Below you will find descriptions of the FREE workshops being offered by Viscape University. We are constantly adding more courses, so please check back often. Descriptions and dates are subject to change.

See a workshop you’d like to attend? Just RSVP to RSVP@viscape.com, and we’ll send you the call-in number the day before the meeting.

 

The Down Low: The Insider’s Guide To Short Term Vacation Rentals

Monday, January 12, 2009, 7:30pm EST

Considering renting your home for Inauguration 2009? Have a property in Panama that you just don’t know what to do with? Viscape can help. Beginner to pro, Viscape’s free seminar The Down Low: The Insider’s Guide To Short Term Vacation Rentals has something for everyone no matter what your vacation rental background!

Learn important real estate tricks and tips to get your vacation home rented while keeping yourself protected!

Experts will be on hand to address issues like:

Legally Protecting the Property while turning an Investment

Get your Home Visibility Without Spending Needless Dollars

Maximizing your bottom line and Renting-out With Confidence

Co-hosted Viscape’s very own world traveler, the Founder and President of Viscape herself, Caroline Allison and FullyBookedRentals Founders, Emily and Alfred Glossbrenner, this is a must attend event!

Caroline Allison is a former real estate consultant and business developer will walk you through the paces, teaching you how to list and market your property like the pros! Other experienced renters will also present their stories, tips and anecdotes!

 

Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner are experienced vacation-rental owners and the authors of How to Make Your Vacation Property Work for You! They also own and operate FullyBookedRentals (http://www.fullybookedrentals.com), a membership Web site devoted to helping other vacation-rental owners advertise, rent, and manage their properties effectively and profitably.

 

Bring Your Furry Best Friend: A Guide to Traveling with Your Pet

Monday, January 26, 2009, 7:30pm EST

 

 

Ever wondered if man’s best friend might also be the best travel companion?  According to pet relocation expert, Rachel Farris, it doesn’t matter the breed, size, or species, so long as you have the right travel crate!

If you have ever dreamed of hiking through the Redwoods with your retriever, or sunning with your kitty on the coast, don’t lose hope, tune in!  Escapes with pets can be fulfilling and most importantly, easy.  On January 26th, 2009, Rachel hosts a Viscape University event

Bring Your Furry Best Friend: A Guide to Traveling with Your Pet in Tote for interested travelers and pet lovers alike.

With Rachel’s help, Viscape will lay down basic doggy bones, including:

- Finding airlines that put Fido in First Class
- Debunking pet- travel myths
- Pet psychology 101: What to expect, how to prepared him for getting his wings and     how to know he’ll behave

Gossip-hounds agree, there’s a lot to dish about this pet-friendly trend.  A Q&A will follow Farris’ talk, but before you ask questions be sure send RSVP requests to rsvp@viscape.com.  Space in this kennel’s limited!

About the author:  Rachel Farris coordinates hundreds of trips for pets of all sizes - gerbils from Zurich to New York, fourteen horses from California to Honduras, and one very large collection of house-cats (twenty three, to be exact!) to the Philippines.  After serving as the Team Leader for the Asia-Pacific department, Farris is now the Director of PR & New Media at PetRelocation.com.  Get introduced to Rachel on Viscape’s blog and ask questions in Viscape’s traveling-with-pets discussion forum!

 

Coming Soon:

Intro to Travel Writing
Date and time to be announced

Do you want to be a travel writer? Who doesn’t? Travel writers get to gallivant to the most exotic corners of the earth while getting paid to write about it!

Travel writing is an extremely competitive field. It takes more than packing a bag and hopping on a plane to land the big travel writing contracts. How do you convince editors that you have something unique to say about a big city like San Francisco or something important to say about a small beach town like Outer Banks, North Carolina? How do you break in when you’ve got no travel writing experience to your name?

Two travel editors, including a community manager who hires new travel writers, will be leading this workshop. By the end of our conversation, you’ll be prepared to write some travel stories that editors cannot refuse and maybe even land a travel writing gig. Aspiring and beginning travel writers of all backgrounds are encouraged to attend.

Travel Photography 101
Date and time to be announced

Do you wish you could snap gorgeous photos to remember your travels? The kind that look like they belong in a book or magazine? Photographs are a great way to share your travel adventures with family and friends.

Travel photography is tricky, though. You need more than a camera and a zoom lens to get the perfect shot. It takes skill to know when to turn off your flash. It takes practice to capture animals in motion! It takes technical finesse to resize your photos so they look good on your friends’ computer screens.

In this workshop, award-winning travel photographer Joe McDaniel will answer all your photography questions. By the end of our conversation, you’ll be prepared to take beautiful travel photos that you’re proud to share online. Aspiring and beginning photographers of all backgrounds are encouraged to attend.

Travel Attraction Review Writing
Date and time to be announced

From Harrison’s Cave in Barbados and Balboa Park in San Diego, travel editors always need attraction reviews for their websites, magazines and newspapers. Finding and writing about a destination’s hidden treasures is a great way to break into travel writing.

Participants in this workshop will learn to write thrilling attraction reviews. Viscape Communications Director Dorothy Carlow will share tips on finding cool attractions to cover, brainstorming, keeping your review focused, and getting-and holding-readers’ attention. By the end of the workshop, you’ll be ready to write attraction reviews that catch editors’ eyes and inspire travelers.

See a workshop you’d like to attend? Just RSVP to RSVP@viscape.com, and we’ll send you the call-in number the day before the meeting.