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Distribution Strategies—The Big Picture

Michelle Marquis -
I once spoke at VRMA conferences about the changes, expense, and reality of OTAs coming into the vacation rental industry. Now we look back...
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Safety in Vacation Rentals Should be an Expectation, Not an Option

Sean Miller -
When it comes to accommodations options, vacation rentals lag behind hotels in one important area: safety. Based on our recent research, over two-thirds of private...
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Maximize Revenue with Transactional Content

VRM Intel Staff -
Content can often feel overwhelming to produce, but when written with intent, vacation rental managers have the incredible opportunity to boost their brand, integrate...
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Unlocking Travel for All: How VillaKey is Making Vacations Accessible for Families with Autism

Alexa Nota -
“I got an opportunity just a couple weeks ago to spend some time with one of our families in Orlando,” said Alice Horn, founder...
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Fireside Chat: Breezeway and Durk Johnson

VRM Intel Staff -
After nearly 20 years in the vacation rental industry, Durk Johnson has seen it all. From his accidental transition into the business with Deer...
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Vacation Rental Professionals of Maine Select Fetch My Guest to Power NortheastStays.com

Vince Perez -
Coming off of the successful launch of the NorthwestStays Marketplace for professional vacation rental hosts, Fetch My Guest and the Vacation Rental Professionals of...
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Embracing the end-to-end guest experience: How Leslie Preston built Bachcare, New Zealand’s largest property management company

Alexa Nota -
In 2003, Leslie Preston bought a vacation rental home in Hahei, New Zealand, a small beach community in the Coromandel region. When she began...
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Carrying the Torch: 5 Generations of Vacation Rental Hospitality

Alexa Nota -
When Walt Plimpton was 10 years old, his job was to tow a little red wagon from cabin to cabin collecting trash bins and...
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The Opportunities In Between: Capturing the Niche Markets Others Don’t

Alexa Nota -
There’s an old Irish blessing that goes, “May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it” (or so the...
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Niche Vacation Rental Listing Sites

Alexa Nota -
As a landslide of new technology and OTA expansion barrels down the slopes of the vacation rental industry, some opportunities for growth become buried...
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Is Wyndham Destinations getting ready to spin off Wyndham Vacation Rentals North America?

Amy Hinote -
Last year, as Wyndham Worldwide split into two publicly traded companies, Wyndham Hotel and Resorts (NYSE: WH) and Wyndham Destinations (NYSE: WYND), and announced that it had sold its market-leading...
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The 2019 Vacation Rental Management Web Store

Amy Hinote -
Vacation rental management websites have come a long way in the past decade. The addition of quotable rates, professional photos, advanced filtering, comparison shopping, mobile-friendly design, new...
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Self-Care in an Industry of Service

Ali Cammelletti -
Having grown up in the hospitality industry, I was taught to always put the guest’s needs first. This mindset eventually led me to put...
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How to Sign More New Homeowners… and Keep the Ones You Already Have!

Doug Kennedy -
As I often say in on-site workshops, “If you want to get as much business as everyone else gets, then do the things that...
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Is it Time to Update Your Social Impact Strategy?

Lynn Thurston -
When a guest is considering renting a vacation home, purpose, cost, and location remain top considerations. Increasingly, however, guests, owners, prospective employees, and regulators are...
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Coming to a City near You: As vacation rentals grow in popularity, so do the regulations to stop them

Alexa Nota -
The 2018 legislation season brought the vacation rental industry some high highs, low lows, and everything in between. Cities that had been embattled for...
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Journey Mapping: Attract and Retain Employees by Mapping the Employee Experience

Sue Jones -
In today’s economy, when unemployment is at a 30-year low, the biggest challenge employers face is just how hard it is to attract the...
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Podcast Roundup: VRMs Light Up the Airwaves with Direct Booking Discussions

Alexa Nota -
Although the Second Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day is winding to a close, vacation rental managers, homeowners, and industry influencers are keeping the discussion...
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UK Agency Addresses Misleading OTA Sales Tactics

Alexa Nota -
Updated February 6, 2019 with statements from Expedia and Booking.com. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced today it has taken action against Expedia,...
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Property Managers Discuss Their OTA Distribution Strategies

Alexa Nota -
Strategic distribution has become one of the hottest topics in the vacation rental industry. As the speed of OTA technology and policy changes increases,...
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Vince Perez: The Rise of Direct Bookings in the Vacation Rental Industry

Vince Perez -
In the past few months, I have had the privilege of sitting on industry panels with some very smart people who represent different approaches...
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How Hotels Push Direct Bookings and Seek OTA Independence

Alexa Nota -
As property managers and homeowners rally to promote direct bookings and build OTA independence, so too are the vacation rental industry's comrades in the...
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Exceptional Stays Drives Direct Bookings with the Human Touch

Alexa Nota -
“OTA independence is essential to our business strategy,” said Christina Casas, founder and CEO of Exceptional Stays. “We decided long ago that we had...
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Drop the Mic: A look behind the scenes with VRM podcasters Sarah Bradford and Tim Cafferty

Alexa Nota -
Over the past year and a half, Sarah Bradford and Tim Cafferty have become household names in the vacation rental industry, thanks to their...
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