How does the process work?

There are different ways to go about renting your home for an event. 

You can either sign up with a realtor who deals in short term and event rentals, let them take care of the contracts and deposits and pay them a sign up fee plus a commission of around 25 % or you can decide to take it upon yourself to deal with all the paperwork, saving yourself the commission fees.

If you decide on the latter, you will need somewhere to advertise your home to rent and that is what our site is designed for!

(We should mention that we recommend that you have a professional help you with the rental contract to make sure you are legally covered, but this will work out considerably cheaper than the commission you would be paying a realtor.)

The cost of a standard listing is $99.00.  For that you get a full page on the website with up to 10 pictures of your home, a detailed description of your home and a map showing the location of your home in  relation to the event you are listing for.  The fee pays for listing from the day you sign up, until the day of your event.  you may then re-list for an additional year for $59.00.

When using Event Home Rentals, you are effectively placing an advertisement , much as you would in a newspaper, so you can make all the decisions as far as what the advert says.  In many cases though, our homeowners are new to the market and require the benefit of our experience in pricing their home.  When asked to suggest a price, we take our time comparing the specifics of each home in question with the current market for house rentals and hotels in the area before making suggestions.

There are certainly no guarantees that your listing will be successful.  Less than 50% of the homes listed for any event will rent.  What we like to tell homeowners, is to weigh up the risk of losing $99.00 against the possibility of earning thousands for renting their house for a week. 

The homes that are most likely to rent are those closest to the event and offering additional services such as maid service and transportation.

The fee is set regardless of how long it is until your event.  Therefore, if your event is a year away and you sign up now, you will get a page for a year for $99.00. 

If you choose to wait until 2 months before the event, it will still cost you $99.00 and you only get 2 months listing time before your event.  Most rentals will take place in the months leading up to the event, but why not get longer for your money?  Also, the listings are displayed in the order they are taken, so your house will appear higher up the list of homes for your event, the earlier you sign up.

Easy, click here and enter your information directly.

Once we have received your submission and received your payment for the listing fee, an Event Home Rentals representative will review your page for approval. Approval can take up to 24 hours, but once approved your listing will appear live on our website.  Your Pictures will be added as soon as we receive them.

The quickest way and to get the best quality pictures is to use a digital camera and email them direct to customerservice@eventhomerentals.com.  We realize not everyone has a digital camera, so when using a regular camera, have the pictures developed onto a disc and email your pictures to us from your disc. 

For those that are not computer minded, you may mail us your disc, but this will delay the pictures appearing on your webpage.

Yes, they do!  What you have to remember is that the competition is the local hotels.  They will have bumped up their prices when a big event is in town and then clients pay per night for a room for two people. 

A house for 6 people that rents for $15,000 for a 6 night stay, works out the same as paying $400 per night for hotels rooms for 6 people.  This is why offering maid service when renting a home makes it more appealing to the renter that is deciding between a hotel or a house.

With many events, the hotels get booked up so far in advance that it is not possible to get rooms anyway.  The added appeal a house rental has is more rooms, more space and more privacy.

Because each policy may differ, EHR advises all homeowners to contact their insurance company to inquire about any special insurance questions or needs.

While EHR researches this topic as a courtesy to our homeowners, it is up to you to verify this information.  Please contact your local or state tax commissioner's office, or your CPA regarding this question. We have, however, been told by our clients that they did not have to declare or pay taxes on rentals of 14 days or less.