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Photo Staging to Wow Renters

Cabin fever is an inevitable result of the COVID-19 lockdowns—a good thing, of course, for owners of vacation rentals—but an attention-grabbing online presence is...

One Size Doesn’t Fit All in Owner Acquisition

Great homeowners are the foundation of every vacation rental management business, and each year, attracting them becomes more of a challenge. As OTAs increasingly...

21 Jump Seat: Passenger or Pilot?

2021 Will Be the Year That Managers Stop Being Passengers and Start Piloting Their Own Marketing Futures The story of the past decade in vacation...

Marketers: Too Soon to Plan for 2022?

In the vacation rental industry, 2020 was a story of haves and have-nots. For leisure vacation destinations with strong drive-to markets, short periods of...

Fact or Fiction? Mythbusting Hot Vacation Rental Trends

Last year was disruptive to our sense of normalcy in so many ways, and the typical trends and patterns we’ve come to count on...

Fast Growth at Homes & Villas by Marriott International

Senior Director Travis Riner Shares Insight into Objectives, Growth, and Future Plans Marriott International jumped headfirst into the vacation rental industry in May 2019 with...

Expedia CEO Talks Vrbo: We ‘Removed Vrbo from Google’s Vacation Rental Meta Product’

During today’s Expedia Group earnings call, CEO Peter Kern and CFO Eric Hart told its investors that Vrbo provided a bright spot for the...
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The Pace Report Is Dead

I think it was 2010 when I read a blog post titled, “SEO Is Dead,” written by a then-active vacation rental marketing leader. The...

Stays Group Vacation Rental Network Opens SoutheastStays

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

Rented joins Vacation Rental Women’s Summit as Presenting Sponsor

With gratitude, we're excited to announce that our friends at Rented are joining VRM Intel as presenting sponsors for the upcoming 2021 Vacation Rental...

Survey Shows 31% of Those Who Traveled after COVID-19 Stayed in a Short-term/Vacation Rental

Last week, VRM Intel conducted a consumer survey through Google to get an idea about how many people traveled in 2020 after March (After...

Rented Launches New Automated Rate Tool for Vacation Rental Professionals

Rented, a widely-used revenue management partner for vacation rental professionals, today announced the launch of Art, an Automated Rate Tool that helps property managers...

Vrbo Is Performing Better Than Airbnb for Vacation Rental Managers, But Direct Booking Still Number One Revenue Source . . . By A Lot

Is Airbnb the top booking source for vacation rental managers? Not by a long shot. Looking at $2.4 billion in 2020 rental revenue received by...

4th Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day Is February 3, 2021

The Fourth Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day, recurring on the first Wednesday in February, is coming soon. On February 3, 2021, short-term and vacation...
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Timing is Everything: The Impact of Seasonality on COVID Recovery for Southeast Destinations

It’s easy to make blanket statements about vacation rental performance. Throughout this year, we’ve heard many of them: “Vacation rentals are doing well.” “Beach...

Learn How You Can Unleash Your ‘Limitless Female Energy’ During VRM’s Thought Leadership Series Featuring Author/Speaker Amber Hurdle

Enrolling her audience in “You University” for the day, author/speaker/consultant Amber Hurdle urges nearly 300 attendees to self-reflect, saying, “Today, I want you to...

How to Use Website Traffic to Gauge Demand for Your Market

Knowledge of supply and demand is critical to any business. It determines nightly pricing, minimum stays, marketing, and so much more. It is so...

Elements of a Property Detail Page: How They Can Make or Break Your Bookings

Property detail pages (PDPs) on your website, as well as the vacation property’s assets you provide to your channel partners, are crucial aspects for...

Airbnb Goes Public. CEO Brian Chesky: “Travel is never going to look like it did in January”

The day is finally here. Airbnb begins a new chapter in its story with today's Wall Street debut. Priced at $68 with a $47B...

Fast-Paced Revenue Management: The 10-Minute, $10,000 Mistake

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller   Classic movie. Basic...

The Bright Spot in 2020 Travel: U.S. Vacation Rentals See Higher ADRs, Revenue, and Adj. Pd. Occupancy

If there was a bright spot for travel in 2020, it was found in the vacation rental industry. US performance data provided today by Key...
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6 Takeaways from Vrbo’s 2021 Consumer Travel Trend Report

Vrbo has released its annual Trend Report using travel demand data to identify trends shaping travel for the upcoming year. Said Vrbo president Jeff Hurst,...

Are You Ready to Ride the Wave to Becoming a 2021 Social Media Game Changer?

In the world of fast-paced social media and slow-going fact-checking, posts that best drive customers may not be the ones that feature the best...

Managing Profit, Not Just Revenue

The Second Annual Data and Revenue Management (DARM) Master Class may be the quintessential illustration of the vacation rental industry in 2020. After DARM’s incredibly...

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