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Revenue Management: Who’s in Your Driver’s Seat?

Revenue Management has gone from an arcane subject to perhaps the most discussed topic in our industry (including an upcoming conference hosted by VRM...

Next Level Revenue Management from Red Awning’s Heather Richer

A Hotel Veteran’s Perspective             After working in the boutique hotel world for over 15 years with a specific focus on revenue management and distribution, I...

 Is Your Guest Wi-Fi 5 Stars?

We pretty much expect great Wi-Fi wherever we go these days. Sitting on an airplane at 30,000 feet? Better be able to watch online...

HomeAway Software Trends Report Reveals What Vacation Rental Managers Need to Know in 2019

Over the past two years, the vacation rental industry has continued to evolve rapidly. HomeAway Software recently published its 2019 US Vacation Rental Trends...

Sea to Sky’s Heidi Stuber is Running for Seattle City Council

Heidi Stuber has officially thrown her hat in the ring for a position on Seattle’s City Council. Stuber is the strategic director at Sea...

Asset Management vs Property Management for Second Homes

Are You an Asset Manager, a Property Manager, or Both? We often think of real estate asset managers as managing commercial real estate portfolios. However,...

Vacasa Acquires Sterling Resorts

Vacasa has acquired Sterling Resorts, one of the largest vacation rental management companies on the Florida Gulf Coast. Previously purchased by Pacifica Companies in...
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The Transformation of Today’s Vacation Rental Industry: What is going on out there? By Simon Lehmann

If you can keep track of everything that is happening in our fast-transforming vacation rental industry, then you are a genius. Let’s face it, for...

Vacation Rental Tax Guide from Vacasa

It’s officially nine days until tax day in the U.S.; and while many might be ahead of the curve, there are millions of Americans...

VRM Intel’s Spring Issue is Heading Your Way

  The latest issue of VRM Intel Magazine is at the printer and heading your way soon, and here is a link to the digital...

UK’s Sykes Holiday Cottages Acquires Major Stake in New Zealand’s Bachcare

UK holiday rental firm Sykes Holiday Cottages acquired a major stake in Bachcare, New Zealand’s largest vacation rental management company. Since 2003, Bachcare has been...

Guest-Centric Digital Strategies for 2019

Spring is a time for renewal, and there’s no better time to freshen up your digital strategy. Tom Kenyon, Vice President of Product at...

3 Building Blocks for Creating a Sustainable Business

We arrived at the Vacation Rental Women’s Summit (VRWS) with a clear goal: to give people our perspective on the right way to build...

Making the case for Condo Hotels: Condo Hotels Seek Their Own Category

By John Dalton Only a small percentage of the traveling public knows condo hotels exist. Many tourism insiders are unaware of the category, while others...
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Choosing Cleaning Products for Vacation Rentals

A housekeeper’s world is a dangerous world! There are all sorts of nasty microbes that need to be eradicated from the property as it...

Distribution Strategies—The Big Picture

I once spoke at VRMA conferences about the changes, expense, and reality of OTAs coming into the vacation rental industry. Now we look back...

Safety in Vacation Rentals Should be an Expectation, Not an Option

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...

Maximize Revenue with Transactional Content

Content can often feel overwhelming to produce, but when written with intent, vacation rental managers have the incredible opportunity to boost their brand, integrate...

Unlocking Travel for All: How VillaKey is Making Vacations Accessible for Families with Autism

“I got an opportunity just a couple weeks ago to spend some time with one of our families in Orlando,” said Alice Horn, founder...

Fireside Chat: Breezeway and Durk Johnson

After nearly 20 years in the vacation rental industry, Durk Johnson has seen it all. From his accidental transition into the business with Deer...

Vacation Rental Professionals of Maine Select Fetch My Guest to Power NortheastStays.com

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

In 2003, Leslie Preston bought a vacation rental home in Hahei, New Zealand, a small beach community in the Coromandel region. When she began...

Carrying the Torch: 5 Generations of Vacation Rental Hospitality

When Walt Plimpton was 10 years old, his job was to tow a little red wagon from cabin to cabin collecting trash bins and...

The Opportunities In Between: Capturing the Niche Markets Others Don’t

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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