The complete guide on how to get more traffic to your vacation rental website

Dec 20, 2019 | Vacation Rental Website Design

If you have a rental property website and you are struggling to get the traffic you need, it can be very frustrating. Effective vacation property management services depend on having the right number of people view the listings and make bookings. Without traffic, this cannot be achieved. So, with that being said, read on to discover how you can get more traffic to vacation rental websites.

Address on-site SEO

There is only one place to begin, and this is with your website. Are you using keywords effectively throughout? Have you optimised your title tags, image tags, and meta descriptions? If not, this could be where you are going wrong. You need to incorporate the phrases that people are going to be searching for on Google when looking for a website like yours. You need to do this in a manner that is 100 percent natural.

Improve website performance

A lot of people do not realise that user experience and search engine optimisation go hand-in-hand. If your website is difficult to use and slow to load, you are going to have a high bounce rate. This can cause you to fall down the search engine result pages. You need to make sure that all elements of your website are working.

Embrace guest posting

Put together useful posts on the rental market and the local area that can be posted on sites in your industry. The key is to get these posts on websites that have high authority on Google, are relevant to your business, and are not in direct competition. Not only will this increase your online exposure and show you as an expert in the industry, but it will also make sure that you have premium-quality backlinks to your website. This is imperative if you are going to climb up the search engine result pages.

As you can see, there are many different ways to boost traffic to your property’s website. Follow the advice that has been provided above, and you are bound to notice some improvements. However, remember that traffic does not come overnight; this is something you need to continually work on.

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365Villas is a leading provider of vacation rental software designed to empower professional property managers. With over a decade of experience, we specialize in advanced Property Management Software (PMS), 100+ Channel Manager integrations, industry-leading accounting tools, and custom website solutions.
All content published on our blog is carefully reviewed and approved by Dave Payette, founder and CEO of 365Villas, to ensure accuracy and provide valuable insights to property managers in the vacation rental industry.