Vrbo HomeAway family vacation rental US trends for 2021
What can vacation rental owners and managers take away from Vrbo’s 2021 travel trend report? A first insight is that, in 2021, US families will
Travel Trends 2021 post-Covid 19: What Booking.com’s predictions mean for short-term rentals
We’ve looked at the nine 2021 travel trends predicted by online travel agency Booking.com. For each of them, we’ve analyzed the prediction means for traditional
Airbnb 2021 travel trends point to renewed demand for vacation rentals
At Airbnb, summer 2020 travel trends were about staycations (i.e. traveling within driving distance), flexible cancellations, and long-term stays. In July 2020, Airbnb CEO Brian
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Attract more guests and remote workers with the Airbnb wifi speed test
Airbnb hosts can now test their wifi speed, see the results, and get their listing updated accordingly, straight from the Airbnb app. We show you
Rentals United and VrTech founder Vanessa De Souza Lage on attending VRWS 2021
Vanessa De Souza Lage is one of the most recognizable faces in the vacation rental industry. A tireless industry maven, she’s co-founded channel manager Rentals
What Airbnb’s 2021 mission statement says about the company’s ambitions
A company’s mission statement says a lot about how it sees itself, how it wants others to see it, where it is now, and where
FinTech by Booking, Revolut Stays, Dtravel: Payment solution hype vs real-world problems
The topic of payment is so important that Airbnb, and now Booking.com, have set up entire FinTech units. Things are also happening the other way
How to use Airbnb's new custom promotion tool
Get more visibility on Airbnb when you create a discount on your listing. Understand what you are exactly getting in return before lowering your price.
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No Vacancy | Record-High Vacation Rental Bookings Leave Vacation Rental Managers with No Supply
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Asia-Pacific: SE Asia villa market slumps (-66% in Bali), while Australia booms (+80% in Byron Bay)
While data about the surge in vacation rental bookings in the US abound, fewer reports are available about other regions. Last week, we published our
Vacation rental industry M&A (mergers and acquisitions) activity on the rise in 2021
Investors are still pouring money into the vacation and short-term rental industry in 2021. While many property management and tech companies were battered in 2020,
How permanent are the remarkable changes in Airbnb’s listing numbers?
For more than a year now, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered demand patterns across most of the world’s short-term rental markets. For instance, sea, rural,
Fully refundable cancellation policies see booking demand at almost the same levels as pre-pandemic
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the requirement for generous cancellation policies has increased dramatically. Guests are demanding flexibility regarding credit, cancellations, and refunds. Many channels,
How to track the recovery of vacation rentals 2021
This month we at Hostaway had a webinar with our partner PriceLabs regarding 10 ways to adjust your prices in 2021. During the Q&A, it
2021 vacation rental trends for the industry and your market
After looking at 2020 through data and graphs from Google Trends, our team assesses here a few trends (predictions?) for 2021. We’ve all learned to
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FinTech by Booking, Revolut Stays, Dtravel: Payment solution hype vs real-world problems
The topic of payment is so important that Airbnb, and now Booking.com, have set up entire FinTech units. Things are also happening the other way
How to use content marketing to build authority and become an Airbnb alternative
How do you turn your listing site into a travel resource that hits multiple times each of the visitors in your area? This is what
Hometogo: $1bn value based on booking commissions and software revenues
As we announced last week, vacation rental marketplace Hometogo is supposed to go public via a planned €1.2 billion transaction. Excluding debt, the enterprise value
Inclusivity in travel: Fabstayz, a dedicated platform for LGBTQ+ guests
The topic of inclusivity has relevance outside of just pride month. As the business of vacation rental evolves, conversations and actions must continue in a
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