Booking.com has rolled out a new “damage policy” whose goal is to dissuade hosts from taking damage deposits. Instead, hosts can make a claim up until 14 days after guests
While the US vacation rental market began booming as soon as the summer of 2020, the European market only started surging in the summer of 2021. Yet, the Asia-Pacific market
While it is impossible to list all Airbnb ranking factors, we can briefly show you how search placement and ranking influence what prospective guests will see within Airbnb search results.
Airbnb as a resilient company Airbnb’s business model was shaken but then validated by the new ways that guests used the platform. First, the company’s leadership wanted to convey that
PriceLabs, a leading dynamic pricing tool for the short-term rental industry, went from bootstrapping to raising $30m and from figuring out how to price a property to pricing more than
You probably know the concept of applying dynamic prices to vacation rental rates so that they automatically increase or decrease with demand. Yet, have you thought about making vacation rental
(updated on July 27, 2022) Airbnb has announced that, starting August 22, 2022, hosts who cancel a reservation risk paying a cancellation fee to Airbnb ranging from a minimum of
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a vacation rental boom in the US, with markets in coastal and mountain destinations recording record revenues in summer 2020, 2021, and 2022. Meanwhile, the story
Do you own a vacation rental or Airbnb? If so, you may be interested in offering “shoppable stays” to your guests. This is a great way to increase your revenue
Madly Schenin-King is a female entrepreneur who’s managed to build Welcome à la Maison, the biggest short-term rental industry event in the French-speaking Caribbean region. She’s created a unique place
Our partner Rent Responsibly is organizing a free educational conference on July 12 – 13, called the RR Summit. This summer’s theme is “Paths to professionalization”. The event is organized
In its 2021 Tourism Recovery Plan, the English government set out its intention to consider a Tourist Accommodation Registration Scheme. To understand the market and pick the best policies, The
On June 28, 2022, Airbnb turned its temporary global party ban into a permanent one. The ban was born from the occurrence of multiple shooting incidents and infamously noisy COVID
Vacation rental data provider AirDNA has used May and June data from Airbnb and Vrbo to look at what Summer 2022 could be like for vacation rental managers in Europe
When it comes to hospitality-linked horror movies, hotels had been dominating the screens for years, from Pyscho’s Bates Motel to The Shining’s Overlook Hotel. Yet, a new genre has taken
Should all short-term rental managers and owners try and attract digital nomads? At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a few destinations like Bali were deserted by tourists but did
Since the release of the Summer 2022 Update, Airbnb hosts have shared recurring concerns about losing control over their listings. First, the new Airbnb Categories search results replaced listing titles
As a vacation rental manager, should you see the value of the shares of publicly-traded companies such as Vacasa, Sonder, and Airbnb as canaries in the coal mine? Over the
Airbnb Categories, the company’s new way to help its users discover new listings and destinations, is at the front and center of Airbnb’s summer 2022 marketing campaigns. Among Airbnb’s new
Techsplained is a show that helps vacation rental property managers and owners clearly understand what industry tech solutions do. Every week, Deborah Labi from The Guest Innspector publishes a 15-minute
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