Hi All

The Facebook page thing is new to me and I have just begun to create a page for my rental which can be found at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kissimmee-Vacation-Rentals/147324935336143

Has anyone had any success of receiving bookings through Facebook?

Kind regards

Colin

Hi, I, too, am a FaceBook learner. I would like to exchange "likes" with other owners to find out how you are using FB to market and support your VR efforts. 

Our VR link is: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Turtle-Cove-Cottage/205454296133365?sk=wall 

I have "liked" pages for Gold Country Cabin and San Francisco Vacation Hut to our Turtle Cove Cottage FB page. (I was so surprized that it actually worked!!)  Since our primary home is in Reno, NV with easy access to SF and Gold Country, perhaps there is some opportunity for owner referrals, as at least half of our TCC fan base lives in the Reno area. We might even come down for a long weekend and stay at your VR ourselves!

Thanks,

Judith

http//:www.turtlecovecottage-capecod.com

http://www.vrbo.com/286689

I love seeing the new facebook pages and the kinds of things you are posting there.

I have done "likes" for

Rose Gate Farm

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rose-Gate-Farm/206127429421469

Turtle Cove Cottage

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Turtle-Cove-Cottage/205454296133365?sk=wall

Kissimmee Vacation Rentals

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kissimmee-Vacation-Rentals/147324935336143?sk=wall

Gold Creek Cabin

http://www.facebook.com/goldcreekcabin

And of course our page is:

SF Vacation Hut

http://www.facebook.com/sfvacationhut

Now .... about vanity URL's on facebook ...

Turtle Cove, Kissimmee, and Rose Gate ... it looks like you have not yet set up your Vanity URL in facebook?

If you set up the vanity url, you will have a nice clean web site name to give people ...

For example, I tell people to just go to "facebook.com/sfvacationhut"  ... you will be able to do the same sort of thing if you set up a vanity URL.

Here are the instructions to follow.

http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/6109/How-to-Create-a-Facebook-Page-Vanity-URL.aspx

Enjoy!

Hunker Down in the Smokies - This page was just added a couple of days ago.

wow, ashli, you've got a bazillion likes on your facebook page, it must be working!!!

do you ever get any bookings from someone who found out about you directly from facebook?

Hunker Down, I have pasted a link to your facebook page to help people find it and "like" it.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hunker-Down-in-the-Smokies/236066976407610

See directions above for getting a "Vanity URL."

(I know, it's a silly name, but that's what they call it!) 

Enjoy!

I changed the account name from my name to the cabin name for privacy reasons.

We were very surprised at how the FB advertising worked and it was fun to pick where our ad will show up.  As for the checkins, I am not sure how they are doing it. I dont even know how to check in our place on FB.  We cant see who is checking in either. There must be a way to find that out.  We do have our place set up on Foursquare (https://foursquare.com/venue/19198338) which is another social media site. You can run specials and people can check in there and provide tips to other users.

We have had some interest in bookings thru FB and I think one directly.  What we do notice is that it drives people to our VRBO and Homeaway listings. People will email and say they saw us on FB then again on VRBO, etc.

A luxury log cabin in the Smokies

I liked your site too. Please take a look-see at mine. Hunker Down in the Smokies. Thanks.