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Key Data Dashboard partners with PriceLabs

Today Key Data Dashboard announced the first partnership of its kind with PriceLabs, integrating comparative source data for vacation rental professionals with pricing technology...

Return on Experience (ROE): The Future of Vacation Rental Marketing

As entrepreneurs in the small accommodations business, you’re likely well-versed in ROI. That’s Return on Investment, of course, and it’s a mindset that can...

North Carolina’s Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands take brunt of US impact from Hurricane Dorian

Vacation rental managers from Miami northward up the Atlantic Coast to Delaware worked to prepare for slow-moving Hurricane Dorian. However, few believed that North...

A Basic Primer on Short-term Rentals with a Cheat Sheet and Checklist of Considerations for City Officials

An increasing number of municipalities are looking for the best way to regulate short-term rental regulations, and elected officials are understandably confused about how...

Win 2 VIP Tickets to the Vacation Rental World Summit in Lake Como, October 5-6 by Sharing Your Best #BookDirect Strategy

We are looking for innovative and/or proven strategies property managers and hosts are using get more direct bookings. Share your best tactic, idea, or strategy...

A “Speedometer” for Housekeeping Performance

Last fall I spent some quality daddy–daughter time with my daughter driving her back to college for her junior year. It was a long...

Vacation Rental Software Advisory Group (VSAG) Addresses Technology Needs for Enterprise-Level Property Management Companies

Recently, dozens of large vacation rental managers and technology providers gathered before the second day of the Data and Revenue Management Conference for an...
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Takeaways from the 2019 Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference

Last week’s inaugural Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference provided a giant first step for the industry in utilizing comparative data, discussing optimal...

10 Inexpensive Vacation Rental Upgrades Under $100

We used to talk about the “wow” factor and what we could do to elicit that superlative response. That may have been fresh flowers,...

Five Keys to Responding to a Negative Online Review

In a time where social media has given us all a channel to be heard, the tone of our digital engagements seems to also...

HomeAway Software Consolidates Software Systems: Migrating V12 and YesBookIt Users to Escapia

This week, HomeAway Software announced to its property management (PM) software clients that it plans to migrate users to one common system, as the...

Vacasa CEO Eric Breon Discusses Plans to Purchase Wyndham VR for $162M

Vacasa and Wyndham Destinations announced today that they have entered into an agreement under which Vacasa will purchase Wyndham Vacation Rentals for approximately $162...

Independent Vacation Rental Managers: Beat the Disruptors by Playing Your Game

Play to Your Strengths as a Local Vacation Rental Brand Like virtually all industries these days, the vacation rental (VR) business is experiencing a period...

Riding the Next Wave of Vacation Rental Consolidation

As the industry hits its third wave of maturity, there’s a renewed focus on consolidation. Vacasa continues acquiring vacation rental managers at a rapid...
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Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference to be held in Atlanta, August 6-7

Update: We just added a few more seats to the previously sold out inaugural Vacation Rental Data and Revenue Management Conference at the Atlanta...

TurnKey Vacation Rentals raises $48M and looks to package and sell its technology to vacation homeowners and small property managers

TurnKey Vacation Rentals announced today it has secured $48 million in funding, bringing the total amount of capital raised to date to $120 million....

Summer 2019: Vacation Rental Performance in NC, SC, AL and FL Panhandle

Average Daily Rates Are Up, But Overall Occupancy Rates Are Down At VRM Intel, we have been a long-time strong advocate for comparative data in...

Smart City Policy Summit 2019

Inaugural Short-term Rental Regulations Forum Coming to Austin, August 16 When I was coming up in local politics, a community leader would hold meetings throughout...

Conflict Management: Are You Asking the Right Questions?

Like many guests, after waking up way too early, I arrived at my vacation rental in South Lake Tahoe tired from traveling and ready...

Building Innovative Teams

Have you ever encountered someone who exuded passion about his or her career, hobbies, family, or even the beauty of life in general? I...

Trust Flow Matters

Expedia’s recent revenue miss is flushing out the true state of OTAs as it relates to our industry. Doing away with the HomeAway brand...
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GSV’s “Vacation Brands” Acquires Majority Stake in iTrip, Going Head to Head with Property Management Companies

Yesterday, iTrip executives announced to employees that a majority stake in the company has been acquired by Vacation Brands, the private equity funded vacation...

Vacasa to Acquire Sea to Sky Rentals: Founder Michelle Acquavella Shares Reasons Behind the Sale and What is Next

Vacasa announced that it will acquire Seattle-based Sea to Sky Rentals and take over the management of its 85 properties in Seattle, Stevens Pass,...

GSV initiates technology rollup in the vacation rental industry, including LiveRez, Streamline, VRM, Bluetent, and more.

Tennessee-based private equity firm Greater Sum Ventures (GSV)—partnering with Insight Venture Partners—has been steadily rolling up large technology companies in the vacation rental industry,...

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