will give an update. I initially had 4 weeks listed with them. One week I have already rented out via Redweek, so they are now down to 3 of my listings.
I listed mine with VC, and it's free and pretty simple. But I rented one with Redweek and have two additional weeks on Redweek and Koala that I had with VC. VC makes a lot of money on rentals for themselves. It's almost insane. But if they can make money and still satisfy the owner, then more power to them.