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San Diego City Council Rescinds Short-Term Rental Ordinance

San Diego city council voted 8 – 1 today to rescind the short-term rental ordinance passed in July that banned second-home rentals in the...

LiveRez CEO Tracy Lotz Wins Idaho Innovator of the Year Award

Last week, LiveRez CEO Tracy Lotz received the 2018 innovator of the year award from the Idaho Innovation Awards. The award recognizes Idaho professionals who...

Vacasa Raises Additional $64 Million in Funding, Bringing Total to $207.5 Million

Vacasa today announced the company has closed on $64 million in a Series B-2 round led by existing investor Riverwood Capital with participation from...

Phocuswright Conference to Address Alternative Accommodations

Alternative accommodations, short-term rentals, vacation rentals—however you label this fast-growing lodging sector—there's no denying its impact on travel. The Phocuswright Conference, to be held...

Expedia CEO on HomeAway: “We bought the Craigslist of vacation rentals.” #SkiftForum

At the recent Skift Global Forum, Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom fielded on-stage questions from Skift founding editor, Dennis Schaal, about the progress the company is...

TurnKey Adds InvitedHome Co-founders to Management Team

InvitedHome co-founders, Michael Joseph and Tom Feldhusen, left the company to join the TurnKey Vacation Rentals team. According to TJ Clark, CEO at Austin-based TurnKey, the...

Former Airbnb Exec Shaun Stewart Discusses the State of the Vacation Rental Industry at LiveRez User Conference

Last week at the LiveRez Partner Conference in Boise, Shaun Stewart, chief business development officer of Waymo and former global head of vacation rentals...
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Stay Alfred Raises $47M, Bringing Total Funding to $62M

Today, Stay Alfred announced it has raised $47 million in a Series B round led by Nine Four Ventures, bringing the total funding to $62...

Vacasa Acquires/Saves Oasis Collections

Vacasa announced it has purchased Oasis Collections, a short-term rental company with listings in U.S. and international cities including Barcelona, Chicago, London, Milan, Paris,...

Steve Trover Discusses Closing All Star Vacation Homes and the Hard Lessons He Learned Along the Way

We live in an inauthentic world of PR spin, and the vacation rental industry is no exception. We brag about successes and hide failures....

The Inaugural Vacation Rental Women’s Summit Heading to New Orleans February 19-20, 2019

Hundreds of executives will gather for more than 50 sessions and events to celebrate, educate, and empower women in the vacation rental industry. The inaugural...

HomeAway Launches Pet-Friendly Vacation Rental Collection

HomeAway announced Monday it has launched a new collection of pet-friendly homes on HomeAway.com. For bookings made on hmwy.co/pet-travel between now and December 31,...

Florida Gulf Coast Red Tide Stifles Tourism and Vacation Rentals

Red tides are not uncommon in the Gulf of Mexico, but the tide that started last October is one to be reckoned with. Red...

MyVR’s Series A Funding Brings Randy Sparks Back to the Vacation Rental Industry

MyVR’s $6.1 million Series A funding last December is being deployed in part to grow its first sales department, and its first hire brought...
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Vacation Rental Series “Stay Here” Now Streaming on Netflix

The Netflix original series “Stay Here” debuts today, shining a new spotlight on the vacation rental industry. The show features well-known interior designer and...

Skift Global Forum, Sep 27-28: Hear from Airbnb, Expedia, Google, Booking and TripAdvisor

VRM Intel is partnering with Skift Global Forum taking place September 27-28, 2018 in New York, NY. Use code "VACATION" to save 20% off your ticket. Skift...

Trip Consideration: Facebook’s New Advertising Feature

Targeting Facebook users can seem daunting if you’re unaware of their travel interests. Vacation rental companies once targeted potential customers based on audience demographics,...

Handing Over Key to the Rockies: What it was Like Selling Our Vacation Rental Business

Mike and Julie Magliocchetti tell the story about the recent sale of their business, Key to the Rockies, to Vacasa. Mike: It all started when...

Massachusetts Short-Term Rental Bill Hangs in Limbo

At the end of July, Massachusetts lawmakers approved short-term rental regulations that include registration, tax collection, and a state-wide public registry of licensed rentals....

Albuquerque Eyes Short-Term Rental Regulations

Last week, Albuquerque city council sent a bill to the finance and government operations committee to create a task force to explore options for...

Share San Diego, Airbnb, and HomeAway Launch Referendum Fight Against Short-Term Rental Regulations

Airbnb, HomeAway, and advocacy group Share San Diego announced yesterday a referendum petition to overturn the effective ban on second-home short-term rentals in San...
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HomeAway Proposes New Orleans Short-Term Rental Policy Amid Industry’s Uncertain Future in the City

Last week HomeAway submitted a short-term rental policy proposal to the city of New Orleans. Its Whole-Home, Whole-Community Policy Solutions proposal follows a measure passed by...

Bluetent acquires Visual Data Systems

Today Bluetent, the vacation rental industry’s largest provider of website development and online marketing services, announced it has acquired Visual Data Systems (VDS) for an...

Columbus Set to Tax and Regulate Short-Term Rentals

Columbus city council voted 6 – 0 last week to approve an ordinance regulating short-term rentals in the city. Starting January 1, 2019, short-term...

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