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Building for a Niche Audience: Three Vacation Rental Entrepreneurs Purpose-Design Vacation Rentals to Meet Unique Travel Needs

What do a collection of homes on golf courses in Alabama, a 10-bedroom mansion in Branson, Missouri, and a sun-drenched villa on the island...

Owners and 3rd Party Channels: Convincing Homeowners to Pursue New Guests using Expedia and Booking.com

The way guests book vacation rentals (VRs) has changed dramatically in the past five years. One of our Gulf Coast clients with 200 properties experienced...

18 Months in Review: A Look at Actual ADR, Occupancy, Length of Stay, and Booking Window Across Key Vacation Rental Markets

While the concept has taken time to catch on, vacation rental managers and DMOs are beginning to value and utilize comparative data platforms that...

Calculating Occupancy in the Vacation Rental Industry: Should Owner Stays and Maintenance Holds Be Considered for Vacation Rentals?

Occupancy has consistently been used as a staple indicator of performance for hoteliers and rental managers. Because occupancy rates are one of the most useful...

Overcome Direct Booking Obstacles with a Best-In-Class Booking Engine

Your booking engine is the beating heart of your vacation rental website. Simply put, it’s the foundation that supports the success of your online...

Expedia’s stock tanks as company looks to bypass Google and increase direct bookings on Vrbo

Expedia’s stock is down 26 percent today after the company posted Q3 2019 results showing underperformance. According to Bloomberg, Vrbo posted another decline in...

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...
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Property managers’ company logos and names disappear from Vrbo listing pages in what company calls a “test”

Late last week, vacation rental managers began reporting that their company logos had disappeared from Vrbo's listing pages.  Previously, Vrbo displayed company logos on listing...

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...

Catching up with the FOCKers. Latest from OTA leaders: Fogel, Okerstrom, Chesky, and Kaufer

Over the last several years, four CEOs have led online travel agencies (OTAs) in feeding the top of the consumer funnel for alternative accommodations...

How did Booking.com rate your properties? New classification system gives vacation rentals a star rating

Property managers and homeowners using Booking.com who haven't checked the site lately might be surprised to find a star rating on their property listings. Booking.com...

20-question survey for vacation rental managers. We need your input.

For vacation rental professionals, we need your help! Will you help us by taking a 20-question survey about your thoughts about the future of the...

Northwest Vacation Rental Professionals Expands Vacation Rental Marketplace to Hawaii

"We are very excited for our NWVRP Hawaiian professional managers joining our marketplace network of professionally managed vacation homes. GreatHawaiiStays.com will provide even more...

Return on Experience (ROE): The Future of Vacation Rental Marketing

As entrepreneurs in the small accommodations business, you’re likely well-versed in ROI. That’s Return on Investment, of course, and it’s a mindset that can...
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Win 2 VIP Tickets to the Vacation Rental World Summit in Lake Como, October 5-6 by Sharing Your Best #BookDirect Strategy

We are looking for innovative and/or proven strategies property managers and hosts are using get more direct bookings. Share your best tactic, idea, or strategy...

2019 Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference Photos and Videos

The first Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference is in the books, and we wanted to share some photos from the event along...

Five Keys to Responding to a Negative Online Review

In a time where social media has given us all a channel to be heard, the tone of our digital engagements seems to also...

Revenue Management Glossary for Vacation Rentals

Revenue Management in the vacation rental industry is a discipline that is growing and developing at a fast pace. At VRM Intel, we collaborated...

Message to Vacation Rental Management Companies: Don’t Give Up

The vacation rental industry may be changing, but now is not the time to give up At VRM Intel, we receive regular emails and calls...

Independent Vacation Rental Managers: Beat the Disruptors by Playing Your Game

Play to Your Strengths as a Local Vacation Rental Brand Like virtually all industries these days, the vacation rental (VR) business is experiencing a period...

Riding the Next Wave of Vacation Rental Consolidation

As the industry hits its third wave of maturity, there’s a renewed focus on consolidation. Vacasa continues acquiring vacation rental managers at a rapid...
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Summer 2019: Vacation Rental Performance in NC, SC, AL and FL Panhandle

Average Daily Rates Are Up, But Overall Occupancy Rates Are Down At VRM Intel, we have been a long-time strong advocate for comparative data in...

Trust Flow Matters

Expedia’s recent revenue miss is flushing out the true state of OTAs as it relates to our industry. Doing away with the HomeAway brand...

What’s Going on with Google and Vacation Rentals?

What if the Only Website You Ever Needed for Travel Booking was Google.com? Related: Before you read this, check out: Google Adds Vacation Rentals   By Susan...

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