Vacation Rental Marketing

When a guest is considering renting a vacation home, purpose, cost, and location remain top considerations. Increasingly,...

Although the Second Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day is winding to a close, vacation rental managers, homeowners,...

Updated February 6, 2019 with statements from Expedia and Booking.com. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)...

Reinventing The Wheel #bookdirect day won’t bring you direct bookings – This article will. Tomorrow (February 6th)...

Strategic distribution has become one of the hottest topics in the vacation rental industry. As the speed...

In the past few months, I have had the privilege of sitting on industry panels with some...

As property managers and homeowners rally to promote direct bookings and build OTA independence, so too are...

“OTA independence is essential to our business strategy,” said Christina Casas, founder and CEO of Exceptional Stays....

Coming to a mailbox near you, the Winter 2019 VRM Intel Magazine issue is here.   Here are some...

Emerald Coast by Owner (ECBYO.com) announced yesterday that it has acquired regional site DestinFlorida.com in an equity...

As we start the New Year our industry can expect more changes.  From this, we expect to see...

The Northwest Vacation Rental Professionals (NWVRP) announced this week it has launched a new regional listing site:...

Lexicon Travel has added vacation rental industry veteran Michelle Marquis to its leadership team as Chief Revenue...

“I got an opportunity just a couple weeks ago to spend some time with one of our...

2018 was a whirlwind for those of us who cover the vacation rental industry. The pace of...

A dozen years ago, before HomeAway acquired VRBO and before vacation rentals had any presence with major...

Tourist crowds wandering Burano, a quiet residential island off of Venice   Billed as an “ethical alternative...

  In June, vacation and short-term rental provider Northeast Suites launched GoLocal Suites, a line of properties...

Communication via texting is rapidly increasing as we all see every day. Now when I dine out at a restaurant...

The Second Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day, recurring on the first Wednesday in February, is set for...

Last month, VillaKey became the first vacation rental company to become certified in autism travel by the...

Last week, HomeAway announced its release of virtual tours for vacation rentals listed on HomeAway and VRBO....

On Monday, Phocuswright released its Hot 25 Startups list for 2019. Created in partnership with Voyager HQ,...

Consistency Drives Convergence In a recent USA Today article on why Airbnb and similar sharing economy businesses are dwindling in popularity, this quote caught my eye:...