The Washington Post - June 23, 2002 - "We've examined numerous sources...here are...the better ones: ...Mountain Lodging Vacation Cabin Rentals™"
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I sold my cabins to my grown kids. I am buying one back, will market both.
I apologize for not realizing you bring guests in my door, please forgive
me.
Jim Power
We have been very pleased with the exposure we have received from your website. Mountain-Lodging web site is so professional looking and 99% of our contacts came through your exposure. Thank you again for a job well done for us. We are still getting lots of inquiries, but will be closing down at the end of July. May God bless you greatly and hope you continue to do well.
Gratefully,
Frances Evans
Mr. Baldwin,
I don't know how you do it but this website is ranked number one to five on practically all the search engines when I searched for "cabin rentals." Particularly interesting is your number one ranking on www.ixquick.com which does an overall ranking of websites listed on the top 12 search engines! Your competition must be quite envious....
Anonymous
Mr. Baldwin,
Just thought I'd forward some comments to you (about my rental) as well as my 3 star approval of your web site!!!! I've had an overwhelming response , the cost was paid for in two weeks!!!!This has worked out for me far better than any newspaper add...
Most Sincerely,
Lynne b. Peters
Karl:
Response to our website has been fantastic! We've already booked enough rentals to pay for this month's mortgage plus the annual fee for our "deluxe" website account. Keep up the good work!
Ted Steege
Dear Karl,
Wow! Wow! Wow! The response has been incredible! Four to five email hits per day and at least three phone calls per day. Three bookings and four more in the works. The site paid for itself in a week.
Thanks for the wonderful site!
Susan Butler
As cabin-owners featured on these sites, we are extremely pleased with the services provided by the webmaster; not only with the quality and design of each page, but also with the extensive technical and valuable advice he has given us.
William Thomas and Patricia Long Pumpkin Hill Luray, VA
...By the way, your website, by far, is the very best I have seen and I looked extensively on the web for a vacation rental. It is informative, the pictures are great and it is very easy to use.
Sincerely, Rita J. Crepeau
Congrats on a nice site. It was at the top of the list of results on a "Google.com" search I did for "cabins mountains Virginia", and I subsequently rented a unit from Frances and Sven.
Joe Wilson Crewe, VA
Category: Web site Name: Susan Cherwa Email: skeeling@sprynet.com Comments: I think this is a wonderful web site. I was looking for a cabin located in VA - at the Blueridge Mountains and I wanted to take my pets. Your site narrowed everything down for me and I especially like how you specify whether pets are allowed or not allowed.
I'm interested to know how this website is working for you. I own a rental cottage outside of Lexington, Va. and am considering it. Would appreciate your feedback.
To: Norm Rollenhagen <rollo va@cfw.com> Subject: Re: www.mountain-lodging website
Good thunder-stormy afternoon!
We started on this website last June. It is absolutely the best thing we have done since starting the business 5 1/2 years ago. For the first half of last year, we were running with a 9% increase in revenue over 1997. In July, our monthly revenue increased a whopping (!) 187%. For the remainder of the year, we realized the following revenue increases: August - 56%; September 43%; October 67%; November 60% and December 93%. For the first quarter of this year revenues increased 164% over the first quarter of 1998. For five years, we lost money in the first quarter - big time. This year, we ended it in the black! As you probably know from the website, we have five Cabin Rentals. We have not added a property since April, 1997 - so the increased business is not attributable in any way to increased facilities. We do have one other cabin which we opened in July of '98 - but revenues for that are carried under a separate bookkeeping system. It, too, is doing extremely well.
Some other advantages of the website: People love it! They are so complimentary about its appearance and its ease of navigation.
Before the website, we spent hours (seemed like) every day, describing our cabins to callers, knowing they were going to hang up and call the next cabin, receive brochures from everyone and then, finally, make their decision. Now - so often - people call and tell us the cabin they want and the dates. They reserve on the spot! Of course, we still spend lots of time on the phone with potential guests - and we firmly believe that being here to answer the telephone and email is vitally important.
Finally, in our opinion, the MountainLodging™ website is really benefiting our area of Virginia. I know of several people who are adding additional cabins - or purchasing their first -- all based on the recent word of mouth success stories for those of us in the business.
Before Sven and I moved here, we had looked at a property outside Lexington that we wanted so badly. Unfortunately, it was too expensive for us so we had to keep looking!
Good luck to you - and we'll be looking for your cabin on the MountainLodging™ site!
Please feel free to contact us if you have any specific questions.
Sven and Frances Jorgensen Lion and Crow Lodge and Cabins
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