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Hotel and Vacation Rental Experts Come Together to Discuss Revenue Management at Upcoming Forum

Amy Hinote -
For decades, the travel industry has bobbed in and out of speculative attempts toward what many believe to be an inevitable convergence of the...
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Matt Landau Expands Footprint with New Podcast Featuring Dana Lubner and Sponsored by TRACK Software

Amy Hinote -
Matt Landau, founder of VRMB and host of the online series The Vacation Rental Show, is expanding his toolkit of resources for short-term rental companies...
COVID-19

Booking Pace Snapshots: Examining Year-over-Year Adjusted Occupancy Rates, March through July

Amy Hinote -
As the United States slowly awakened to the reality that COVID-19 was putting a halt on travel, Key Data Dashboard’s Melanie Brown and I...
COVID-19

Restoring Your Pricing Strategy

Kam Bain -
COVID-19 Road Map to Recovery Key Indicators Travel trends are changing daily as the world navigates through the COVID-19 crisis, especially in the vacation rental...
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2nd Annual Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference set for Sep 15-17

Amy Hinote -
VRM Intel is hosting the Second Annual Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference, September 15 - 17, 2020. This educational summit, presented by...
COVID-19

Navigating COVID-19: What’s Next in Marketing

Jill Highsmith McGee -
The vacation rental industry is a unique market that is constantly in flux, but one thing remains certain: vacation rental companies are as adaptable...
Marketing

Distribution Policies: Rethinking Distribution and Strategic Partnerships in a Post-COVID World

Alex Husner -
This year was off to a solid start for many vacation rental management companies. Summer reservations were pacing ahead of last year in popular...
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COVID-19

Three VRM Fundamentals That Haven’t Changed: Diversification, Relationships, and Branding

Vince Perez -
As we come out on the other side of this pandemic and prepare for relaunch, it is important to recognize that there were already...
Marketing

The 5-hr Drive Market: Targeting the “Five-Hour Drive” Leisure Traveler Using Geotargeting and Local SEO

Jodi Bourne -
The COVID-19 pandemic will change the way vacation rental providers operate for the foreseeable future— cancellation policies, cleaning standards, procedures, and even the amenities...
Marketing

5 tips to make guests “feel” good when walking in the door for the first time

VRM Intel Staff -
1) Provide clear directions to the property at their fingertips. First, provide guests with easy-to-follow directions via both text and email. Don’t bury directions in...
COVID-19

Dear Vacation Rental Industry: Letters from Vacation Rental Industry Executives

VRM Intel Staff -
In the vacation rental industry, facing crises is something we do well, from fires and earthquakes to hurricanes and oil spills. However, the seismic...
Marketing

Beyond Pricing Acquires Blizzard Internet Marketing

Amy Hinote -
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...
Marketing

Lasting Impact: Leveraging Professionalism to Meet the New Traveler Persona

Justin Ford -
I’m writing this from quarantine in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, a market where vacation rentals have been on hold this spring and where the...
Marketing

Be a Contrarian: Now Is the Best Time to Grow Your Inventory

Brooke Pfautz -
Great things can come out of a plague. In 1606, a plague swept England, quarantining Shakespeare at his home. During that time, he wrote Macbeth,...
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COVID-19

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

Amy Hinote -
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...
Marketing

What the Data Shows: Crafting digital strategies for COVID-19 and beyond

Jennifer Perez -
For many vacation rental companies, stability and routine flew out the window in mid-March—along with a significant portion of their income. Proven digital marketing...
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Q&A with Vrbo’s Lisa Chen: “We’ve started seeing encouraging improvement in U.S. traveler demand.”

Amy Hinote -
While the vacation rental industry faces challenges related to COVID-19, property managers and homeowners are having to work directly with third-party booking providers—including Vrbo...
COVID-19

Florida opens panhandle’s vacation rentals 72 hours before Memorial Day Weekend kick off. See approved short-term rental plans.

Amy Hinote -
Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' office approved the reopening of vacation rentals in panhandle counties: Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, Franklin, and...
COVID-19

Alabama’s tourism economy benefits from Florida Governor DeSantis’ shutdown of vacation rentals

Amy Hinote -
Alabama's tourism economy is getting a boost from Florida’s continued shutdown of vacation rentals as travelers who are unable to stay in vacation homes...
COVID-19

Airbnb reaches out to city officials to influence “transitional travel reopening plans”

Amy Hinote -
Airbnb's Chris Lehane, vice president of global policy and communications, is reaching out to city officials to influence COVID-19-related reopening policies to "work together...
COVID-19

Airbnb demonstrates lack of strategic thinking in response to COVID-19

Amber Carpenter -
Only time will tell how the industry will assimilate the behavior of Airbnb during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the youngest major OTA at the...
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COVID-19

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

Amy Hinote -
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...
COVID-19

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

Amy Hinote -
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...
COVID-19

VRM Intel Live Online 2-Day Conference for Vacation Rental Managers, April 16 – 17

Amy Hinote -
VRM Intel Live Online, a virtual conference for vacation rental managers, is being held April 16 -17, 2020 with 14 live sessions over the...
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