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Using Data to Make Better Business Decisions

Jack Newkirk -
Data can be a vacation rental management company (VRMC)’s best friend. However, it’s only useful if you’re looking at the right data for the...
Property Care

Homeowner Communications: Delivering and Communicating Deep Service Value to Homeowners

Jeremiah Gall -
Vacation rental managers have two distinct customers: guests and homeowners. The identity of a manager continues to evolve into that of a hospitality provider,...
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What Is My Company Worth? A Back-of-the Napkin Analysis

Jacobie Olin -
We are currently in an interesting time in the vacation rental industry for M&A transactions. From VC-backed companies to private equity (PE) firms, hotels,...
Marketing

Five Best Practices to Drive Direct Bookings

Xplorie Staff -
To truly develop your brand requires building direct bookings. It’s critical for a vacation rental property management company to maintain a professional looking website,...
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Relationship Building: Creating Cultures That Build Trust in Relationships

Ali Cammelletti -
The vacation rental industry has an amazing foundation, one built on relationships and communication, which is why I was drawn to the industry and...
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Average Length of Stay for Vacation Rentals Remains Largely Unchanged Over Last 3 Years

Amy Hinote -
Experts have been telling us for years that vacation rental guests are taking shorter vacations and that the average length of stay is shrinking....
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Connecting Systems: APIs in the Vacation Rental Industry

Amy Hinote -
By definition, an application programming interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for connecting software applications. Simply put, in the vacation rental...
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Opinion: Beverly Serral—I Went to Skift’s Short-Term Rental Summit and Here’s What Happened

Beverly Serral -
By Beverly Serral, cofounder and CEO of BESTNEST Attendee 1: I hope I hear a lot about master leases. Attendee 2: I hope I hear a...
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Predicting a recession? Historically, vacation rentals in domestic leisure destinations perform well during recession periods

Amy Hinote -
While no one wishes for a recession, it is hard to ignore multiple predictions that one is coming. As we look at travel sectors...
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Revenue Management: Who’s in Your Driver’s Seat

Andrew McConnell -
At the recent Inaugural VRM Intel Data & Revenue Management Conference in Atlanta, the first day largely focused on “setting the table.” This meant...
Education

Scaling Your Business: 5 Focus Areas For Human Resource Managers

Sue Jones -
In the vacation rental industry, we frequently hear chatter about scaling businesses. The topic of scaling is a nebulous idea that may leave some...
Marketing

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

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

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

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

Amy Hinote -
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...
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Vacasa raises $319M to ramp up global expansion

Amy Hinote -
Vacasa, today, announced a $319 million strategic investment round led by tech investor Silver Lake, along with existing investors Riverwood Capital, Level Equity and...
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Property managers’ company logos and names disappear from Vrbo listing pages in what company calls a “test”

Amy Hinote -
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...
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LiveRez founder and CEO Tracy Lotz out, Inhabit IQ exec to lead internal transition

Amy Hinote -
Today, Inhabit IQ announced to its LiveRez customers that founder and CEO Tracy Lotz and CFO Rich Cook are leaving the company. The email...
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Vacasa Finalizes Purchase of Wyndham Vacation Rentals at $162M

Amy Hinote -
Vacasa has finalized its acquisition of Wyndham Vacation Rentals from Wyndham Destinations (NYSE: WYND) for a purchase price of $162 million. Vacasa financed the...
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Inside look at Inhabit IQ: GSV combines commercial, residential, and short-term rental technology under proptech umbrella.

Amy Hinote -
Greater Sum Ventures (GSV) began making waves in the vacation rental (VR) industry late last year as news spread that the long-term equity firm...
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VRMA breaks ties with LSI Tools as comparative data provider for vacation rental manager members

Amy Hinote -
Days ahead of the Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) International Conference—and with data and revenue management at the forefront of discussions—the industry's trade association...
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Catching up with the FOCKers. Latest from OTA leaders: Fogel, Okerstrom, Chesky, and Kaufer

Amy Hinote -
Over the last several years, four CEOs have led online travel agencies (OTAs) in feeding the top of the consumer funnel for alternative accommodations...
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How did Booking.com rate your properties? New classification system gives vacation rentals a star rating

Amy Hinote -
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...
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Beyond Pricing Raises $42.5M to Expand Pricing Tool Technology for Vacation Rental Managers

Amy Hinote -
Beyond Pricing, the vacation rental industry's largest provider of revenue management tools, announced today that it has raised $42.5 million to execute on a...
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Northwest Vacation Rental Professionals Expands Vacation Rental Marketplace to Hawaii

Vince Perez -
"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...
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