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Restoring Your Pricing Strategy

COVID-19 Road Map to Recovery Key Indicators Travel trends are changing daily as the world navigates through the COVID-19 crisis, especially in the vacation rental...

Gatlinburg-based Cabins For YOU acquires Chalet Village and is looking for more. Q&A with owner and founder Greg Plimpton

Last month, Gatlinburg-based Cabins For YOU closed on its cash purchase of Chalet Village for an undisclosed sum. With the acquisition of Chalet Village’s...

2nd Annual Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference set for Sep 15-17

VRM Intel is hosting the Second Annual Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference, September 15 - 17, 2020. This educational summit, presented by...

Scenario Planning: Determine Your Game Plan Using Scenario-Based Forecasting

Determining Your Coronavirus Game Plan As states and nations start reopening their economies, the business world looks a lot different than any of us could...

Navigating COVID-19: What’s Next in Marketing

The vacation rental industry is a unique market that is constantly in flux, but one thing remains certain: vacation rental companies are as adaptable...

Distribution Policies: Rethinking Distribution and Strategic Partnerships in a Post-COVID World

This year was off to a solid start for many vacation rental management companies. Summer reservations were pacing ahead of last year in popular...

The 5-hr Drive Market: Targeting the “Five-Hour Drive” Leisure Traveler Using Geotargeting and Local SEO

The COVID-19 pandemic will change the way vacation rental providers operate for the foreseeable future— cancellation policies, cleaning standards, procedures, and even the amenities...
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Dear Vacation Rental Industry: Letters from Vacation Rental Industry Executives

In the vacation rental industry, facing crises is something we do well, from fires and earthquakes to hurricanes and oil spills. However, the seismic...

The New Normal: Adapting to a Changed Reality

As the professional community begins to work its way through the COVID-19 curve and the associated rolling economic calamity induced by the virus, we...

Airlines Are Not Waiting for a Vaccine. Why are we?

As states are buckling under the economic damage of stay-at-home orders, no industry has felt the effects of this order more than travel. The...

VacationRentPayment/Yapstone’s New Policy Delays Payments to Vacation Rental Managers by 30 days

VacationRentPayment, a Yapstone payment processing facilitator widely used by vacation rental managers and homeowners, is notifying its property management (PM) customers that it will...

The Great Talent Shift

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” —Albert Einstein In these uncertain times, there is one thing the vacation rental management (VRM) industry can count on:...

Recession-Proof Your Brand: Key Strategies to Boost Revenues During Recovery

Build loyalty, leads, and a resilient brand with these revenue management and marketing strategies.   As travel restrictions and social distancing jolt vacation rentals, savvy leaders...

What the Data Shows: Crafting digital strategies for COVID-19 and beyond

For many vacation rental companies, stability and routine flew out the window in mid-March—along with a significant portion of their income. Proven digital marketing...
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Q&A with Vrbo’s Lisa Chen: “We’ve started seeing encouraging improvement in U.S. traveler demand.”

While the vacation rental industry faces challenges related to COVID-19, property managers and homeowners are having to work directly with third-party booking providers—including Vrbo...

Alabama’s tourism economy benefits from Florida Governor DeSantis’ shutdown of vacation rentals

Alabama's tourism economy is getting a boost from Florida’s continued shutdown of vacation rentals as travelers who are unable to stay in vacation homes...

Florida Governor to Counties: Submit a plan for short-term rentals

Today Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced, beginning Monday, the state would move into a "full Phase One," and short-term rentals can reopen if counties...

Airbnb reaches out to city officials to influence “transitional travel reopening plans”

Airbnb's Chris Lehane, vice president of global policy and communications, is reaching out to city officials to influence COVID-19-related reopening policies to "work together...

What is the cost of Airbnb’s recommended 24- to 72-hour “buffer” time between stays?

Across the vacation rental industry, companies, associations, governments, and destination marketing organizations are proactively assessing new standards and augmented cleaning protocols to ensure guest...

FL Governor DeSantis Receives Demand Letter in Response to Decision to Prohibit Vacation Rentals While Keeping Hotels, Resorts, Timeshares Open

As President Trump continues to hand over decision-making power to individual states during the COVID-19 crisis, US governors find themselves with more executive control...

The Professional Vacation Rental Manager’s Crisis Playbook

An emerging piece of any professional rental manager’s value proposition is the professional organization’s ability to operate in an environment with a high degree...
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10-year anniversary of the BP-Deep Horizon Oil Spill brings comparisons to COVID-19

As the vacation rental industry faces challenges related to the spread of COVID-19, managers on the Gulf Coast are remembering another unanticipated, debilitating event...

VRM Intel Live Online 2-Day Conference for Vacation Rental Managers, April 16 – 17

VRM Intel Live Online, a virtual conference for vacation rental managers, is being held April 16 -17, 2020 with 14 live sessions over the...

Airbnb to pay $250M to hosts for canceled bookings: “We want to fix this.”

In a call today, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky apologized to its hosts/suppliers for abruptly canceling March bookings in response to COVID-19 with no notice...

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