Despite an active hurricane season, strong third quarter performance by HomeAway provided Expedia with much needed positive talking...
By Alex Nigg, Founder and CEO, Properly — The short-term rental industry is expanding rapidly. As Douglas Quinby of Phocuswright reminds us,...
Expedia-owned HomeAway recently launched its revenue management tool, MarketMaker, that allows vacation rental owners and managers to compare pricing with...
Travelers have been staying in vacation homes for centuries, but it wasn’t until the emergence and disruption...
The above question was asked to several veteran managers this week at a meeting I attended. It...
Today, at its software user conference, Expedia-owned HomeAway launched a revenue management and pricing platform, MarketMaker. With...
Last week, an Oregon resident and vacation home owner filed a lawsuit against Portland-based Vacasa requesting class action...
Vacation rental managers and homeowners in traditional vacation markets are up in arms about the many changes...
Startups in the vacation rental sector raised $639 million in disclosed funding in 2017, down from $1.85...
Most major hotel company CEOs are still insistent that their direct booking pushes are working, but they’re...
A great deal of what we read nowadays is predicting how the travel market will change and...
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...
Despite some misgivings, the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission on Tuesday voted in support of new short-term...
On October 22, 2015, Airbnb announced its Host Protection Insurance that provides $1 million in commercial liability insurance to all US hosts and owners who book through the...
“What is next?” This is the burning question we get from clients who are frustrated with...
Airbnb is often believed to serve only partiers, backpackers, and budget-conscious couch surfers, but the truth is, they...
The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) is in the process of implementing a proactive strategy to rein...
The following article was printed on June 17 in Nova Scotia’s Chronical Herald, features Jayne McCaw, owner...
A recnt Rutgers University study — based on more than 3,800 Airbnb lodging requests sent by the researchers — suggests travelers with disabilities are more likely to be rejected and less likely to receive preapproval, or temporary clearance, for a potential stay with Airbnb’s hosts. “Physical inaccessibility may represent a deeper form...
With election season finally over, TV commercials have returned to advertising things like beer, drugs, and cars,...
One in three US vacationers are choosing vacation rentals over hotels for their leisure travel, up from...
Airbnb moved into the luxury vacation realm Thursday, saying it’s acquired high-end vacation rental company Luxury Retreats....
On January 22, Airbnb posted a photo on its internationally viewed Facebook page showing a large stone...
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