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2nd Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day Set for February 6 — Let your guests know it pays to book direct, book smart, and book...

The Second Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day, recurring on the first Wednesday in February, is set for February 6, 2019. With a multitude of...

Annual Deep Cleaning for Each Home in Inventory Should be Mandatory

Once a year, some of us make an appointment with a doctor for a physical. This is when the doctor “lifts the hood” and makes sure the ol’ ticker...

Properly Raises $8.5M for Housekeeping and Inspection Tech Platform for Airbnb Hosts

2018's third quarter already has been packed with venture capital and private equity funding news. In the latest of a series of announcements, San Francisco-based Properly,...

Las Vegas Planning Commission Sends Short-Term Rental Ban to City Council

The Las Vegas city planning commission voted 4-3 Tuesday night to approve a ban of short-term rentals. The proposal will now head to the city...

TurnKey Adds InvitedHome Co-founders to Management Team

InvitedHome co-founders, Michael Joseph and Tom Feldhusen, left the company to join the TurnKey Vacation Rentals team. According to TJ Clark, CEO at Austin-based TurnKey, the...

Stay Alfred Raises $47M, Bringing Total Funding to $62M

Today, Stay Alfred announced it has raised $47 million in a Series B round led by Nine Four Ventures, bringing the total funding to $62...

Vacation Rental Listing Site Launches Crowdfunding Campaign Ahead of ICO

This week vacation rental listing site Vacayrx launched a crowdfunding campaign and plans to use the funds to promote an initial coin offering (ICO) later this...
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Avoid Regional Economic Collapse: Join An Association

Recently, my team and I attended the United States Conference of Mayors meeting in Boston where we heard time and time again that mayors...

Vacation Rental Mattress Rotation: What You Should Know

Rest and sleep are one of the indispensable activities in people’s lives. As such, having a nice and comfortable place to wind down and...

San Diego City Council Bans Second-Home Vacation Rentals

In a 6-3 vote Monday night, the San Diego city council adopted short-term rental regulations allowing a host to be issued one short-term residential...

CanadaStays Partners with Inntopia

  CanadaStays announced yesterday its partnership with Inntopia, a booking system for hotel and lodging managers. By distributing on CanadaStays, Inntopia property managers now have a...

Lodgify Raises $5 Million

Barcelona-based vacation rental software provider Lodgify announced today that it has secured a $5 million round of Series A funding, bringing total funding to $7.3 million to date. Participants of...

New Vacation Rental Stats from the National Association of Realtors

Recent National Association of Realtors® research shows noteworthy trends for the vacation rental industry. Thirty percent of vacation property owners and 32 percent of investment...

The Uber-ization of Everything

How Local Governments View the Sharing Economy I signed up for my first email address barely twenty-five years ago. It’s wild to imagine. The internet...
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Matt Landau’s Sense of Place Begins Season Two

Vacation rental professionals, rejoice! Sense of Place, the quirky and avant-garde travel show that follows VRMB's Matt Landau as he meets worldly destinations through the...

Co-founder Cliff Johnson resigns from Vacasa

Vacasa co-founder Cliff Johnson has resigned from his role as head of the company's international division to join Rented.com as vice president of sales. "Cliff’s...

Vacation Rental Shopping 101: How to Book a Vacation Home Directly with the Manager or Owner

The word is out. Airbnb, VRBO.com, HomeAway, and TripAdvisor charge fees to consumers. Unlike in the hotel industry, where the booking fees are passed on...

South Lake Tahoe Adds More Restrictions and Larger Fines to VHR Ordinance

The City Council of South Lake Tahoe implemented new restrictions and fines to their Vacation Home Rental Ordinance that took effect on December 22,...

Savannah Sues Vacation Rental Operator Now That Short-Term Rentals Are Defined By City Ordinance

In September 2017 Savannah City officials adopted an amended ordinance to define and create more structure for the growing number of short-term vacation rentals within...

California Coastal Commission Rejects Laguna Beach’s Short-Term Rental Ban

On Thursday, Dec. 14, the California Coastal Commission met in Dana Point, CA to review and vote on the city of Laguna Beach’s proposed short-term...

Denver Having Issues Managing and Enforcing Short-Term Rental Regulations

The City of Denver is struggling with its processes for tracking and enforcing its new short-term vacation rental regulations. City auditors issued a report...
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Tybee Island amends ordinance for short-term vacation rentals and increases fees

After working closely with representatives of the short-term vacation rental industry, the Tybee City Council approved amendments to the city's short-term vacation rental ordinance...

San Diego City Council Adjourns without a Final Vote on Short-Term Rental Regulations

After more than ten hours, which included listening to over 250 comments from the public, in addition to amendments flying back and forth between...

Seattle City Council Voting on Rental Regulations Today!

Today is the final city council meeting where new rental regulations for the short term rental industry in Seattle will be decided. Local vacation...

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