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Third-Party Distribution Channels: Are OTAs Your Foe, Friend, or Frenemy?

My experience on this topic began with a foundation in the hotel industry where I saw distribution, revenue management, and use of online travel...

Thinking Outside the (In)box: Using Email Marketing to Drive Bookings in Today’s Economic Climate

The world of travel is opening again. With COVID-related restrictions lifting and vaccine distribution expanding, the public is hungry for travel—and they’re booking vacation...

NAVIS Purchased in Private Equity Rollup under Hotel Marketing Platform Revinate

In an email to its clients today, NAVIS announced that it has been purchased by Serent Capital as part of a rollup under the...

New Vacation Rental Data Standards in a Post-Pandemic World

Experts in many fields, from economics to health care, have referred to COVID-19 as an accelerator that escalated shifts in societal behavior. The pandemic...

Professional Vacation Rental Marketers are Heading to Charleston for a Post-Covid Look into the Future, Aug 17 – 18

Professional vacation rental marketers looking to the future are predicting a rapidly changing competitive landscape. After hearing from these executives, a substantive marketing track...

OTAs: The End of Property Management as We Know It

  A $70 Billion Difference  A manager at one of the three big global listing platforms recently told me, “There is no doubt that rent-by-owner has...

Helping Your Guests Create Memories that Matter One Experience at a Time

A guest’s memories of a vacation can be different from their true experience and are sometimes shaped by a single event. That is why...
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The Importance of SEO to Your Vacation Rental Website and Marketing Strategy

When I tell people I’m a search engine optimization (SEO) specialist, I see their eyes glaze over. I often resort to a short response...

Jeremy Gall Discusses Challenges & Opportunities: Where Is Vacation Rental Management Heading?

When we started Breezeway in 2016, few companies in the vacation rental ecosystem were talking about property care and operations. Managers were focused on...

Hand-to-Hand Combat: Winning the Battle for Direct Bookings

For years now, vacation rental companies have been fighting desperately to win back market share from third parties, such as online travel agencies (OTAs),...

Is Influencer Marketing the Right Tactic for Your Vacation Rental Business?

Scrolling through online vacation rental marketing and management forums will quickly reveal the story of what many professional owners and property managers think of...

Vintory’s Director of Digital Marketing Gives a Crash Course: How to Get The Most Out of Your Digital Advertising Efforts

“We’re seeing lots of traffic, it’s not just converting.” How many times have you heard this? How many times have you said it yourself? Google Ads...

Piecing Together Technology Systems to Execute Revenue Management Strategies

In business and life in general, they say to avoid extremes. Make a solid plan, make corrective adjustments, but stay the course and “fly...

Property Management Newcomer Casiola: How their Fresh Look at the Industry is Making them Successful

This past February, I pulled into the driveway of my Orlando vacation rental around 9:00 p.m. on a Saturday night. It’s always unsettling to...
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Need More Properties to Rent Out? Now Is The Time to Grow Your Vacation Rental Business

For a vacation rental manager, adding inventory is the best way to grow the value of your business.   The demand for vacation rentals is at...

Airbnb CEO Acknowledges Vacation Rentals in Last Week’s Earnings Call: “We welcome all hospitality providers on Airbnb.”

Over the last two weeks, investors heard from CEOs at both Airbnb and Expedia/Vrbo about their first quarter performance. According to Airbnb's CEO Brian...

Expedia CEO Peter Kern Discusses Vrbo Performance: Vrbo hosts make more than Airbnb hosts on average.

During the last two weeks, investors heard from CEOs at both Airbnb and Expedia/Vrbo about 2021's first quarter performance. For those who smartly opted...

How Property Managers Can Capitalize on New ‘Revenge Travel’ Trends

The rebound of the travel industry in the United States is underway with guests around the country booking out vacation rentals for the summer...

VRM Execs and GMs: The Industry Needs Your Feedback in this 2021 Short-Term Rental Industry Survey by Phocuswright

By Pete Comeau, Managing Director, Phocuswright Short-term rentals in the US have been on a steady growth trajectory over the past decade. Since 2013, Phocuswright,...

Stays Group Announces Release of SouthwestStays

The member driven marketplace is part of the largest cooperative network of independent vacation rental brands working together to drive book direct initiatives that...

How to Boost Owner Acquisition & Retention in Vacation Rentals

“With more competition in the market, acquiring and retaining owners is a large determinant of running a successful management business. It’s always a challenge...
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Using Purpose-Built Tools to Better Serve Your Vacation Rental Business

“The ecosystem of ancillary technology enables vacation rental managers to work more efficiently. Short-term rental managers have gravitated away from one-size-fits-all technology and rely...

Creating a Digital Marketing Ecosystem To Drive More Revenue

If it’s possible to find a silver lining in the cloud that was 2020, the resilience of the vacation rental industry might be it....

Takeaways from Airbnb’s First Earnings Call as a Publicly Traded Company

Yesterday, Airbnb held its first earnings call as a publicly traded company following the release of its Q4-2020 financials. For vacation rental managers listing...

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