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4 ideas for vacation rental lead magnets

4 Ideas for Vacation Rental Lead Magnets

Lead Magnets

Lead magnets on your vacation rental website or blog are a great way to boost your email list. 

Your email list is one of the most valuable assets in your vacation rental business!

A lead magnet is an incentive that marketers offer in exchange for an email address. Lead magnets usually offer a piece of digital, downloadable content, such as a free PDF checklist, eBook, helpful tips, etc.
 
Automated marketing platforms, such as Mailchimp, offer numerous options for setting up lead magnets, landing pages and automated email lists.  If you don’t already have an account, set up a free Mailchimp account and you can get started today!
 
In order for a potential guest to be willing to give up their email address to you, the content of your lead magnet needs to be valuable to them. 
 
On the flip side, in order for their email address to be valuable to YOU, you need your lead magnet to be something useful to your niche of vacation rental guests.
 
What do you mean “be useful to your guest niche”?  Well, perhaps your vacation rental is perfect for couples (a honeymoon cabin).  Tailor your lead magnet to attract (no pun intended) couples, such as a “Smoky Mountain Honeymooners Guide”.   
 
Other ideas:
  • Seniors – “Easy Hikes for Seniors”
  • Pet Friendly – “Pet Packing Checklist”
  • Families w/Children – “Smoky Mountain Activity Book”
  • Budgeters – “XYZ Vacation Rental Coupon”

#1  Newsletter

A seasonal destination newsletter is an opportunity to get your vacation rental name in front of your audience. 

Newsletters work especially well if your destination is one that has an appeal for repeat guests. 

Vacationers frequently fall in love with their vacation destination.  As a result, they have a big interest in hearing about new things that are happening in the area. 

Use your newsletter as lead magnet on your site to get potential guests on your email list.  Above all, be sure to follow through on getting a newsletter sent out on a regular basis.  

#2  Activity eBook

When the kids are happy, momma’s happy!  

A PDF activity book that is specific to your destination provides both an educational and entertaining experience for children.

The activity book gets the kids excited about their upcoming trip.  

I created a Smoky Mountain Activity Book that has been downloaded multiple times!  I frequently get compliments on it and guests have even mentioned it in reviews.

Because my activity book has been so popular, I use it as a lead magnet on our website, it is sent as an automated email when guests have listed a kids count in the reservation, and I also have some printed copies that I leave in the properties.

It’s 48 pages of coloring pages, puzzles, local info, games, scavenger hunts and just a ton of other cool activities that’ll keep the kids busy for a while.

Check it out here and get my newsletter as inspiration for what to include in yours.


Trendy Hospitality Tip: 

Use Puzzle Fast or other online puzzle sites to create customized cross-word, word searches and other puzzles that are specific to your vacation rental or destination.  Save the puzzle and incorporate it into a document with some nice graphics or your logo.


#3  A Guide

As I mentioned above, a guide also works well as a lead magnet. 

Put together some information and photos for activities, events, restaurants, shopping, etc. that are specific to your vacation rental guest niche.

  • “Myrtle Beach Seafood Restaurant Guide”
  • ” Smoky Mountain Hiking Guide for Seniors”
  • “Guide for Fishing Lake Okeechobee”
  • “Guide for Dog Friendly Parks in Orlando”

#4  A Checklist

Help your guests plan their vacation by developing a checklist they can use before or during their stay.  

You’ll want your checklist to be useful, but also generic enough, for it to entice the potential guest to offer their email address in exchange.  In other words, don’t make it specific only to your vacation rental property.

Some ideas include:

  • “Packing Checklist for Your Mountain Vacation”
  • “Pet Friendly Packing Checklist”
  • “Desert Hiking Checklist”
  • “What to Pack for a Beach Vacation Rental”

Tell me what you’re using as a lead magnet to collect email addresses from your potential customers.  Or if you’re having trouble getting started, check out Work With Me and together we can create a strategy to get you on the right track!

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