Industry News for Vacation Rental Managers

March 2014 –March at Winter Park Resort was truly a Winter Wonderland! I stayed with Winter Park...

HomeAway Software: You know them as the provider of Escapia, V12, PropertyPlus, First Resort and Entech, but HomeAway Software is now doing much more. At this VRMA conference, HomeAway is highlighing the new technology in gladRESPONDER –Read more about gladRESPONDER.   LiveRez: Having partnered with 800+ property management companies in just the past six years, LiveRez is the...

  Red Sky Travel Insurance: –The travel insurance team you can count on. Red Sky’s ownership and management team have been in the vacation rental industry for decades, so they know from experience the challenges you face. Their commitment to personal attention is more than a strategy – it’s a core belief that’s...

Ascent Processing: Payment processing with a personal touch Ascent Processing is a small, progressive, client-centric electronic payment and gateway service provider. They are committed to excellence and have a high standard of ethics in our tight-knit vacation rental industry. “We are proud to be a Bronze VRMA sponsor.  Stop by our booth and learn...

TruPlace Interactive Floor Plans: TruPlace combines professional photography with accurate floor plans and insta-load technology to give guests an online tour through your homes. Their interactive floor plans are proven to increase revenue, bookings and lead time, and they recently partnered with FlipKey to offer floor plans and improve conversion rates on listing pages. Read more...

Kaba: Kaba’s Oracode keyless door locks allow for the remote management of access to vacation rental properties, through an easy-to-use and secure web-based solution. Oracode’s unique web based, keyless system uses an electronic push-button lock that grants access through time-sensitive codes. Since codes can be given days, months or years in advance there is...

Weatherby Consulting provides transaction advisory, consulting and asset management services with proven success in creating opportunities and solutions in the vacation rental industry. They deliver high-impact results, provide partner-level attention and implement tailored solutions to address each of their client’s unique goals and objectives. CEO Ben Edwards will be presenting a bootcamp workshop...

  OPMA: The OPMA is a professional advocacy organization that is dedicated to promoting the value of the rental experience through onsite property management companies. As an industry advocate, OPMA seeks to gain legislative influence on behalf of it’s members and the greater industry, define a common set of core values and unite its...

“Pets on Vacation” PHOTO CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. 1. Sponsor: The “Pets on Vacation” Photo CONTEST (the “Contest“) is sponsored by Vacation Rental Pros and VRM Intel (hereafter “Sponsor“) with offices located at...

Kaba is a leading supplier to the vacation rental market. Its Oracode keyless door locks allow for the remote management of access to vacation rental properties, through an easy-to-use and secure web-based solution. Oracode’s unique web based, keyless system uses an electronic pushbutton lock that grants access through time-sensitive codes. Since codes...

LiveRez held its first LiveRez Partner Conference, an event that left its partners with a new-found sense of excitement and community (see below). Since then, they’ve been on fire with new features, functionality, partnerships and products. Here are a few recent announcements from LiveRez heading into the 2014 VRMA Annual Conference. LiveRez.com...

On October 29, the 2014 VRMA Annual Conference will feature a post-Conference Bootcamp Seminar in San Diego from 1-5 p.m. entitled Financial Management and Budgeting, conducted by Ben Edwards, Weatherby Consulting LLC/Newman Dailey Resort Properties. This is an engaging workshop filled with information on how to improve a vacation rental company’s financial management and budgeting processes...

Vacation Futures announced the launch of a totally new and improved version of www.vacationfutures.com. Based on vacation rental management input, feedback, and participation in recent months, Vacation Futures rebuilt their wholesale vacation rental solution from the ground up to respond to your needs. Specific innovations include the following: Rational Pricing:  Gone is...

Bluetent is a digital agency specializing in the vacation rental, resort, travel and tourism industries, providing strategic consulting, brand design, web development, email marketing, social media and search / inbound marketing services. We build lasting customer relationships through innovation and quality in the digital space. For more than twelve years, Bluetent has...

After six years of operating in San Francisco, Airbnb will finally become legal on its own home turf....

Sales Representative (Vacation Rental Management Industry) Ascent Processing, Inc. Job Description The Sales Representative will be responsible for selling Ascent Processing’s payment processing services to vacation rental management companies in a specified territory.  The successful candidate will be able to generate leads, conduct outbound calls, analyze potential clients’ needs, travel to industry...

The Encore Club at Reunion has tapped Jeeves Holiday Homes and VacationRentalPros.com to manage vacation homes placed...

October 13, 2014 – PMT, Property Manager Tools, the originator and leader in automated quote response technology,...

At the 2014 VRMA Annual Conference, HomeAway Software will be offering the gladResponder™,  designed to: Convert more leads...

VRM Intel today released the 2014 Vacation Rental Industry Property Management Software Report which provides a snapshot of...

A TCPalm.com headline posted today, “Vero Beach abandons fight to ban short-term vacation rentals in residential neighborhoods,”...

All those summer guests have packed up and headed home. School is in session, and the gorgeous...

LiveRez has recently developed a new mobile housekeeping and maintenance app that utilizes emerging Google Glass technology. The...

If a vacation rental management colleague told you they had a new marketing system that generated $300,000 in two...