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What’s Happening to Your Profit?

There’s a leak somewhere. You can hear it. Drip. Drip. Drip. If this keeps up, your whole house will be flooded. Naturally, you will...

Vacasa Raises $103.5M in Largest Funding Round in Vacation Rental Management History

Vacasa announced today the company has raised $103.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Riverwood Capital, followed by New Spring Capital,...

Who is the next disruptor in the vacation rental industry?

Travelers have been staying in vacation homes for centuries, but it wasn’t until the emergence and disruption of VRBO.com and Airbnb that the industry...

Vacation Rental Options Minutes from VRMA National Conference

The Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) National Conference is set to kick off October 15-18 in Orlando, FL at the Omni Championsgate Resort. Over...

[Free Webinar] 8/24 The Secret Season: Your Advertising Playbook for Turning On Your Off Season

After a whirlwind summer, you’re likely running on fumes and the idea of promoting your off season may seem like a daunting task with...

Skift Reports on the Current State of Relationships Between OTAs and Hoteliers

Most major hotel company CEOs are still insistent that their direct booking pushes are working, but they’re candid about also maintaining ties with major...

Discrimination: An Old Problem For A Young Industry

I literally could not believe the words. These were my friends. Good friends. Not racist people… Or, so I thought. “I’m not racist, but I...
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3 Types of Business Intelligence for VRMs 

"Business Intelligence" (BI) is an umbrella term that includes all the applications, infrastructure, tools, and best practices that enable vacation rental managers (VRMs) to access and analyze the information needed to improve and optimize their companies’ decisions and performance. As we...

Breezeway and FlipKey founder Jeremiah Gall: “How well do you know your properties?” 

Consumed by users on unlimited plans, analyzed by scientists, leveraged by marketing teams, and the basis of informed management decisions from the largest hotel...

Former Wyndham Vacation Rentals President Bob Milne Joins Vacasa as COO

With 1,400 employees, Vacasa has been making headlines as the fastest-growing full-service property management company in the vacation rental industry. Currently the second-largest vacation...

Hotels Plan Lobbying Push Over Priceline-Expedia “Monopoly”

The U.S. hotel industry plans to step up a lobbying and public relations attack on Expedia Inc. and Priceline Group Inc., hoping to convince consumers and members...

How To Do “Retargeting” The Right Way

Retargeting (otherwise referred to as Remarketing) has been a very popular topic among Bluetent’s clients lately, and I was happy to see the same...

The Seven Habits of Super Successful Salespeople 

I love vacation rentals. I love that we deliver twice the living space for half the price of hotels. I love being part of...

Mother-Daughter Teams in the Vacation Rental Industry Who are Leading the Way

In honor of Mother’s Day, we reached out to three vacation rental management companies owned and operated by mother-daughter teams who are helping to...
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Under the Hood: Meyer Vacation Rentals in Gulf Shores, Alabama

Meyer Real Estate and Vacation Rentals is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and Sheila Hodges and her daughter Michelle have built one of...

Under the Hood: Seaside Vacation Rentals in York, Maine

Founded in York, Maine in 1983, Maureen Regan and her daughter Jennifer Thibodeau are leading the way with high quality service for homeowners, guests, and...

Tansler suspends operations for its reverse auction marketplace for vacation rentals

Tansler, one of the vacation rental industry's most promising startups has suspended operations. TANSLER, an anagram of RENTALS, was the closest to succeeding with a...

Use Airbnb and VRBO.com to Look – But Not to Book – a Vacation Home

One in three US vacationers are choosing vacation rentals over hotels for their leisure travel, up from one in ten just five years ago,...

Free Webinar: Hotels, OTAs, Metasearch or Rentals: Who’s Winning in Traffic and Conversion?

In the never-ending battle for online accommodation shoppers, OTAs, major hotel brands, metasearch and private accommodation sites have become ever more aggressive and innovative...

Aloha Spirit: In Memory of Mary Margaret “Penny” Wallis Bennington, Founder, Bennington Properties in Sunriver, Oregon

“We use the word ‘hug’ or ‘hugging’ to refer to the role we play in our relationships with our community and our customers. In...

The 2017 Winter Issue of VRM Intel Magazine is Here

As vacation rental managers, you have numerous hats to wear in order to be successful. Consequently, in this winter issue, we decided to shift...
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Southwest Florida Man Accused of Vacation Rental Fraud Using VRBO.com

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - The Collier County Sheriff's Office arrested a man over the weekend who they say victimized three people in a rental...

Conversion Goals and Tracking

If you want to go the extra mile and prove to yourself that your email marketing strategies are working, configuring Google Analytics to track...

HomeAway sues Portland

The vacation rental website HomeAway filed a pair of lawsuits against the city of Portland this week, opening a new round in its battle...

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