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2nd Annual Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference set for Sep 15-17

VRM Intel is hosting the Second Annual Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference, September 15 - 17, 2020. This educational summit, presented by...

Beyond Pricing Acquires Blizzard Internet Marketing

Today Beyond Pricing announced that it has acquired Blizzard Internet Marketing’s website design, hosting, and booking engine business from RedAwning for an undisclosed sum. According...

Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia: How are vacation rental managers in Oceania and Southeast Asia adapting to COVID-19?

This week, Rental Scale-Up founder Thibault Masson is taking a deep dive into how COVID-19 is affecting holiday home rentals in Southeast Asia and...

Florida Governor to Counties: Submit a plan for short-term rentals

Today Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced, beginning Monday, the state would move into a "full Phase One," and short-term rentals can reopen if counties...

Hosts launch legal fund for collective action against Airbnb for unilateral refunds and inciting travelers to cancel reservations

Airbnb's home suppliers, or "hosts" using the Airbnb label, are beginning to use legal channels to hold Airbnb accountable for "unilaterally, and in violation...

10-year anniversary of the BP-Deep Horizon Oil Spill brings comparisons to COVID-19

As the vacation rental industry faces challenges related to the spread of COVID-19, managers on the Gulf Coast are remembering another unanticipated, debilitating event...

Vacation Rental Occupancy Drops for Summer as Coronavirus-Related Shut Down Continues

The economic effects of COVID-19 on vacation rental bookings are being felt across key leisure destinations as shelter-in-place orders, travel restrictions, and beach/ski closings...
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Airbnb to pay $250M to hosts for canceled bookings: “We want to fix this.”

In a call today, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky apologized to its hosts/suppliers for abruptly canceling March bookings in response to COVID-19 with no notice...

Monthly Revenue Scenarios across Vacation Rental Markets as Travel Restrictions Extend

How financially exposed are vacation rental managment companies to travel interruption caused by the spread of COVID-19? The answer varies across vacation markets and...

Vacasa issues new statement on furloughs and April reservations

*This story has been updated from the previous version as we received new information from Vacasa. Vacasa Statement from Sarah Tatone, head of communications: Over the...

Stay Alfred closes all properties for 8 weeks

According to Spokane's The Spokesman, "Spokane Valley-based Stay Alfred is closing its properties nationwide for eight weeks, beginning April 1, to help reduce the...

Latest Data Show Sharp Drop in Forward-Looking Occupancy for Vacation Rental Companies

Over the last two weeks, booking pace in the US leisure-based vacation rental industry--for stays through July--has seen a significant slowdown as travel restrictions...

Florida Governor Issues Executive Order to Quarantine Travelers from NY, CT and NJ

Florida Gov. DeSantis today issued an executive order directing anyone flying into Florida from an area with a substantial community spread of COVID-19, "to...

Help Vacation Rental Companies Get Federal Relief: A Message from VRMA Pres Toby Babich

We've been receiving calls and emails asking how property managers can petition for federal assistance for vacation rental management companies. Below is a letter from...
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Vacation Rental Management Companies Adapt Cancellation Policies to Extend Rebooking Dates and Offer Credits

For small business owners, there is little that is more difficult than being faced with a circumstance in which they cannot make their customers...

Outer Banks Closes Doors to Visitors

As reported by OBX Today, Dare County is restricting visitor access to North Carolina's Outer Banks beginning at 2 p.m. Tuesday.  Read entire article.  In response...

How long will this last? President Trump: “August, could be July, could be longer than that. “

President Trump answered a question during today's briefing about how long disruption resulting from COVID-19 is going to last, saying "It seems to me...

Average Length of Stay for Vacation Rentals Remains Largely Unchanged Over Last 3 Years

Experts have been telling us for years that vacation rental guests are taking shorter vacations and that the average length of stay is shrinking....

20-question survey for vacation rental managers. We need your input.

For vacation rental professionals, we need your help! Will you help us by taking a 20-question survey about your thoughts about the future of the...

NoiseAware Announces their Best Vacation Rentals of the Summer

The Best Vacation Rental of 2019 Envizzo and aBundle partnered with NoiseAware to hold a sweepstakes from July 8-29 in order to find the best...

Properly Raises $8.5M for Housekeeping and Inspection Tech Platform for Airbnb Hosts

2018's third quarter already has been packed with venture capital and private equity funding news. In the latest of a series of announcements, San Francisco-based Properly,...
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The Inaugural Vacation Rental Women’s Summit Heading to New Orleans February 19-20, 2019

Hundreds of executives will gather for more than 50 sessions and events to celebrate, educate, and empower women in the vacation rental industry. The inaugural...

10 Strategies for Finding the Right Balance in Your 2018 Marketing Plan

After hitting an industry event such as VRM Intel Live or taking a VRMA webinar, it’s easy for marketing professionals to leave crackling with...

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