Cardiff Vacations

How We Started A $12K/Month Beachside Vacation Rental Business

December 12th, 2020
Julio Sanchez
$12.5K
revenue/mo
2
Founders
12
Employees
Cardiff Vacations
from Cardiff
started May 2011
$12,500
revenue/mo
2
Founders
12
Employees
market size
$66.9B
avg revenue (monthly)
$102K
starting costs
$18.9K
gross margin
43%
time to build
270 days
growth channels
SEO
business model
content-library
best tools
TripAdvisor, airbnb, Instagram
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

My name is Julio Sanchez, and together with my wife Alison we are the proud owners at Cardiff Vacations. We own three beautiful vacation rentals in Cardiff by-the-Sea, California. The Penthouse, the Parkhouse, and the Seacottage have been in the family for quite some time. Alison’s parents have built the duplex, what is now the Parkhouse and Penthouse when they moved here as a young family back in 1978 and this is the home where Alison grew up.

We have remodeled Alison’s childhood home together with the Seacottage and are now renting it to groups, families, surfers, or professional travelers like the military or corporate. We are proud that we can share our homes with people from all over the world and know that Alison’s parents would have been equally astonished by this as we are.

Each year we welcome around 3k people. Only 2020 has been a bit slower on business due to the pandemic restrictions. Hopefully, next year will bring us some good news and business will be closer to normal.

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