In a previous article about Summer 2020 vacation rental recovery, we had shown you that searches on Google for terms such as “vacation rentals”, “cabin”, “villa”, and “cottage” were on an all-time high, in several countries around the world. This follow-up article brings you more light about what travelers are dreaming about, searching for, and, …
Vacation rentals have been great places where to work for a very long time. Witness Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye villa in Jamaica, where many James Bond novels have been penned or Rudyard Kipling’s Naulakha house, in Vermont, where he worked on the Jungle Book. As for business travelers and consultants have been staying in serviced apartments …
On July 30, the Expedia Group, owner of Vrbo, among other brands, published its quarterly report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2020. The months of April, May, and June 2020 were dark times for the travel industry. Yet, for the Expedia Group, Vrbo was a shining light of hope and good news. Vrbo, from …
During an interview with Andy Serwer, Brian Chesky gave a very interesting and detailed exposé that vacation rental managers, Airbnb hosts and short-term rental operators should read. Here’s the major topics that this interview covered: How travel has changed in 2020 (e.g. international and business travel will be hit for a long time), Which activities …
misterb&b (misterbandb.com) has grown from being a niche vacation rental website to being the world’s largest booking platform dedicated to the LGBTQ community and its allies, with more than 1 million listings. Four years ago, when we first talked with the company’s CEO, Matthieu Jost, the site had only 45,000 gay rentals and homestays. misterb&b …
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In Europe and in the US, the vacation rental recovery seems to be here. Data show a marked interest for self-catered homes, from Florida villas to Colorado cabins, English cottages to French gites. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky even says that “between the end of March and early June, Airbnb had more bookings in the U.S. …
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As cleanliness is perhaps the hottest topic in the short-term rental industry at the moment, property managers can access checklists, guides, and best practices to thoroughly clean their units and build trust with guests. But where’s the science behind these recommendations? Vrbo recently published a cleanliness training video produced in collaboration with Cristal International Standards, …
Goodbye, HomeAway. Adiós, TopRural. Adeus, AlugueTemporada. The Expedia Group has been busy streamlining its portfolio of vacation rental website brands. The websites Toprural.com in Spain and AlugueTemporada.com.br in Brazil are already redirecting to Vrbo España and Vrbo Brasil. This July, HomeAway is becoming Vrbo. Users of the HomeAway website in the U.S. will be redirected …
Jil Mason, the founder of CleaningCertification.com, is sharing with us her expertise on the vacation rental cleaning guideline topic. Weeks of country-wide closures and stay-at-home orders have halted worldwide travel and caused almost all vacation rental property managers to lose revenue that they cannot make up. As areas reopen after the COVID-19 crisis, some managers …
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The tone of the press about Airbnb.com is changing. The company is now treated as the comeback kid that has matured. Over interviews, the company positions itself as agile and resilient, with good numbers, lower costs, and a relevant offering of homes. Airbnb may be stealing a bit of Vrbo’s thunder here in terms of …
This is no small feat: Getting arch-rivals Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, Trip to agree to have a common stance on something. It is what the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has just accomplished with its #Safetravels measures to enable short-term rentals to begin welcoming guests. WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, …
We have teamed up with TurnoverBNB to offer a handy infographic that you can save on your computer, send to the phone of your cleaner or print at your property to remind your staff of the steps to take to respect the new COVID-19 grade cleaning guidelines. Our goal was, to sum up Airbnb’s enhanced …
As Summer 2020 is supposed to be about domestic travel and drive-to destinations, Airbnb has launched an impressive global campaign called Airbnb: Go Near. Not only does the Airbnb campaign recommend peaceful destinations and family-friendly homes nearby, but also it has partnered with 15 local organizations such as Visit Florida and VisitDenmark around the world …
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If you are listing your properties on Vrbo and its sister sites (e.g., HomeAway US, HomeAway UK, Abritel in France, Fewo-Direkt in Germany, and Stayz in Australia), you may have received a communication stating that starting 31st August 2020, it will be mandatory for all property managers to be Price Consistent on Vrbo / HomeAway. …
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In order to pass Airbnb’s cleaning protocol quiz and get the cleaning highlight on their listing, hosts have to familiarize themselves with the Airbnb Cleaning Handbook. These 38-page long instructions make up a detailed cleaning manual. We show you here this handbook and tell you to download it. When Airbnb announced its Enhanced Cleaning Initiative, the …
In April 2020, Airbnb announced its Enhanced Cleaning Initiative. The company had already published some a few simple cleaning checklists and guidelines earlier that month, but something bigger was coming. Indeed, on June 7, the company rolled out its Airbnb Hosting Cleaning Commitment: More educational content, a 38-page cleaning handbook, 18-page starter guide, and online …
If you are listing properties on Vrbo.com or one of its sister brand websites (e.g., HomeAway, Abritel, FeWo-Direkt, Stayz, Homelidays, Bookabatch), it is time to take action. In order to create more trust in their eyes of travelers, you need to indicate which of the key Vrbo cleaning practices you are following at your listings. …
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Airbnb has launched a new version of its Performance tab. Not only have some names and charts changed, but Airbnb has also introduced an enhanced Quality reporting dashboard, with cleanliness as 1 of the 7 factors that guests can rate. This new performance report is an excellent way for Airbnb management companies to deep dive …
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is the summary of the findings from our May 2020 conference: “How villa and holiday rental managers are navigating the COVID-19 crisis in Southeast Asia and Oceania“. In May 2020, we held an online conference across the Asia-Pacific holiday rental market. Here’s our …
