Vacation Rental Technology

Property managers (PMs) traditionally provide a wide range of activities, including design and listing preparation, competitive benchmarking, pricing advice, marketing, distribution, guest screening and communications, reservation services, payment management, operations management, property care, emergency support, and owner services (e.g., tax and compliance and trust accounting).  The dominant model in the US is the full-service property management company in which all of the above services are delivered as one all-you-can-eat...

Going from setting rates once a year through a handful of seasons to having rates that change daily has major implications for all levels...

Virtual Resort Manager is bringing a vacation rental industry seminar for vacation rental managers to Wilmington, NC, December 12...

“The Tech-Enabled Vacation Rental Manager” examined the increase of technology functionality utilized by property managers (PMs) to...

As business owners and property managers, we are all accustomed to making difficult decisions. Some may just...

Nothing strikes fear in the hearts of people and organizations more than the word change. While change...

When it comes to managing your portfolio of vacation rentals, no one knows your strategy better than...

“One would think that given all of the industry attention on direct booking, there would be a...

As the industry continues to change, vacation rental company owners are increasingly considering an exit or preparing...

  Senior Leadership: The Difference between Well Managed and Well Led It makes sense that part of...

Welcome to a New World of Travel  The travel industry has hit a new level in the...

Last month, HomeAway reportedly contacted several software companies requesting “strategic partnerships” between HomeAway and software providers in which the software...

By Alex Nigg, Founder and CEO, Properly — The short-term rental industry is expanding rapidly. As Douglas Quinby of Phocuswright reminds us,...

Vacasa announced today the company has raised $103.5 million in a Series B funding round led by...

Cloudbeds, San Diego-based provider of software and channel management for independent properties (hotels, hostels, inns, bed and...

Over the last several months, fast-growing vacation rental companies have begun to describe themselves as “technology-enabled” or “tech-enabled” in the media...

Founded in 2008, LiveRez has grown to be one of the most used technology platforms in the...

With 1,400 employees, Vacasa is making headlines as the fastest-growing technology-enabled, full-service property management company in the...

Founded in 2012, Spokane-based Stay Alfred manages four hundred short-term rentals in busy downtown areas in twelve major U.S. cities, with plans to grow its...

RedAwning recently announced it has secured $40 million in a Series A funding round led by Boston-based...

BEND, Ore. (August 10, 2017) – NAVIS, the No. 1 reservation sales and marketing technology provider for...

LiveRez Teams Up with Blizzard Internet Marketing to Offer Wider Range of Services to its Property Manager...

Vacation rental revenue management software provider, Beyond Pricing, today announced the acquisition of Smart Host, a Techstars...

Rentivo, a holiday rental booking management, payment provider and marketplace builder has acquired Klik.villas a complimentary booking...