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Airbnb enhances API and creates proactive communications for vacation rental software developers

Today, Airbnb is taking yet another step to make it easier for professional vacation rental managers to add their entire inventory of supply to...

The Rise of Brands in the Vacation Rental Industry

Branding, they say, is everything. If you’re starting a company, one of the first things you’ll hear is that you need a strong brand. People...

Baltimore Considers Hotel Tax and Other Regulations for Short-Term Rentals

The Baltimore City Council is considering a bill to impose the hotel tax of 9.5 percent on short-term rentals and require hosts to license...

Guesty Appoints Vered Raviv Schwarz as Chief Operating Officer

All-in-one short-term rental software Guesty welcomes Vered Raviv Schwarz as its new chief operating officer to oversee the company’s global operations from its Tel...

Response to VRMB’s Post about Guest Education Day

I feel compelled to respond to David Angotti’s post on Matt Landau’s VRMB blog about the Guest Education Day held in February to educate...

San Diego City Council Bans Second-Home Vacation Rentals

In a 6-3 vote Monday night, the San Diego city council adopted short-term rental regulations allowing a host to be issued one short-term residential...

Vacasa acquires 21 management companies in 2018 and moves toward IPO

It's been a busy year for Vacasa leadership. So far in 2018, Vacasa has acquired 21 vacation rental management (VRM) companies (including Mandoki Hospitality at...
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CanadaStays Partners with Inntopia

  CanadaStays announced yesterday its partnership with Inntopia, a booking system for hotel and lodging managers. By distributing on CanadaStays, Inntopia property managers now have a...

Lodgify Raises $5 Million

Barcelona-based vacation rental software provider Lodgify announced today that it has secured a $5 million round of Series A funding, bringing total funding to $7.3 million to date. Participants of...

Reducing Risk in the Sale of Your Vacation Rental Business

The sale of your vacation rental business will be the largest and, in many cases, the most important transaction in your career. It is...

Open Discussion: Keeping Guests Safe Without Scaring Them Away

The Atlantic Ocean claims several lives on the North Carolina coast where I live every year. Just last week, six visitors were swept out...

New Vacation Rental Stats from the National Association of Realtors

Recent National Association of Realtors® research shows noteworthy trends for the vacation rental industry. Thirty percent of vacation property owners and 32 percent of investment...

Guesty Integrations Provide Smart Home Solutions for Short-Term Property Rentals

Guesty announces direct integrations with Slickspaces and VirtualKEY, enabling smart home automation including keyless entry, smart workflow and thermostat regulation - expanding the integration marketplace for professional property...

South Lake Tahoe Resident Group Submits Petition to City Council to Ban 75% City’s Vacation Rentals

On Tuesday, South Lake Tahoe City Council voted to order a report on the financial impact of a proposed vacation rental ban before it...
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The Future of OTA Guest Fees for Vacation Rentals: Airbnb, Booking, Expedia/HomeAway Have Conflicting Views on a Fee for Travelers

Airbnb started it. We all know the story by now. Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia couldn't afford to pay rent in their San...

Palm Springs Votes Down Short-Term Rental Ban

Measure C, a proposition to phase out vacation rentals in single-family neighborhoods in Palm Springs over the next two years, was struck down with...

LiveRez Introduces LiveManager for Vacation Rental Managers

New Tool Allows VRMs to Assign and Track Cleaning, Maintenance and Inspection Tasks from Anywhere and On Any Device Eagle, ID – LiveRez, a worldwide leader in...

Key Employment Law Changes

Trends to Keep on Your Radar for 2018 Keeping up with ever-changing employment laws is a struggle for all business owners. No matter the size...

NAVIS Welcomes New VP of Engineering to Leadership Team

Kishore Bhattacharjee to bring more groundbreaking solutions to hotel and vacation rental clients NAVIS, the leader in reservation sales and marketing technology for hotels, resorts...

LiveRez Launches Integration with NextPax that will Enable Connections with Hundreds of Vacation Rental Listing Sites

The new feature will add connections to Booking.com, HomeAway, VRBO and hundreds more, in addition to LiveRez’s direct connection to Airbnb. Eagle, ID – LiveRez, a worldwide...

France, England, Spain: A European Vacation Rental Adventure

This winter, I set off for Europe to attend VRMA Europe, host VRM Intel Live! London, and learn more about the differences between how vacation...
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Top 10 Changes from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

At this point, I am sure you have heard that President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) into law in December...

Why You Can’t Afford a Data Breach—And What You Can Do to Avoid It

Last November, the ride-sharing service Uber announced that it had suffered a data breach in 2016. (It then made the mistake of paying the...

Positive Employee Experiences Start with Your Culture

Providing great experiences for your guests and homeowners is key to the success of your property management business. But what about your employees? How...

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