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Jan 6

Top 10 Private Estate Wedding Venues

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Estate Weddings and Events Ranked Our Top 10 estates for 2011. From Rustic Ranches to Luxurious Mansions, to backyard Garden Weddings, Check it out to see if your estate venue made the list

1. Emma Estate

Located in Rancho Santa Fe area of San Diego, California. Provides the perfect backdrop for an intimate Backyard Garden Wedding or Large Corporate Events.

Emma Estate

2. Chateau De Beverly Hills

If you are looking for a luxury event location or plan to live like the stars and have a Celebrity Wedding, This exclusive Los Angeles Mansion is our number one choice for Luxury Entertainment.

3. Beach Rose Farm

The Beach Rose Farm in Maine is our top choice for Maine wedding Venues and Maine Vacation Rentals with accommodations up to 36 guests makes this ocean view venue the ideal destination.

4. Lower Lake Ranch

With its Colorado Mountain Views, the Lower Lake Ranch is located outside of Denver Colorado is the perfect setting for a Ranch wedding and also offers a Colorado Bed and Breakfast for large group accommodations, retreats and vacation rentals.

5. Abbey Estate

The Abbey Estate in Montecito is our choice for our top Ocean view Venue. Santa Barbara Estate Weddings feature an elegant setting and also offers Luxury Accommodations as a Santa Barbara Vacation Rental.

Santa Barbara, California

6. Sebastopol Sanctuary

This unique Sonoma Estate, located in the Sonoma Wine Country, is our top choice for Eco Friendly Weddings and Green Events. The estate is LED Certified, has a certified Organic Garden and Vineyard, private lake, and much more. If you are looking for a Sonoma Wedding Venue or a Green event venue, Sebastopol Sanctuary is the place for you.

7. Le Bac Estate

This South Africa Wedding Venue, located in Western Cape, South Africa, is our choice for the perfect destination wedding location or luxury vacation rental in South Africa.

8. Castle Ladyhawke

This Scottish inspired Castle, located outside of Asheville, North Carolina, is our top choice for a unique venue. Set on over 60 acres of private land and offer overnight accommodations for the perfect North Carolina Vacation Rental.


9. Gridley Ranch

Gridley Ranch, located in Ojai, California, is the ideal setting for Rustic Weddings or Ranch Style Weddings. This intimate estate is perfect for small intimate Ojai Wedding receptions and also is a place for a luxury vacation rentals.

10. Infinity Bali Villa

Island Weddings are truly unique and intimate. This Bali Villa, located on the Island of Bali, Indonesia, can accommodate 25 guests for a holiday rental and is the perfect destination for a destination wedding.


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Dec 19

How to Write SEO-Friendly Descriptions for Your Estate Venue

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If people can’t find your estate venue when they perform basic online searches, you’re missing out on a lot of lucrative business.

The days of flipping through massive telephone directories are fading fast. These days, your prospective customers are seeking out villa rental locations, estate wedding locations, corporate events locations and other venue locations through the Internet. Creating and maintaining a website isn’t enough.

To attract as much targeted and relevant traffic as possible, your venue descriptions need to be optimized for the major search engines. The most popular way to do that is through search engine optimization or SEO. Learn how to create SEO-friendly venue descriptions below.

The Problem with Basic, Generic Descriptions

 

You probably already know that descriptions of your mansion, ranch or other venue location need to accurately convey what prospective customers can expect.

They should include as many relevant details as possible, and they should be well-written and compelling to boot.That’s all well and good, but it’s not enough.

To increase the odds that your venue will appear near the top of the search engine rankings, its description needs to be sprinkled with effective, targeted keywords and key phrases.

That’s where SEO comes into play.

What is SEO?

 

SEO or search engine optimization refers to the process of optimizing a website to bolster its ranking with the major search engines. It’s a widely used and highly regarded strategy. When done properly, it can produce exceptional results.

The first step to achieving high-quality SEO is coming up with a list of search terms that your ideal customers are the most likely to use when performing queries on the major search engines.

By sprinkling your venue description with targeted keywords that are relevant to private estate locations, filming locations, corporate events locations or whatever type of venue you’re marketing, the right people are more likely to find it online.

Optimizing Your Venue Description

 

After you’ve selected a list of keywords and key phrases that make sense for your particular venue, you need to use them to optimize its online description.

There are two main ways to do this: You can incorporate them into the existing content, or you can start from scratch and slip them into the new description when it makes sense to do so.

It’s almost always best to simply rewrite the description entirely because attempting to squeeze keywords into previously written content can produce clumsy, difficult-to-read results.

Keep it Natural

 

While creating your optimized venue description, you need to keep two audiences in mind: search engine crawlers and humans. Search engine crawlers, which are sometimes called spiders or bots, analyze a site’s content to figure out what it is all about.

They apply the information that they find to an algorithm that assigns the site a ranking in the search engine results. Therefore, you’re mostly including specific keywords for their benefit.

However, the description of your villa rental location, estate wedding location or other venue must be easy and enjoyable for humans to read too, or they won’t stick around to consider your services.

Tracking Your Progress

 

It’s important to monitor your venue’s ranking with the major search engines to see whether or not the optimization process is having a positive effect. Before you optimize your estate venue description, perform searches using the keywords that you have selected.

Make a note of where your venue appears in the search engine results pages or SERPs. After implementing your new SEO strategy, wait a day or two and perform the searches again. With any luck, the optimized description of your venue will have moved up in the rankings.

Getting Help

 

Depending on your specific venue and the amount of competition that it faces, optimized descriptions may not be enough.

There’s more to search engine optimization that optimizing content with specific keywords. If your revamped descriptions don’t seem to be getting you anywhere, it might be due to fierce competition from other filming locations, villa rental locations, private estate locations, estate wedding locations and other venues.

In that case, a little extra help may be warranted. It’s well worth it to hire an experienced SEO firm to assist you because it can result in more reliable, consistent and effective results.

It’s Worth It

 

The chances are high that many of your closest competitors have already implemented SEO for their venue descriptions. If you don’t get into the act yourself, you’re essentially handing them a ton of free business.

The good news is that it’s not difficult to write SEO-friendly descriptions for your estate venue. From start to finish, the entire process can be finished in a single afternoon. It’s smart to get going with this as quickly as possible, and you certainly have nothing to lose.

Get started right now by coming up with a list of relevant keywords and optimizing your venue description today.

If you need assistance with your SEO Friendly Description feel free to contact us for more information.

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Oct 6

6 Reasons to Rent Your Home As an Event Space

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Let’s face it. The economy is still struggling, and those of us with our heads above water are only taking minor breaks between bouts of treading water. We’ll be the first to admit that celebrating the milestones of life or thanking a company that’s performed some major hustle over the past few years isn’t something to toss aside. While some may be in a bad spot financially, that doesn’t mean we appreciate one another any less.

This year, be a part of the merriment by renting out your own personal home or vacation home to all those still feeling the joy! Why simply watch couples tie the knot on weTV or hear about lavish corporate parties with champagne towers when you can be a part of them? Here are five reasons renting your home with Estate Weddings and Events not only expands your wallet but your grin.

Chateau de Beverly Hills
Chateau de Beverly Hills

1.  Earn Extra Income

Whether you’re gainfully employed or run the house with all it’s bells and whistles, your house can become a very lucrative transaction or excess income. Renting your home for a week can definitely put some money in your pocket. Renting your home for one day often generates the same amount of income if not more. Why skip town for a full weekend when you can take the afternoon off, return home and sleep well knowing you were a big part of a fabulous evening!

2.  Write off home improvements

We all have a laundry list of home improvements that we just can’t seem to squeeze into our schedules. Always wanted to replace that old tired tile work for brand new terracotta? Thinking the bathroom needs a pick me up? When renting out your home for a private event, these to-dos can get placed back at the top of your list! By improving your home for your business, you can count these expenses as a tax right off!

3.  Tax Free income

Want to rent out your personal home without spending too long away? Legally, if you rent out your full-time residence for less than 15 days in one year, this generated revenue is not considered a business and is 100% tax free! I know, one of the few times hearing a lot about figures and numbers is a good thing!

4.   Hassle Free

Already thought about renting but confused by all the legal jargon? No problem, If you qualify for an exclusive listing not only do we know all of the zoning laws backwards and forwards but we handle all of the necessary paperwork. Heck, after some specifications by you, the homeowner, when you begin working with us, the rest is entirely smooth sailing. We know what you want, what you don’t want and exactly what you’d like out of the event so leave all of the negotiations, the contracts, the staff, and of course, the clean-up to us. Grab a glass of wine, watch those old episodes of Law and Order SVU you’ve been meaning to catch up on and have that much more money in your bank account simply for relaxing.

5.  Advertise your Home

Planning on selling your home in the near future? We know it may be a while, so allow us to make your home the next big topic of conversation. Ever wonder how they make those extravagant and hyper-realistic sets of Hollywood blockbusters? We’ve worked with a variety of studios and film productions to bring their projects to life. Trust us, it feels pretty awesome seeing your backyard on screen as the deluxe hotel relaxation station. Who wouldn’t want to seriously consider living in a home like that fresh on the market?

6.  Give Back

Whether yours concerns animals, children, health or more, we all have a charity that strikes a special chord in our heart. For some, this may involve donating time, funds or an afternoon to assist in hands on work toward this unbelievable cause. For home owners who list their homes as the ideal event space, this may also include helping out a non-profit in a BIG way. While plenty of these companies may have the notoriety of for-profit businesses, it doesn’t mean their budgets share any of the same DNA. Donate your estate or provide further cost incentive for these altruistic celebrations and be a part of something tremendous. It’s more than opening your heart, it’s opening your home.

 

If you are an estate or venue manager looking to generate more business for your estate venue sign up for basic and premium listings and receive qualified leads directly to your mailbox.

Think this is something you’d like to learn more about? We’d love to hear from you! Shoot us an email over to info@estateeventgroup.com  and we’ll gladly give you further information. Event aficionados by nature, we also dabble in landscape and architecture appreciation. Give us a call, we’d love to hear more about your wonderful home!

Villa Bali Infinity
Villa Bali Infinity
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Sep 20

Homeowner FAQs: Listing Your Estate

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When entertaining the idea of renting out your home, there are definitely many items to consider, such as potential perks (and negatives). We have compiled some of the most frequently asked questions from potential homeowners to bring some insight to the estate listing process. 

How much can I earn from renting out my home for events?

Our estate rental fees range anywhere from $2,000 to $40,000 per event. Based on the value and features of your specific property and the  client’s guest count and property usage requirements, pricing scales are developed to maximize “book-ability” and profitability for you, the homeowner.

Are there any risks with hosting events at my property?

With hosting an event at your property, there are always risks, however, The Estate Event Group knows exactly what to do to help you protect your property. For properties with a directory listing, our staff can give you specific permitting, curfew, and other restrictions for your area and educate you about property insurance requirements and security deposits for events. For exclusive listings, Estate Weddings and Events takes care of all of this for you. We obtain insurance policies and permits for the events, set and collect security deposits, and make sure that any vendor who works at your property is property licensed and insured. All of the specific requirements we have are present to severely lessen the liabilities and risks involved for our homeowners.

 What is the difference between a directory listing and an exclusive listing (a new feature coming soon)?

Directory listings are on present on our website as resource for potential clients. With your property listed as a directory listing, potential clients will contact you directly and the rest is up to you. With an exclusive listing, The Estate Event Group functions as a full-service property manager for events. We take care of everything else for you, from pre-qualifying potential leads to setting up property tours to clean up following each event. With an exclusive listing, we also provide contracts, full service options for clients, and take care of all permitting and insurance requirements. Our specific knowledge regarding events at private estates ensures that your home will be fully protected with no hassles to the homeowner.

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Jul 8

The New Estate Event Group Website has Arrived!

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We are always looking for new estates to list with us here at Estate Weddings and Events. If you are interested in booking your estate for weddings, corporate events, film, photo shoots, vacations, long term rentals, sale, estate swaps, etc. then feel free to contact us regarding these opportunities. By listing with Estate Weddings and Events, you are utilizing our top search engine rankings, on such platforms as Google, Bing & Yahoo, to market your property as an event venue to a targeted market of brides, corporate planners, and wedding planners. With our staff dedicated to marketing your estate to the ideal clientele, you, the homeowner, are insured to be completely comfortable with putting your estate in our hands.

 

We are in the process of launching a brand new website which we are ecstatic to share with you soon! In addition to our full service management which we already provide, we will be launching a directory service listing for homeowners that may already have a property manager or prefer booking and planning their own events. For a limited time only, we are offering a discounted monthly rate to list your estate on our directory. Visitors to our site will be able to browse estate listings with professional photographs and virtual tours to find the perfect venue for their event.  If you would like to learn more, please contact us at (888) 662-8360 and we would be happy to send you more information about this exciting new service!


Jul 7

Welcome to our new blog!

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Welcome to our new Estate Weddings and Events blog!

We just launched this new blog, but do not fret, all of the information and inspiration from our old blog is still available for viewing!  We would like to invite you to view older posts here!  We will not be updating the old blog any longer, so be sure to bookmark this page in your favorites to be sure you stay in the loop in regards to everything estates!


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