New Testimonial

Here is another testimonial from a happy CollegeWeekends.com customer. Thanks Travis! It is property owners like you that make CollegeWeekends.com a success.

Be sure to check out Ridge St Carriage House

Travis Testimonial from CollegeWeekends.com on Vimeo.

Athens and Oxford Look Out!!!

We are working frantically to get the new sites for Athens, Ga (University of Georgia) and Oxford, MS(Ole Miss) ready. We still have some kinks to work out and need to get some properties listed but you can check them out at the following URLs

http://uga.collegeweekends.com/default.aspx
http://olemiss.collegeweekends.com/default.aspx

You will also notice that the old url now points too http://uva.collegeweekends.com hopefully by the end of the weekend we will have the new splash page up and running so that when you go to
http://www.collegeweekends.com you will see

Stay tuned we will post it here when we go live.

NEW Property Owner Account Page

Last night we introduced a new account page for all of our clients. We feel the page is a major improvement and will make managing your property much easier. Aside from the new user friendly design we have introduced some new features which I have listed below.

• we now furnish a rental agreement and a prepare you home for rental checklist
• there is a window that shows all of your recent inquiries
  
• you can now easily reset your password
• we also have added some useful statistics for each property you have listed like total # of inquiries, # of reviews, average ranking, and the last time you updated your account

We think it is a major improvement but we want to hear from you too. Please comment on this blog post to let us know what you think or if you have suggestions for things we could do better.

Upcoming Events in C'ville

Graduation Weekend May 15th -17th

Reunion Weekend June 5th -7th
Festival of the Photograph June 11th - 13th

At the JPJ Arena

8/27 Keith Urban with Sugar Land
10/9 Martha's Market
10/17 Metalica

At the Charlottesville Pavillion
6/10 David Byrne from the Talking Heads
8/02 Neville Bros and Dr. John

1% For The Planet

CollegeWeekends.com is proud to announce that we are official members of 1% For The Planet

http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/en/

Here is a quick blurb from their website on what they are about.

To be perfectly honest, it’s not about us. It’s about businesses recognizing that industry and ecology are inherently connected. It’s about realizing the positive effects of connecting businesses, consumers and nonprofits through philanthropy. And it’s about understanding that the true cost of doing business can be mitigated by a simple pledge to the planet.

Since 2002, 1% For The Planet has inspired members of the business community to contribute 1% of sales to environmental groups around the world. In return, this growing alliance of companies is given the opportunity not only to see their self-worth rise, but their net worth climb as well.

Not long ago I read Yvon Chouinard's(founder of Patagonia) book "Let My People Go Surfing", and that is how I learned about 1% For The Planet. The book had a profound impact on me in that it helped me realize that I really can make a difference, and I strongly recommend the book to anybody in the business world. I think if we all read the book and adopted Chouinard's tenets of envirionmental and social responsibility, the world would be a better place.

Home Owner Testimonial

Home Owner Testimonials from CollegeWeekends.com on Vimeo.

This is our new home owner video testimonial. Thanks Steve and Michelle for helping us spread the word!

If you are a potential renter be sure to check out Steve and Michelle's properties. If you are a homeowner that wants help with pictures or the details of managing your rental Steven is helping CollegeWeekends.com offer a more complete service by helping our clients manage their properties. If you are interested in this extra level of service please let us know.

CollegeWeekends.com Launches Beta Version of New Site

After several sleepless nights and almost a years worth of work we have finally launched our new website. It is a beta version and undoubtedly has a few kinks left to work out, but we believe it a major improvement over the old site. I have posted a screen shot tutorial that shows how to search the site to find the perfect vacation rental property for your visit to Charlottesville. Please don't hesitate to comment on this blog or to e-mail us directly if you have any thoughts, problems, or praise for the new site. Also don't hestiate to let us know if you would like to see CW.com in your collegetown.


Property Search Tutorial 4/10 from CollegeWeekends.com on Vimeo.