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The Power of “I” in the Vacation Rental Industry

By Brett Parry, CMO, Streamline Vacation Rental Software--Many of us have heard “Do what you love” or “Follow your passion.” For most people, these...

Baltimore City Council Issues Final Vote to Pass Strict Short-Term Rental Limits

Baltimore city council voted 10 – 3 to issue final approval a bill limiting short-term rentals to primary residences. One additional dwelling unit per...

Las Vegas City Council Bans Vacation Rentals

Las Vegas city council voted 4 – 3 on Wednesday to ban non owner-occupied short-term rentals and limit hosted rentals to those that have...

Election Officials Confirm Vacation Rental Ban in South Lake Tahoe

On Tuesday, El Dorado County’s official election results confirmed that South Lake Tahoe’s Measure T has passed by just 58 votes, 3,517 to 3,459....

Resort Realty Acquires Elan Vacations on NC’s Outer Banks

Resort Realty announced today that it has acquired Elan Vacations. Founded in 2001, Elan Vacations specializes in vacation rental management and is based in...

VRM Platform Hostaway Raises $1.45 Million Seed Round

Vacation rental software company Hostaway recently announced a seed funding round of $1.45 million. The round was led by Finland-based Vendep Capital Fund, which...

Instant Gratification and the Five-Minute Golden Window 

In 2007, Dr. James Oldroyd’s Lead Response Management Study found that agents who responded to a lead within five minutes of the inquiry submission...
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VillaKey Becomes First Certified Autism Center VR Company

Last month, VillaKey became the first vacation rental company to become certified in autism travel by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education...

Hawaii County Passes Strict Short-Term Rental Limits

Last week, the Hawaii County council voted 6–1 to pass short-term rental regulation Bill 108, which blocks new non-owner-occupied short-term rentals, limits where they can operate,...

Vacasa Adds Multifamily and Community Association Management Programs

As Vacasa snaps up property management companies, it’s also creating an ecosystem of secondary service offerings that have come with the acquisitions, most recently...

How Georgia Mountain Cabin Rentals Founder Paul Gribble is Raising the Bar for the Mountains that Raised Him   

The phrase “born and raised” becomes less passive and more active and ongoing for Paul Gribble. Though he was born and raised in the...

HomeAway Announces Virtual Tour Pilot

Last week, HomeAway announced its release of virtual tours for vacation rentals listed on HomeAway and VRBO. Currently being piloted in select markets, the...

Today’s Challenge: Staffing to Meet Business Needs 

For the first time ever, there are more job openings available than there are eligible people to fill them. It should come as no...

DC Council Unanimously Approves Short-Term Rental Bill in Final Vote

The DC city council voted unanimously yesterday to approve a short-term rental bill that limits non-owner occupied rentals to primary residences only and caps them at a maximum...
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VR Companies Make Phocuswright’s Hot Startups List

On Monday, Phocuswright released its Hot 25 Startups list for 2019. Created in partnership with Voyager HQ, a club that connects travel startup founders,...

Florida Panhandle Still Struggling One Month After Hurricane Michael

A month after Hurricane Michael made landfall over the Florida Panhandle as one of the strongest storms to hit the US, those left in...

Vacation Rental Industry Loses Ballot Initiatives Around the Country

On Tuesday, residents in several municipalities cast their votes for or against local short-term rental ballot measures. In South Lake Tahoe and Pacific Grove,...

Continuous Learning: Knowledge is the Key to Business Success 

“What’s the point of learning about crypto-currency? It will never affect me.” That was my sister’s response when I told her I was researching distributed...

TurnKey Vacation Rentals Appoints Chris Elam as VP of Guest Experience

TurnKey Vacation Rentals announced today that it has appointed Chris Elam as vice president of guest experience. Elam was previously the vice president of...

Double the Delivery: What it Means to Be a Property Manager and an OTA 

Founded in 1985, Condo-World has had the opportunity to serve both owners and guests in an evolving industry and has taken its thirty-three years...

VRM Intel’s Takeaways from the VRMA International Conference

Last week’s Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) International Conference in Las Vegas was the largest yet with over 1,700 attendees, and the event proved...
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Common Threads: How Starr Textile Services’ Ties to the Vacation Rental Industry Helped It Knit Success 

If any company can find opportunities amid challenging circumstances, it’s Starr Textile Services. In 2004, Meyer Vacation Rentals in Gulf Shores, Alabama, was quickly outgrowing the only local...

Opinion: Why The Vacation Rental Industry Needs Ratings 

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: “Travelers say they’re tired of the unknown.”   Why is...

San Antonio Passes Short-Term Rental Ordinance

On November 1, the San Antonio city council voted 8 – 2 to pass regulations on short-term rentals in the city. The ordinance went...

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