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UK holiday rental firm Sykes Holiday Cottages acquired a major stake in Bachcare, New Zealand’s largest vacation...

Today, Expedia announced that it has rebranded VRBO.com to Vrbo.com and asks consumers to pronounce the marketplace...

Content can often feel overwhelming to produce, but when written with intent, vacation rental managers have the...

“I got an opportunity just a couple weeks ago to spend some time with one of our...

In 2003, Leslie Preston bought a vacation rental home in Hahei, New Zealand, a small beach community...

When Walt Plimpton was 10 years old, his job was to tow a little red wagon from...

There’s an old Irish blessing that goes, “May the holes in your net be no larger than...

Last year, as Wyndham Worldwide split into two publicly traded companies, Wyndham Hotel and Resorts (NYSE: WH) and Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:...

Vacation rental management websites have come a long way in the past decade. The addition of quotable...

Having grown up in the hospitality industry, I was taught to always put the guest’s needs first....

As I often say in on-site workshops, “If you want to get as much business as everyone...

When a guest is considering renting a vacation home, purpose, cost, and location remain top considerations. Increasingly,...

The 2018 legislation season brought the vacation rental industry some high highs, low lows, and everything in...

In today’s economy, when unemployment is at a 30-year low, the biggest challenge employers face is just...

Hurricane Florence Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, on Friday, September 14, then inched its...

Although the Second Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day is winding to a close, vacation rental managers, homeowners,...

Updated February 6, 2019 with statements from Expedia and Booking.com. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)...

Reinventing The Wheel #bookdirect day won’t bring you direct bookings – This article will. Tomorrow (February 6th)...

Strategic distribution has become one of the hottest topics in the vacation rental industry. As the speed...

In the past few months, I have had the privilege of sitting on industry panels with some...

As property managers and homeowners rally to promote direct bookings and build OTA independence, so too are...

“OTA independence is essential to our business strategy,” said Christina Casas, founder and CEO of Exceptional Stays....

Over the past year and a half, Sarah Bradford and Tim Cafferty have become household names in...

Coming to a mailbox near you, the Winter 2019 VRM Intel Magazine issue is here.   Here are some...