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Understanding Aid Available through the Paycheck Protection Program for Vacation Rental Managers

A Simple Guide to Help Vacation Rental Managers Understand Aid Available through the Paycheck Protection Program Undeniably, the vacation rental industry has been absolutely shaken...

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...

The Importance of Deep Cleans – Let’s Get Real

Since submitting this article, COVID-19 has surfaced and ravaged the globe, the economy and this industry. Now, more than ever, it is the property...

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...

Vacasa announces layoffs, executive pay cuts, and cuts in hours for others

Earlier today, Vacasa notified employees it is laying off an unspecified number of workers, cutting the hours of others in half, and reducing executive...

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...

Who’s Your Director of First Impressions? Lessons from a Recovering 25-Year Director of Reservations

Leading a reservation call center for Kaiser Realty on the Alabama Gulf Coast for nearly 25 years—through 9/11, several devastating hurricanes, the oil spill...
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Inspections: A Major Key to Housekeeping Success

By Sage Viator, Executive Housekeeper, Padre Escapes Here at Padre Escapes, we currently employ a small team of full-time inspectors year-round. This is not to...

Housekeeping Profitability: Making Your Housekeeping Department a Profit Center

By Jeremy Clayton, Managing Partner, and Christi Knoll, General Manager, Padre Escapes First, here’s a little about our company, Padre Escapes. We are located on...

Experience and Professionalism: Why They Matter in the Vacation Rental Industry

I began my career in the vacation rental industry 20 years ago. As a kid out of college, I accepted a job with ResortQuest,...

VRM Intel Live! is heading to Gatlinburg, Feb 26, with advanced-level education and discussion for vacation rental managers

Vacation rental professionals are heading to Tennessee in a few weeks for VRM Intel Live! Gatlinburg. The conference will be held on Wednesday, February...

Call Scoring: Moving the Needle with Call Scoring and Coaching

Listening to recorded calls for reservation sales and guest services offers invaluable insight into how company’s values are being reflected in direct phone communications....

A Cotswold Welcome: Down-Home UK Hospitality with Andy and Sarah Smith, Honeypot Cottages

November in jolly olde England. Cold. Drizzly. Gray. But, with a bit of luck, an occasional pop of sunshine. During a recent month-long stay,...

Setting Your Company Apart: Differentiating your vacation rental company from the competition with E.P.I.C. Hospitality™

Train hospitality through the heart and not the head by focusing on concepts such as empathy, patience, intuition, and compassion (EPIC). As I often say...
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Homeowner Communications: Delivering and Communicating Deep Service Value to Homeowners

Vacation rental managers have two distinct customers: guests and homeowners. The identity of a manager continues to evolve into that of a hospitality provider,...

Relationship Building: Creating Cultures That Build Trust in Relationships

The vacation rental industry has an amazing foundation, one built on relationships and communication, which is why I was drawn to the industry and...

Predicting a recession? Historically, vacation rentals in domestic leisure destinations perform well during recession periods

While no one wishes for a recession, it is hard to ignore multiple predictions that one is coming. As we look at travel sectors...

Scaling Your Business: 5 Focus Areas For Human Resource Managers

In the vacation rental industry, we frequently hear chatter about scaling businesses. The topic of scaling is a nebulous idea that may leave some...

Looking for that special family Christmas gift? 5 reasons to give the gift of time with a family vacation (plus booking tips)

Choosing the right Christmas presents for family members can be challenging. We look for gift ideas that are meaningful, create joy, build lasting memories,...

Email Overload: Train Your Vacation Rental Team to Overcome Flooded Inboxes

Not so long ago in the lodging business, a long meeting or a day off would mean returning to a stack of handwritten notes...

Vacasa raises $319M to ramp up global expansion

Vacasa, today, announced a $319 million strategic investment round led by tech investor Silver Lake, along with existing investors Riverwood Capital, Level Equity and...
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Vacasa Finalizes Purchase of Wyndham Vacation Rentals at $162M

Vacasa has finalized its acquisition of Wyndham Vacation Rentals from Wyndham Destinations (NYSE: WYND) for a purchase price of $162 million. Vacasa financed the...

The big deal in Vacation Rentals: Booking’s new Quality Ratings

Throwing the gauntlet: dead in five years? Three years ago, Maninder Gulati of OYO predicted at Phocuswright India that “plain aggregators” will be dead in...

Matt Landau’s “The Vacation Rental Show” spans continents and makes the jump to primetime TV in Middle East and North Africa

Last year, Matt Landau partnered with Booking.com to produce he second season of the web series, The Vacation Rental Show, in which Landau travels...

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