Proposed TV series to focus on vacation home rentals

Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Laura Byrne Paquet in News, Vacation Rentals

The vacation home rental industry must be coming of age: it’s poised to get its own reality show.

PineRidge Film and Television (producers of Samantha Brown’s show “Passport to Europe,” among other programs) and Discover Vacation Homes have created a promo video for a proposed new show, “Living Large on Vacation.”
According to Discover Vacation Homes consultant Rick Fisher, who is helping develop the show, each episode will match a group of travellers who have never stayed in a vacation home with a property that will knock their socks off.
The promo focuses strongly on two benefits of vacation home rentals over hotel rooms: spaciousness and cost savings. Fisher says the show will also highlight vacation homes as a good option for family reunions and other group holidays.
The first episodes will all be shot at properties in the United States, which may explain why there doesn’t seem to be much emphasis on the opportunity to meet locals while renting a self-catering property (many North American vacation rental homes are clustered in resorts rather than existing neighbourhoods).
The program will be promoted at Fisher’s Vacation Home Expo, slated to return to Atlanta from January 23 to 25, 2009.

3 Comments on “Proposed TV series to focus on vacation home rentals”

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  2. Laura Byrne Paquet

    Thanks, Marina! Have a great weekend, too!

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