Block Island, Rhode Island is a historic landmark about 9 miles south of Point Judith, Rhode Island and about 45 miles west of Martha’s Vineyard.
Block Island has a rich history which started with the name. Although he was not the first to note the island, Adriaen Block named it after himself during an expedition in 1614 and by 1661 Block Island’s first settlers from the main land of Massachusetts arrived.
Block Island officially became part of Rhode Island during 1672. When the island became part of the colony of Rhode Island, the local government adopted the name “New Shoreham”.
Over the next 338 years, Block Island has been able to preserve its history, landmarks, and beautiful nature filled scenery. Over 40% of the island is protected from development and makes this one of our top vacation destinations for people that love nature, and love to literally get away from everything.
Throughout our years of travel experience, we’ve found some handy tips that we’ll be sharing with you today to keep your vacation rental vacation experience fun and safe.
Vacations are meant to relieve stress, and when you plan accordingly they do. There’s nothing worse than having your plans fall through the floor while you are on vacation. Reading these vacation tips will help reduce your chances of having to scramble while away.
Today's blog will discuss how you can maximize RentalSpot.com's tools to plan your vacation.
Planning a trip doesn't require you to register, but access to some really helpful tools does.
Below is a basic list of features available to users of RentalSpot.Com. I will detail these further below, but this is a good overview.
| Feature | No Registration Necessary | Registration Required |
| Send Favorite List / Send Property |
X | |
| Contact Owner | X | |
| Review Property | X | |
| Trip Homepage Access | X |
First, let's talk about how you begin to search the RentalSpot.Com site. You can search in a few different ways. One way is to go to the homepage (http://rentalspot.com). You will see a search input box, this is where you type in the location of your vacation destination.
Here at RentalSpot.Com we take seriously the frustrations involved with both advertising vacation rentals, and looking to rent a vacation property. Both are challenges, but we've deployed some tools to help all our users out. In the next few posts we will be highlighting different tools and capabilities of the RentalSpot.Com site.
First and foremost, let's talk about what "Free" means to RentalSpot.Com. "Free" is one of our best features! "Free" means you are free to post as many of your properties as you wish. "Free" means you pay nothing when someone contacts you or books through RentalSpot.Com. "Free" also means you pay no subscription, one time or any other fees to get your site posted.