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How do you rent a beach front property in Santa Marta?

We have bought a nice place on the beach in El Rodadero...its a cabin sleeps up to ten all set to go..........this is our winter retirement place...but we are not there yet.I have built a website which has attracted sevral Canadian travellers...but I have not been able to figure out this past year how to get rentals to Colombians.
What's the best process.Find agencies in big cities and pay a commission for rentals....advertise in the paper...go to post on particular websites?????????????
We are only looking for a reasonable market price and the place is perfect for families or groups of friends
I am not hawking this to you guys.......just need some local wisdom.....How can I access the potential Colombian renters
Any feedback would be muchly appreciated.
Thanks

By esluan on Dec 28, 2007, 09:07 in Friendly Talkzone.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 28, 2007, 09:26:

Colombians use a lot of travel agencies, so I'd try those first.

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RUV says on Dec 28, 2007, 13:58:

How about posting it here. Some of us might be interested.

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goin_south says on Dec 28, 2007, 14:14:

If you look back at the posts/threads.... here on pbh... back about mid to late October or early November, 2007... you'll find alot of info... there was more than one thread from that time period... Robi666 was the author of one, and then there were some fabulous properties to come up later, resulting from that. Santa Marta.

When I was 20, I was worried about what everyone thought. When I was 40, I didn't care what anyone thought. When I was 50, I realized... NO ONE WAS EVER THINKING ABOUT ME :-))

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goin_south says on Dec 28, 2007, 14:28:

try looking at www.santamarta.com, too.
(who would have thunk it?)

When I was 20, I was worried about what everyone thought. When I was 40, I didn't care what anyone thought. When I was 50, I realized... NO ONE WAS EVER THINKING ABOUT ME :-))

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guacharaca says on Dec 28, 2007, 15:11:

Whenever I arrive in Rodadero, I am swamped with Touters. Maybe you need to have a relationship with a couple of locals. The apartments that they show me are owned by residents of USA.

Colombianos: Las armas os han dado independencia, las leyes os daran libertad. (Santander)

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