Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing all of our long term and vacation property homeowners and their families "A Wonderful Thanksgiving!"

The Staff of Southern Coast Vacations

2010 Rates

We have completed the rates for the 2010 rental season. Due to the economy, we did not raise the rates on any of our properties unless requested by the homeowner. After reviewing the rates of other management companies in the area, we did lower the rates on a few properties to be more competitive. Please click to review your properties rates and if you have any concerns, questions, or would like to change your rates, call or e-mail me at debbie@southerncoastvacations.com.
We will posting the rates on our website for visitors to view mid-late October.

2009-2010 Winter Rental Rates Posted

The 2009-2010 Winter Rental rates have been posted on our Southern Coast Vacation's website as well as our snowbird blog. Please take a moment to look over the rates posted for your property and if you need to make any changes e-mail me at debbie@southerncoastvacations.com. If your property is not currently on the winter rental program, but you would like for it to be, please e-mail me as well.
Having a snowbird rent your property for the winter is beneficial to you the homeowner, as the rent revenue helps you cover the HOA fees, gives you the piece of mind that your property is not sitting vacant for the winter and it gives you a set of eyes in your property in case of an emergency such as frozen pipes.
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions please feel free to call or e-mail me!

Thank you,
Debbie

Vacation Linens and Welcome Packs

Our guests and homeowners often inquire what items are included with our linens. Below is a breakdown of linens. The number of each item will change based several factors, number of people in the unit, number of bedrooms and bathrooms and the size of the kitchen.

Bath Towels

Wash Cloths

Bath Mats

Hand Towels

Kitchen Towels Dish Towels

King set of linens

Queen set of linens

Double set of linens

Twin set of linens

Linen Bag

In addition to linens we like to provide our guests with some basic comforts. We call these items our "Welcome Packs" or "Comfort Packs". They include the following items.

Shampoo

Lotion

Hand Soap

Bath Soap

Toilet tissue

Facial Tissue

Paper Towels

Dish Detergent

Dishwasher Detergent

Laundry Soap

Dryer Sheets

When you see our linen prices be sure to remember the following:
They include our comfort packs.
We have to store all of these items, ask for a tour of our housekeeping area if you are a homeowner, we would love to show you our wall of white. =)
We have to unpack the linen delivery and then repack them for each individual unit.
Finally we transport these linens to your property and deliver them in a professional and timely fashion and set them up for your guests.

We have a professional linen cleaning service that provides us with our clean linens at a standard fee, they also charge a replacement/damage fee of about 10% of the invoice. It is important to note that each our our bed linens are individually wrapped for cleanliness.

If you are not on our rental program but would like some additional information about Southern Coast Vacations and Rentals the please give us a call at 1-800-978-4988 or drop us at stay@southerncoastvacations.com .

Housekeeping, Linens and Maintenance

One of the primary issues of all rental companies is the handling of extra charges.
It doesn't matter whether you rent long term or vacation, you will at sometime or another have to deal with maintenance problems. With vacation/short-term rentals add housekeeping and linens.

This year Southern Coast Vacations and Rentals completely revamped all three areas. This included completely new procedures as well as new vendors. Now unfortunately it will include new pricing. Before you start groaning, please keep in mind that I have not raised my pricing in years.

I have decided to do a series of articles starting next week on each area and share with you exactly what your getting and what is involved. It is my hope that it will enlighten homeowners and help them understand our costs and how it affects our business, our guests and your property.

Ultimately by communicating procedure, price and our goals, It will help SCV and homeowners provide each other with the means needed to improve your guests stays, our business relationship and maintaining your property to a higher standard. Thereby creating additional revenue. Hooray!

Southern Coast Van

Southern Coast has added a new vehicle to better serve your needs.
Our new van will be primarily used for maintenance. Having a complete inventory of our supplies on hand will help complete our work orders faster and better serve your tenants.

Not to mention we love the additional advertising!

Southern Coast Update.

Changed some of the clip art on the front of the website. Using life style pictures instead.

Long Term Update: Added Long Term Image and link on main page.

Long Term homeowners should consider lowering their rental rates if their property is currently unoccupied. Contact Marie or myself to discuss if we have not talked to you in the past 30 days.

Vacation Update: More and more last minute bookings are coming in. Many guests booking about 8 to 10 days out.

Freestyle Music Park is doing some great marketing. Hearing great news about the new management.

North Myrtle Beach has a new slide on the beach at the end of main street. Many guests are enjoying it.

Linked Managers Specials to a new discount program. Offering up to a 50% discount for arrivals coming in within 48 hours. Contact Debbie for information or to have your unit listed.