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Safety in Vacation Rentals Should be an Expectation, Not an Option

Sean Miller -
When it comes to accommodations options, vacation rentals lag behind hotels in one important area: safety. Based on our recent research, over two-thirds of private...
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Fireside Chat: Breezeway and Durk Johnson

VRM Intel Staff -
After nearly 20 years in the vacation rental industry, Durk Johnson has seen it all. From his accidental transition into the business with Deer...
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Vacation Rental Professionals of Maine Select Fetch My Guest to Power NortheastStays.com

Vince Perez -
Coming off of the successful launch of the NorthwestStays Marketplace for professional vacation rental hosts, Fetch My Guest and the Vacation Rental Professionals of...
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Embracing the end-to-end guest experience: How Leslie Preston built Bachcare, New Zealand’s largest property management company

Alexa Nota -
In 2003, Leslie Preston bought a vacation rental home in Hahei, New Zealand, a small beach community in the Coromandel region. When she began...
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The Opportunities In Between: Capturing the Niche Markets Others Don’t

Alexa Nota -
There’s an old Irish blessing that goes, “May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it” (or so the...
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Is it Time to Update Your Social Impact Strategy?

Lynn Thurston -
When a guest is considering renting a vacation home, purpose, cost, and location remain top considerations. Increasingly, however, guests, owners, prospective employees, and regulators are...
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Coming to a City near You: As vacation rentals grow in popularity, so do the regulations to stop them

Alexa Nota -
The 2018 legislation season brought the vacation rental industry some high highs, low lows, and everything in between. Cities that had been embattled for...
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Vacation Rental Marketing: The Book Direct Blueprint

Alan Egan -
Reinventing The Wheel #bookdirect day won't bring you direct bookings - This article will. Tomorrow (February 6th) is #bookdirect day but there's a lot more to...
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Be a Friend to Your Mayor and Create Good Regulations

Matt Curtis -
The late, great Boston mayor Tom Menino once told me, “Hey, Matt, we’re drinking from a fire hose with a straw. If people give...
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New Orleans City Council Advances Vacation Rental Ban

Alexa Nota -
Earlier today, the New Orleans city council voted unanimously to advance a proposed ordinance to restrict short-term rentals outside of commercial zones to owner-occupied properties,...
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Airbnb and HomeAway Win Preliminary Injunction Against New York City Law

Alexa Nota -
A federal judge awarded Airbnb and HomeAway today with a preliminary injunction to stop a New York City’s short-term rental law from going into...
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8 Most Surprising Vacation Rental Industry Developments in 2018

Amy Hinote -
2018 was a whirlwind for those of us who cover the vacation rental industry. The pace of news about funding, acquisitions, regulation changes, and...
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Wyndham, TurnKey, VTrips, Vacasa Discuss HomeAway, Google, and What OTAs Can Do Better

Amy Hinote -
We had the chance host a panel of executives at Phocuswright's conference in Los Angeles, with the largest vacation rental companies in the US...
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The Push for Quality: How Hotel Convergence is Affecting Vacation Rentals 

Jeremiah Gall -
A dozen years ago, before HomeAway acquired VRBO and before vacation rentals had any presence with major online travel agencies (OTAs), rental managers were...
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Leading Economic Indicators: Are Predictive Indicators Holding?

Amy Hinote -
Over the last two decades, experienced vacation rental professionals have predicted market performance using a set of economic indicators, including real estate activity, consumer confidence, unemployment, hotel performance, gas prices, international travel behavior, and vacation rental...
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve Revised Short-Term Rental Bill

Alexa Nota -
Yesterday, Massachusetts lawmakers agreed on amendments to Bill H.4841 regulating short-term rentals throughout the state. If signed by Governor Charlie Baker, the bill will...
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AvantStay Raises $5 Million Series A

Alexa Nota -
Property management company AvantStay announced yesterday it has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Bullpen Capital, bringing their total...
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Community-Centered Booking Platform Fairbnb Gearing Up for 2019 Launch

Alexa Nota -
Tourist crowds wandering Burano, a quiet residential island off of Venice   Billed as an “ethical alternative to Airbnb,” Fairbnb is gearing up for its 2019...
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Airbnb’s acquisition of a property management company leads to concerns among property managers and hosts about Airbnb’s intentions

Amy Hinote -
This week, Airbnb announced its acquisition of Luckey Homes, a property management company based in France. The news comes on the heels of Airbnb's announcement...
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Former Sabre CEO Sam Gilliland Joins BookingPal Board of Directors

Alexa Nota -
BookingPal is pleased to announce the addition of Sam Gilliland to its board of directors. Gilliland is the former chairman and CEO of travel...
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Baltimore City Council Issues Final Vote to Pass Strict Short-Term Rental Limits

Alexa Nota -
Baltimore city council voted 10 – 3 to issue final approval a bill limiting short-term rentals to primary residences. One additional dwelling unit per...
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Las Vegas City Council Bans Vacation Rentals

Alexa Nota -
Las Vegas city council voted 4 – 3 on Wednesday to ban non owner-occupied short-term rentals and limit hosted rentals to those that have...
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Airbnb Addresses Professional Vacation Rental Managers: “PMs are an indispensable part of Airbnb’s success.”

Amy Hinote -
Airbnb wants professional property management companies to know its aim is to work more closely with the professionally managed community. Below is a message...
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VRM Platform Hostaway Raises $1.45 Million Seed Round

Alexa Nota -
Vacation rental software company Hostaway recently announced a seed funding round of $1.45 million. The round was led by Finland-based Vendep Capital Fund, which...
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