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Travel insurance: VRMs told “opt-out” not an option

Commissions from selling travel insurance products provide a significant source of ancillary revenue for vacation rental managers. Over the last decade, travel insurance representatives taught...

FVRMA/CFVRMA Xtravaganza kicks off Aug 20

The Florida Vacation Rental Managers Association and the Central Florida Vacation Rental Managers Association have joined together to create the 2014 VRM Xtravaganza, August 20-22...

…And this is why I never talk about Airbnb by Matt Landeau

By Matt Landeau, Vacation Rental Marketing Blog Over the past 4 years, I’ve written a total of 277 posts on this blog, all designed to...

Milne resigns from Wyndham, Marriott exec named President Vacation Rentals North America

Earlier this week Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN)  named Marriott's Mary Lynn Clark as President, Wyndham Vacation Rentals North America following the resignation of current...

Beach Vacation Rentals wins White Glove Award for third year straight

Across Florida, thousands of lodgings offer 370,000 rooms to Florida’s 95-million annual visitors. Last year, only 132 lodgings, including all of Beach Vacation Rental’s properties,...

6th Annual Laundry/Linen seminar, Sep 23-24

You’re invited to Tampa, FL on September 23 and 24, 2014 for Pro Resort Housekeeping’s 6th Annual Laundry/Linen seminar. As usual, this seminar is for managers...

Listing pages vs property pages: What vacation rental managers do better

The effort the big distribution players are putting into improving the conversion rates on their listing pages provides property managers with areas of opportunity....
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PMT launches Click and Go Mobile Guest App for the Vacation Rental Industry

PMT, Property Manager Tools, the leader in automated quote responder technology, has launched their “Click and Go” Mobile Guest App for the vacation rental...

Special offers for Vacation Rental Managers

Here are special offers from vacation rental vendors:   TruPlace Floor Plan Tours -$40 off interactive floor plan tours Late Summer Special: Order floor plan tours before...

Listing pages vs property pages: What we can learn

What are vacation rental managers doing to optimize their property pages for better conversion? We reached out to several website designers in the vacation...

Listing pages vs property pages: What do they know that you don’t?

Vacation rental distribution sites, such as HomeAway, FlipKey and Airbnb, spend a significant amount of time and money testing and optimizing the design of...

Google to rank sites with encryption higher

Earlier this week in a move to make the Internet more safe and secure for users, Google announced it is adding website encryption to...

Savannah commission delays decision on short-term vacation rental ordinance

The Metropolitan Planning Commission postponed a recommendation on whether to establish a definition for short-term residential rentals in the city's zoning ordinance, a change...

Determining Thread Count

One of the most frequently asked questions I get from vacation rental owners is how to create a hotel bed experience and for me...
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Sizing the marketplace: Professionally managed vacation rentals

How many professional vacation rental managers are in the U.S.? This question arises often at VRM Intel. Due to varying definitions of second homes,...

Identifying data fields for vacation rental managers

Vacation rental managers who collect accurate data and learn to use their data in real-time for marketing, reservations, rate management and intelligent business decisions...

Under the Hood with Vantage Resort Realty

Brad Callahan, founder and president at Travel Advantage Network (TAN), needed vacation rental inventory in Ocean City, MD, to meet membership demand. After working...

Vacation Rental Industry Ripe for Acquisitions

2014 has already seen key acquisitions by growing vacation rental management companies, with several big announcements on the way. Late last year, Wyndham purchased...

About Amy Hinote

Amy Hinote is the founder and editor of VRM Intel which provides news and education for the rapidly expanding professionally managed vacation rental industry....

STRAC management moves under Travel Tech umbrella

Airbnb, HomeAway and TripAdvisor have joined Travel Tech and moved the management of the Short Term Rental Advocacy Center (STRAC) under the Travel Tech...

HomeAway names new CMO

HomeAway today named Visa's Mariano Dima as chief marketing officer (CMO). In this position, Dima will oversee all global marketing, corporate communications and brand initiatives. As...
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RealPage User Conference Underway

The RealPage (NASDAQ: RP) RealWorld 2014 user conference in Chicago is currently underway and is being met with a high level of excitement and...

Airbnb’s rebrand: Turning company into creed

Airbnb launched its new logo and rebranding campaign today. There are two videos below, the new logo launch and the comments by CEO Brian...

Zooming in on HDR photography

HDR Photography or, what's commonly referred to as 'Fusion' photography, is ranking very high on the popularity chart nowadays. For those of you unfamiliar, HDR...

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