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Vacasa Acquires Meyer Vacation Rentals, Doubles Footprint on Alabama Gulf Coast

Vacasa has purchased Meyer Vacation Rentals and Meyer Services from SH Enterprises, doubling its short-term rental footprint along the Alabama Gulf Coast. Starr Textiles...

New Vacation Rental Data Standards in a Post-Pandemic World

Experts in many fields, from economics to health care, have referred to COVID-19 as an accelerator that escalated shifts in societal behavior. The pandemic...

The Value of Asking Questions to the Guest Experience, Your Work Environment & Beyond

Questions are a critical foundation of all relationships that we experience in life. They are said to create learning or liking, and, in the...

Purpose-Built Vacation Rental Neighborhood Discovery Heights Providing Solutions for High Rental Demands

At the south end of the Long Beach peninsula lies a large basalt headland consisting of forested hilltops and magnificent capes overlooking the Pacific...

Taxes for Vacation Rentals: Six Ways You Can Help Cut Your Homeowner’s Taxes

Property managers get all kinds of questions from homeowner clients, and sometimes these are tax and financial questions. Homeowners may share tax-relevant information with...

Jeremy Gall Discusses Challenges & Opportunities: Where Is Vacation Rental Management Heading?

When we started Breezeway in 2016, few companies in the vacation rental ecosystem were talking about property care and operations. Managers were focused on...

VRM Careerists: Seasoned VR Pro Laik Lepera, Director of Operations at Village Realty

Three seasoned VR pros share how they have survived and thrived in the industry.  In this series of VRM Careerists, VRM Intel is continuing to...
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VRM Careerists: Seasoned VR Pro Julie Byrd, Vice President of Sales at Cabo Villas

Three seasoned VR pros share how they have survived and thrived in the industry.  In this series of VRM Careerists, VRM Intel is continuing to...

VRM Careerists: Seasoned VR Pro Gail Boisclair and How She’s Survived & Thrived in the Industry

VRM Intel is diving into the lives of the careerists among us: those managers who have made it over the river and through the...

Reinventing Your Business’ Front Line for a Better Guest Experience

The excited family pulls up to their rental home for a highly anticipated week of vacation. Everyone jumps out of the vehicle, and they...

Amid Unemployment Benefits & Hiring Struggles: How to Attract & Retain a Seasonal Workforce

The war for talent continues to plague businesses into summer 2021. Just one year ago in April and May, we saw unemployment rates in...

Industry Veteran and Rented CCO Cliff Johnson Departs Vacation Rental Industry to Join Realtor.com

Rented CCO Cliff Johnson has resigned from his role to join Realtor.com as vice president of new homes, category manager. In his new role...

Software veteran Kimberly Lang to Lead Inhabit IQ’s Vacation Division

Inhabit IQ, a collective of tech-forward products serving the residential, commercial and vacation rental management industries, announced today that Kimberly Lang has joined the...

Property Management Newcomer Casiola: How their Fresh Look at the Industry is Making them Successful

This past February, I pulled into the driveway of my Orlando vacation rental around 9:00 p.m. on a Saturday night. It’s always unsettling to...
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Need More Properties to Rent Out? Now Is The Time to Grow Your Vacation Rental Business

For a vacation rental manager, adding inventory is the best way to grow the value of your business.   The demand for vacation rentals is at...

71% of Travelers in the US & Europe to Book a Vacation Rental in the Next 18 Months

Key Takeaways • Vacation rentals are among the top choice above all other forms of accommodation for 78% of travelers, continuing even beyond the pandemic...

How to Educate & Improve your Team’s Performance

Operational efficiency is difficult to measure, but imperative to your business’ success.  Ben Edwards of Weatherby Consulting offered a virtual session in March as part...

How to Boost Owner Acquisition & Retention in Vacation Rentals

“With more competition in the market, acquiring and retaining owners is a large determinant of running a successful management business. It’s always a challenge...

Implications of Safety on Guests, Insurance, and Regulation

Property and guest safety are foundational to delivering five-star guest experiences. The pandemic has made this clearer than ever for operators and their guests.  In...

Staffing: Internal vs. External Field Teams

Few would argue against the statement that a vacation rental operator’s most critical function is handled by the cleaning and maintenance teams. What can...

The Importance of Guest Communication to Vacation Rental Management

“Vacation rental managers have historically taken a reactionary approach to in-stay communication: leave the guest alone and be ready to respond when needed. Today,...
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Operational Trends in Vacation Rentals: How to Cope with More Work & Less Time

“Without a doubt, the pandemic has made the job of property managers harder. There’s an increased emphasis, quite rightly, on standards and cleanliness, and...

Exploring the Regulatory Landscape

As the industry pushes for higher-quality service, guest expectations aren’t the only driving force for operational excellence -- state and local regulators are closely...

Using Purpose-Built Tools to Better Serve Your Vacation Rental Business

“The ecosystem of ancillary technology enables vacation rental managers to work more efficiently. Short-term rental managers have gravitated away from one-size-fits-all technology and rely...

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