As our site continues to grow and we gain more online exposure, a few of our users have written in to tell us what they think about our site.

Frequent family traveler and technology product manager, Jen was kind enough to share:

• Overall I really like the design. It’s very clean and lightweight and the site performance is pretty impressive given how many images you are loading.
• The map tab didn’t seem to work for the few properties I selected.
• I actually like seeing the outside pictures of the house…with the more details providing inside shots. Perhaps that’s (because) going to a new place, I won’t know how to recognize the house upon arrival without a picture.
• Personally, I would never rent a place where no pictures were provided.

As Jen points out, she’ll make quick decisions about a property based on photos and what she can see on the map. So it is in the best interest of property managers and owners to represent their vacation rentals with clear and visually descriptive photos, as well as provide accurate location information, so we can map their properties.

Mapped results for a search in Orlando:

The design of our site, with its open and clean layout, helps show our properties in a way that users can quickly navigate to find their ideal vacation rental. We are currently working on “Property Listing Tips” that will help managers and owners get the most out of their listings. And for renters, we will soon be implementing “Help Bubbles” to highlight some of our enhanced features on the site.

Thanks for this additional feedback:

• “I like the smooth image map fading, further more nice use of colors and text and the overall use of images.” –”Vexed” reviewed us on Designsnack.com
• “I really like the site design. I think you guys did a great job of simplifying the listing sign-up process and the overall look of the site is great.” - jc
• “I’m a designer and I think your site looks very clean, and easy to read and navigate. Two thumbs up.” Brenda, Academy of Art University

We love to get feedback, comments and suggestions about our site. Keep ‘em coming.