Thibault Masson

Are Vacation Rental bans here to stay? How are OTAs enforcing them?
After massive refunds and cancellations, vacation rental managers and short-term rental operators are facing another source of adverse winds: Bans ...

AJL PROFITABILITY HUB, Simon Lehmann’s online vacation rental conference with 9 experts
Simon Lehmann, CEO of AJL Consulting, is launching a free online conference on April 15th, 2020 at 5:30 PM CET. ...

Join Rental scale-Up and support “To Guests, With Love”, a fun initiative to unite and promote the vacation rental industry
To Guests, With Love, is a fun initiative to unite and promote the vacation rental industry with an uplifting video. If ...

Coronavirus crisis makes dynamic and smart pricing not reliable. Which metrics and tools can you still use to see current patterns and forecast Recovery?
How can help you feel a bit more in control when it comes to understanding the current demand and forecasting ...

Airbnb Monthly Stays, the Airbnb feature eclipsed by the Online Experiences hype
On April 9, Airbnb’s homepage changed and revealed 2 new product categories: Next to the usual “Places To Stay” and ...

Airbnb Professional Hosting Tools: What Property Managers Need to Know
If you’ve managed properties on Airbnb for a while, then you’ve noticed how the system is constantly changing and evolving. ...

How to Set Up and Maximize Your Airbnb Pro Marketing Page
Included in Airbnb’s suite of professional hosting tools, along with rule-sets and the multi-calendar, is the pro marketing page. This ...

“Are you a private or a business host?” asks Airbnb (and soon Booking.com) to comply with EU request
Airbnb and Booking.com have agreed to ask, respectively, Airbnb hosts and Booking partners whether or not they are professionals in ...

Coronavirus insights from Vacation rental & Airbnb data (US, Europe, Asia) + Forecasted Demand Trends
Here’s an updated version of our March 8 article “Vacation Rental Data and Charts show that coronavirus has biggest impact ...

How vacation rental managers can take advantage of the $2tr stimulus Loans and package
All over the world, local and national governments have taken relief measures to help big and small businesses survive the ...

Airbnb extends Extenuating circumstances until May 31, Pushes for Airbnb Travel Credit, while promising $260M in help to hosts
While most hosts were busy looking at Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky’s live stream, where he promised to give back $260 ...

GETTING YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH THE COVID-19 CRISIS WITH ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS FROM WORLD-CLASS SHORT-TERM AND VACATION RENTAL EXPERTS
Discover how to navigate the coronavirus crisis with data across several urban and resort markets and concrete actions on how ...

Coronavirus and Airbnb: “More Flexible Reservations” to balance the needs of guests and Hosts
On March 10, Airbnb introduced “More flexible reservations”, an upcoming package of tools and programs whose goal is to better ...

Vacation Rental Data and Charts show that coronavirus has biggest impact on bookings in Europe (vs US), in urban areas, for the next 30 days. Drive-to destinations to fare better.
Why do property managers in traditional resort areas in the US seem less worried about the impact of the COVID-19 ...

Coronavirus crisis (updated Weekly): Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com’s refund and cancellation policies, travel restrictions, how to price your urban or vacation rental.
(Last update: June 12) – The goal of this page is to save you time and give you some guidance ...

Airbnb Data Analytics in London: Comparing data sets from Inside Airbnb, AirDNA, and Airbnb
We’ve talked about the fact that short-term rentals are becoming increasingly corporate. Airbnb property management companies are growing, and more ...

Google Ads for Vacation Rentals: Google’s efforts Get more visible but are attacked by travel companies
Integration of Google Ads for vacation rentals into regular search results has increased yet again Vacation rental ad results used ...

Why RentalPreneurs becomes Rental Scale-Up
In 2014, I created a blog called RentalPreneurs.com, combining the words Rentals and Entrepreneurs. In 2020, it has changed names ...

Airbnb Trust and Safety Standards for Property Managers: What to Expect in 2020
Airbnb certainly helped to shape the short-term rental industry into what it is today, but one of Airbnb’s key innovations ...

What are safety and security certifications for short-term rental and serviced apartment properties? How to leverage them to get more Bookings?
One of the hottest topics right now for all types of rental properties, from villas to serviced apartments, is trust. ...





