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A Basic Primer on Short-term Rentals with a Cheat Sheet and Checklist of Considerations for City Officials

Amy Hinote -
An increasing number of municipalities are looking for the best way to regulate short-term rental regulations, and elected officials are understandably confused about how...
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HomeAway Software Consolidates Software Systems: Migrating V12 and YesBookIt Users to Escapia

Amy Hinote -
This week, HomeAway Software announced to its property management (PM) software clients that it plans to migrate users to one common system, as the...
Marketing

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...
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...
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Vacasa to Acquire Sea to Sky Rentals: Founder Michelle Acquavella Shares Reasons Behind the Sale and What is Next

Amy Hinote -
Vacasa announced that it will acquire Seattle-based Sea to Sky Rentals and take over the management of its 85 properties in Seattle, Stevens Pass,...
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...
News

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....
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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...
OTAs

Expedia’s rebrand of VRBO to Vrbo leads to feedback and questions about the HomeAway brand

Amy Hinote -
Today, Expedia announced that it has rebranded VRBO.com to Vrbo.com and asks consumers to pronounce the marketplace name going forward as “ver-boh” instead of...
Marketing

5 Ways Vacation Rental Managers Can Increase Direct Bookings

Arthur Colker -
On the second #BookDirect Day in 2019, over 5 million travelers received emails with a social reach of 50 million+. about the advantages of...
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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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Fireside Chat: Breezeway and Durk Johnson

VRM Intel Staff -
After nearly 20 years in the vacation rental industry, Durk Johnson has seen it all. From his accidental transition into the business with Deer...
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Vacation Rental Professionals of Maine Select Fetch My Guest to Power NortheastStays.com

Vince Perez -
Coming off of the successful launch of the NorthwestStays Marketplace for professional vacation rental hosts, Fetch My Guest and the Vacation Rental Professionals of...
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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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...
News

Former Sabre CEO Sam Gilliland Joins BookingPal Board of Directors

Alexa Nota -
BookingPal is pleased to announce the addition of Sam Gilliland to its board of directors. Gilliland is the former chairman and CEO of travel...
Marketing

Is Texting the New Email for Vacation Rental Managers? Giving Great Service While Texting 

Ali Cammelletti -
Communication via texting is rapidly increasing as we all see every day. Now when I dine out at a restaurant and I am waiting for a table,...
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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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Expedia CEO on HomeAway: “We bought the Craigslist of vacation rentals.” #SkiftForum

Amy Hinote -
At the recent Skift Global Forum, Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom fielded on-stage questions from Skift founding editor, Dennis Schaal, about the progress the company is...
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The Rise of Brands in the Vacation Rental Industry

Alex Nigg -
Branding, they say, is everything. If you’re starting a company, one of the first things you’ll hear is that you need a strong brand. People...
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Education

Selling Safety: Professional Managers Need to Promote Safe Vacation Rentals

Justin Ford -
Anytime NBC’s Jeff Rossen does a news report on vacation rentals, rental managers around the country shudder at the effect his report could have...
News

CanadaStays Partners with Inntopia

Alexa Nota -
  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...
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The Future of OTA Guest Fees for Vacation Rentals: Airbnb, Booking, Expedia/HomeAway Have Conflicting Views on a Fee for Travelers

Amy Hinote -
Airbnb started it. We all know the story by now. Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia couldn't afford to pay rent in their San...
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