While the vacation rental industry faces challenges related to COVID-19, property managers and homeowners are having to work directly with third-party booking providers—including Vrbo...
Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' office approved the reopening of vacation rentals in panhandle counties: Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, Franklin, and...
Today Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced, beginning Monday, the state would move into a "full Phase One," and short-term rentals can reopen if counties...
Airbnb's Chris Lehane, vice president of global policy and communications, is reaching out to city officials to influence COVID-19-related reopening policies to "work together...
As President Trump continues to hand over decision-making power to individual states during the COVID-19 crisis, US governors find themselves with more executive control...
As the vacation rental industry faces challenges related to the spread of COVID-19, managers on the Gulf Coast are remembering another unanticipated, debilitating event...
A Simple Guide to Help Vacation Rental Managers Understand Aid Available through the Paycheck Protection Program
Undeniably, the vacation rental industry has been absolutely shaken...
Earlier today, Vacasa notified employees it is laying off an unspecified number of workers, cutting the hours of others in half, and reducing executive...
Vacasa announced today it has appointed Matt Roberts, former OpenTable CEO and independent Vacasa board director, as interim chief executive officer. This appointment follows...
The 2020s: This new decade will establish law, order, and professionalism for the vacation rental industry.
The vacation rental industry is like the Wild West.
Over...
Late last week, vacation rental managers began reporting that their company logos had disappeared from Vrbo's listing pages.
Previously, Vrbo displayed company logos on listing...
Throwing the gauntlet: dead in five years?
Three years ago, Maninder Gulati of OYO predicted at Phocuswright India that “plain aggregators” will be dead in...
Property managers and homeowners using Booking.com who haven't checked the site lately might be surprised to find a star rating on their property listings.
Booking.com...
What if the Only Website You Ever Needed for Travel Booking was Google.com?
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Safeguard Your Short-Term Vacation Rental Business from the Unexpected
With the growing number of vacation rental insurance options available today, it can be difficult...
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....
Data. Analytics. Conversions. Oh My!
If you are walking precariously along the yellow brick road of vacation rental marketing, these words are as scary as...