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Message to Vacation Rental Management Companies: Don’t Give Up

Amy Hinote -
The vacation rental industry may be changing, but now is not the time to give up At VRM Intel, we receive regular emails and calls...
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Independent Vacation Rental Managers: Beat the Disruptors by Playing Your Game

Doug Kennedy -
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...
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Riding the Next Wave of Vacation Rental Consolidation

Jeremiah Gall -
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...
Education

Trust Flow Matters

Vince Perez -
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...
Technology

So Much Data, So Little Time: Using Data to Drive Bookings

Jinnie Templin -
As a professional vacation rental manager, you likely have a multitude of data at your fingertips. But with so much data available, how do...
Marketing

What’s Going on with Google and Vacation Rentals?

Susan Blizzard -
What if the Only Website You Ever Needed for Travel Booking was Google.com? Related: Before you read this, check out: Google Adds Vacation Rentals   By Susan...
Marketing

Direct Booking Case Study: How a Destin VRM Reduced Dependence on the OTAs by 52 Percent in Only Eight Months

Ann Marie Houlihan -
These Vacation Rental Managers Are Winning against the OTAs! Nancy Fox and Larry Synder have a strong sense of their brand, their guests, and what...
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Google Adds Vacation Rentals to Hotel Search

Amy Hinote -
Google has officially jumped into the vacation rental industry, leading to both excitement and trepidation among rental providers. To be quite candid, much is unknown....
Marketing

The Future of Brand Marketing

Vince Perez -
Expanding the Radius of Your Brand with Like-Minded Brand Amplification As we close out the first quarter of 2019, we are seeing continued changes that...
Marketing

Girl, Fix Your Website

Vanessa Humes -
Like thousands of ladies across the world, I thoroughly enjoyed Rachel Hollis’s book, Girl, Wash Your Face. If you’ve never read the book, it...
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Who Are We? The Consequences of the Expanded Scope of the “Private Accommodations” Industry

Amy Hinote -
The Scope of the Vacation Rental Industry has Broadened, Forever Changing the Playing Field for Property Managers If it seems like the vacation rental industry...
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The Transformation of Today’s Vacation Rental Industry: What is going on out there? By Simon Lehmann

Simon Lehmann -
If you can keep track of everything that is happening in our fast-transforming vacation rental industry, then you are a genius. Let’s face it, for...
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Making the case for Condo Hotels: Condo Hotels Seek Their Own Category

VRM Intel Staff -
By John Dalton Only a small percentage of the traveling public knows condo hotels exist. Many tourism insiders are unaware of the category, while others...
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Distribution Strategies—The Big Picture

Michelle Marquis -
I once spoke at VRMA conferences about the changes, expense, and reality of OTAs coming into the vacation rental industry. Now we look back...
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Niche Vacation Rental Listing Sites

Alexa Nota -
As a landslide of new technology and OTA expansion barrels down the slopes of the vacation rental industry, some opportunities for growth become buried...
Education

Podcast Roundup: VRMs Light Up the Airwaves with Direct Booking Discussions

Alexa Nota -
Although the Second Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day is winding to a close, vacation rental managers, homeowners, and industry influencers are keeping the discussion...
Marketing

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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Property Managers Discuss Their OTA Distribution Strategies

Alexa Nota -
Strategic distribution has become one of the hottest topics in the vacation rental industry. As the speed of OTA technology and policy changes increases,...
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Vince Perez: The Rise of Direct Bookings in the Vacation Rental Industry

Vince Perez -
In the past few months, I have had the privilege of sitting on industry panels with some very smart people who represent different approaches...
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How Hotels Push Direct Bookings and Seek OTA Independence

Alexa Nota -
As property managers and homeowners rally to promote direct bookings and build OTA independence, so too are the vacation rental industry's comrades in the...
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Exceptional Stays Drives Direct Bookings with the Human Touch

Alexa Nota -
“OTA independence is essential to our business strategy,” said Christina Casas, founder and CEO of Exceptional Stays. “We decided long ago that we had...
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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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How Georgia Mountain Cabin Rentals Founder Paul Gribble is Raising the Bar for the Mountains that Raised Him   

Alexa Nota -
The phrase “born and raised” becomes less passive and more active and ongoing for Paul Gribble. Though he was born and raised in the...
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HomeAway Announces Virtual Tour Pilot

Alexa Nota -
Last week, HomeAway announced its release of virtual tours for vacation rentals listed on HomeAway and VRBO. Currently being piloted in select markets, the...
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