Multiple Vacation Rentals Local Listings

[naymark.biz]

A client of ours is a vacation rental company with over 50 properties (each property is only marketed through this company).

They recently asked if they could add each rental property as a listing in Google Places, Bing, Yahoo, etc. I've been doing research on whether this is advisable or can hurt them in some way. If anyone has had a similar situation, any advice would be highly appreciated.

Thanks.

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Dmitriy,

Glad you asked. Vacation rentals are ineligible for inclusion in Google's local index, as stated in the Google Places Quality Guidelines, which state:

Rental or for-sale properties, such as vacation homes or vacant apartments, are not eligible to be listed on Google Maps and should not be verified. Instead, verify the listing for your sales or leasing office or offices. If you have a property with an on-site office, you may verify that office location.

Because of this, your efforts will need to be organic rather than local in terms of marketing the individual vacation cottages. Hope this helps!

[naymark.biz]

Thank you so much, Miriam. I really appreciate it.

[MiriamEllis]

My pleasure, Dmitriy!