Monday, October 20, 2014

Keyless Entry for Vacation Rentals

Five years ago my company took over the management of the Knolls Resort Condominiums vacation rental program.  During the bidding process, we found out that all the condos at the Knolls had keyless entry systems.  At that time we were using keyed locks, as we had for the past 20 years.  We were concerned with how much time it would take to change codes and how that would affect our business model.  Those concerns would soon be laid to rest.

Keyless Entry History


Spurred by safety and insurance issues, the hotels lead the way during the 1990's and started switching their locks over to magnetic key cards and thus the revolution into keyless entry.  Today, almost 90% of all hotels use keyless entry for their rooms.  It wasn't long until the vacation rental industry followed suit.

However, it didn't make sense for a company with just a few rentals to invest in an expensive keycard system and change out all the locks on their properties' doors. In addition, guests could still lost the keycards just as they did the keys or the cards could become demagnetized and rendered useless.  Nothing worse than a call at 2 a.m. and hearing a guest say, "My keycard doesn't work" or "I lost my key, broke my key, etc."

Knolls Resort Condominiums


The Knolls had been using keyless entry for a number of years that utilized a key pad with a keyed back up. If the lock failed, they could always use a key to gain entry into the condo. After just a few weeks of using the keyless locks, we were sold.  No keys to hand out, have returned, lost by guests, broken off in the locks, etc.  The following year, we added keyless entry to our condos at Lazy Days and in 2012 we added keyless entry to the rest of our homes and condos at the Lake of the Ozarks.  This is a feature that our guests have come to expect, appreciate and at times even demand when booking their reservation.

Saving Time and Money


The children of one of our guests were at the pool and the parents had run to the grocery store for a minute. The children were locked out of their condo and didn't know the code.  In the past, someone from our office would have had to grab a key and drive to the complex to let the guest into the condo. Instead, after a few security questions were answered, we were able to give the children their code to reenter the condo.  In less than three minutes, they were able to get into their unit.

Russell Burdette is the owner/broked or Your Lake Vacation, a professional vacation rental management company at the Lake of the Ozarks since 1986.  Russell has served as the vice-chairman of the Tri-County Lodging Association, is the past president of the Lake of the Ozarks Vacation Rental Association and sites on the board of directors for hte Lake of the Ozarks Golf Council.  If you would like more info on renting your Lake of the Ozarks home or condo as a vacation rental, please call 573-365-3367 or e-mail russell@yourlakevacation.com.

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