Property Order - TahoeStay.com
August 17th, 2008 by Jeff Schnaubelt
This article explains the logic that is used to display the order of properties on the TahoeStay.com vacation rental website. When a visitor clicks on View Properties, the order of the property list is determined by two things: grade & availability. I’ll explain.
Ordered by Grade
Properties are first ordered by grade. All luxury rentals are shown first, followed by moderate properties, then economy. More specifically, they are ordered by the letter grade that was assigned by the property manager. The order goes like this:
A+
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
Sorted by Availability
Within the grade, the properties are sorted by the number of bookings. This means that the property with the least amount of bookings (within the same grade) displays on the top, and the property with the most bookings is at the bottom.
An Example…
At the time of this writing, TahoeStay.com has only six A+ properties. These six properties are displayed at very top of the list, and they are ranked according to their availability. The chart below shows the order in which they are currently ranked.
Future Plans
We will soon be coming out with another website called FindTahoeRentals.com. The property order will be different on this site. It will list 5 luxury properties, followed by 1 moderate, 3 luxuries, then 1 economy. The order within the grade will be sorted by availability.
Feel free to leave a comment (below), your feedback is welcome!
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August 19th, 2008 at 9:23 am
How do you decide what is “Luxury”? Ours has a grand piano, spa, 3 TV’s, 2 DVD’s, views of both Carson Valley and the lake etc. and is “moderate”. What in the world do you have to do to be “Luxury”? And what is our letter grade?
Thanks.
Jim.
August 19th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Hi Jim!
Luannda Searight is the property manager at the Stateline office, I’ll put her in contact with you. She can tell you specifically what would need updating to get your property into the “luxury” category. Your property is currently a B+, so it shouldn’t take much.
Having luxury status won’t just rank you higher on TahoeStay.com, but it’ll get you additional exposure on our TahoeDeluxe.com website. TahoeDeluxe is a website that is dedicated exclusively to our large and/or luxury homes. It was launched last year, and is experiencing some great success!
Here’s how the categories work:
Luxury: A+, A, A-
Moderate: B+, B
Economy: B-, C+, C, C-
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Jeff
August 21st, 2008 at 4:18 pm
hi Jeff,
Another really helpful blog, thank you for posting.
As with Jim, you know I’ve been doing some major investments the past two years with hopes of increased rentals & revenue. Is there a way I view the grade change / ranking the Property Manager has given our place by looking at the webpage or viewing the source code that builds the page?
Regards,
dean
August 21st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Dean -
Judie Lacy is the property manager at the Incline Office, you’ll have to speak with her about upgrading your quality rating. I would also suggest having her take new photos if you’ve done a lot of upgrades. It’s my opinion that photos & virtual tours are the most important part of your website listing.
Also, your letter grade is not publicly available. It’s not a secret, it’s just not displayed anywhere except in our internal reservation program. FYI… your grade is currently a “B”.
I’ll have Judie get in contact with you, but you can always get in contact her by calling the Incline Village office: 775-832-4475
Regards,
Jeff