Facebook App Turns Friends Into Temporary Landlords

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Sep 24th 2009 at 4:02AM

The relationship of Facebook friends is a curious one in today's society. Even friends you've never met start to seem familiar to you when you learn, through status updates, how they like their coffee and what they do on Saturday nights. A new Facebook application makes a novel use of all that information. SecondPorch.com has launched a Facebook app called "Rent & Trade Vacation Homes," which helps vacationers and vacation home owners find each other on Facebook. Users can search based on budget, location, amenities, recommendations and through their relationship to the owner. Owners can choose to show their second home for rent only to their network of friends or to members of Facebook at large. Homes can be rented or traded with other homeowners. This app would be great for friends across the country or around the world planning to meet for a vacation somewhere or for planning a family reunion.

Tags: facebook, facebook apps, FacebookApps, renting a vacation home, RentingAVacationHome, second porch, SecondPorch

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Rosamund Parker Sep 24th 2009 5:14AM

Yeah! you are right! Facebook creates transparency between friends. With the help of facebook, you can also know your future predictions....

Sylvia Guarino Sep 24th 2009 6:04PM

As a vacation rental owner, twice over, on Sanibel Island, Florida there are many opportunities available to promote my condo and house. What is particularly appealing about Second Porch is that I can choose my vacation rental guest based on the information I can glean from their Facebook profile. My husband and I use vacation rental accommodations when we travel world wide and we are fussy renters. We are also fussy owners. We stay in particularly nice places and we own particularly nice places. Knowing about a rental guest gives us a good deal of comfort and having the guest know about us is always to our advantage. While some VR portals (most of which we pay for) allow us to profile ourselves on the listing, we do not in return have any measure to evaluating the vacation rental guest inquiring. Second Porch promotes and enhances transparency all the way around. It's about time!

Sylvia Guarino Sep 24th 2009 6:02PM

As a vacation rental owner, twice over, on Sanibel Island, Florida there are many opportunities available to promote my condo and house. What is particularly appealing about Second Porch is that I can choose my vacation rental guest based on the information I can glean from their Facebook profile. My husband and I use vacation rental accommodations when we travel world wide and we are fussy renters. We are also fussy owners. We stay in particularly nice places and we own particularly nice places. Knowing about a rental guest gives us a good deal of comfort and having the guest know about us is always to our advantage. While some VR portals (most of which we pay for) allow us to profile ourselves on the listing, we do not in return have any measurement tool in evaluating the vacation rental guest inquiring. Second Porch promotes and enhances transparency all the way around. It's about time!

Sylvia Guarino Sep 24th 2009 6:05PM

As a vacation rental owner, twice over, on Sanibel Island, Floridathere are many opportunities available to promote my condo and house.What is particularly appealing about Second Porch is that I canchoose my vacation rental guest based on the information I can gleanfrom their Facebook profile. My husband and I use vacation rentalaccommodations when we travel world wide and we are fussy renters. We are also fussy owners. We stay in particularly nice places and weown particularly nice places. Knowing about a rental guest gives us agood deal of comfort and having the guest know about us is always toour advantage. While some VR portals (most of which we pay for)allow us to profile ourselves on the listing, we do not in return have any measurement tool in evaluating the vacation rental guest inquiring. Second Porch promotes and enhances transparency all the way around. It's about time!