Archive for December 2008

New Year’s is upon us so we’ve been searching the blogosphere to find the funniest, most heartwarming, zaniest, confusing, or just plain outrageous resolutions…Why?  Because we love wacky, hilarious, and creative people.  BUT trust us, it was not easy finding funny and wacky resolutions – everyone takes the New Year so seriously (especially when it comes to [...]

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New York, New York is the city that never sleeps.  If you chance to play along on New Years Eve this year, don’t worry about booking an expensive hotel (swap a stay on Viscape).  Because, why spend the big-bucks on a hotel you will barely see?  If clubbing with Ryan Secrest, Carrie Underwood, Heidi Klum and Diddy from the [...]

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A little wacky, a little tacky and a little sappy. One of Viscape’s favorite holiday videos that will appeal to both the devil in you and the angel in you. Happy Holidays!
The Scariest Santa!

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The new year has snuck up on us once more.  The Christmas decorations will soon be taken down and placed back in dusty corners.  Resolutions will be made and broken.  And, just like these traditions are honored around the world, we honor perhaps one of the best known traditions of this time of year: the [...]

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MEOW!  Move over “Hello Kitty,” because I’m taking my REAL kitty on vacation! 
Rachel Farris, with PetRelocation.com, offers tips for the traveling pet owner.
When people used to hear “travel with pets,” they would think of taking “Max” down the road to Grandma’s house for Thanksgiving dinner.  But these days, Boxers are going bicoastal and cats are clearing [...]

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Are you a vacation real estate professional or just simply interested in vacation real estate?  Are you tired of scanning every news item, blog post, or blurb about vacation destinations and vacation real estate in order to find out the most up-to-the-minute changes in the vacation home market?  Well, there’s a simpler way to keep two [...]

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Thank you Viscape fans! Thank you twitterers! Viscape has been nominated and is very close to winning 3 Shorty Awards. We are really close to winning in top brand, top start-up and top design. Humor? Well, we think we are funny and a little wacky, but have yet to breach the top 25 list for that!  You can [...]

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Tips to Make your Property Manager Work for You!
by Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner - Founders of FullyBookedRentals
It’s often said that “the Internet changes everything.” Certainly it has changed the traditional relationship between vacation-rental owners and property managers. In fact, the Internet has empowered vacation rental owners to completely eliminate property managers and the 15 to 50 percent commissions they [...]

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Over here at Viscape, we have been following the Obama campaign quite closely.  While we are not taking a partisan stance, we are fascinated by what Barack Obama achieved through social media.  He truly embodies the idea of sourcing wisdom (and funding) from the crowd.  With that said, Viscape and Obama have tons in common – [...]

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Contracts?  Security deposits?  Background checks?  Credit history?  Who thought renting out your home for a few extra bucks could be so complicated?  It has come to Viscape’s attention that lots of Washingtonians are putting up their homes (and charging a premium) for the 2009 Presidential Inauguration.  Many of these homeowners have never rented out their [...]

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