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Booking.com launches weekly and monthly rental rates to cater to the needs of short-term rental operators
Will we soon be able to reserve monthly rentals on Booking.com? On August 25, 2020, the company announced that it ...
Going Back to Basics: Reimagining Travel and Airbnb in the Post-pandemic World
The fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, which brought global travel to a near standstill, left businesses on all ends of ...
Nokori Pulse, the new vacation rental industry news and community site launched by Wes Melton
Nokori Pulse is an industry news and community website aimed exclusively at vacation rental owners, managers, and industry professionals. Created ...
2020 VRMA International Conference is canceled: 4 alternative online vacation rental conferences to attend
A highlight for vacation rental owners and operators around the world is connecting with colleagues and friends at an annual ...
Who And What Is Behind The 12 Most Popular YouTube Videos On How To Start And Scale An Airbnb Business
Wondering where to learn more about the short-term rental industry? You don’t need to go to university or spend money ...
How To Sync Your Airbnb Calendar With Vrbo And Booking.Com With A Channel Manager
Are you growing your vacation rental business and managing listings on channels like Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com? Perhaps you’ve outgrown ...
Airbnb IPO 2020: An incredible comeback story, but doubts about the business rebound linger
On August 19, Airbnb officially announced that it was filing paperwork for an IPO. What does it mean? Why should ...
COVID-19 House parties: Airbnb extends booking restrictions to Spain, France, and UK and launches Summer Safety Campaign
Last week, we detailed the rise of wild house parties taking place in vacation rentals, as clubs and event venues ...
How To Choose A Vacation Rental Dynamic Pricing Tool
Are your rates too high? Are you leaving money on the table? Competitive pricing is one of the most important ...
Summer 2020 vacation rental trends: France manages to lower the COVID-19 blow, while Italy, Portugal, and especially Spain are hit harder
Southern Europe is a big market for vacation rentals: Chalets in the French Alps, old farmhouses in Tuscany, villas on ...
How To Sync Your Airbnb Calendar With Vrbo And Booking.Com With ICal
If you’re considering listing your vacation rental on more than one site, you may be wondering how you can prevent ...
What are the main categories of vacation rental software?
Whether you’re a veteran property manager or just starting out, perhaps you’ve noticed the vast number of short-term rental software ...
Discover how Airbnb’s Global Head of Hosting wants to rebuild trust with Airbnb Hosts
Catherine Powell is the new Global Head of Hosting at Airbnb. In late July, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced drastic ...
Summer 2020 Trends: Rural places, cabins, Cottages, Private pools and “vacation rentals near me”.
In a previous article about Summer 2020 vacation rental recovery, we had shown you that searches on Google for terms ...
While Booking.com launches a “Work-Friendly Program” for homes and apartments, Airbnb reduces Airbnb for Work into a more nimble “Laptop-Friendly Workspace” requirement.
Vacation rentals have been great places where to work for a very long time. Witness Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye villa in ...
Vrbo as the key engine to Expedia Group’s results in Q2 2020. Vrbo brand off to a good start with a lot of direct traffic coming in. Supply may increase as homeowners need to generate money during the COVID recession.
On July 30, the Expedia Group, owner of Vrbo, among other brands, published its quarterly report for the second quarter ...
Vacation Rental Management Conference: Richard Vaughton’s 10-point plan to be ready for the return of demand
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our March 2020 conference: ...
Vacation Rental Management Conference: How to design a Lean Vacation Rental Business Model with Filipa Leitão de Aguia
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our April 2020 conference: ...
Vacation Rental Management Conference: How to hire an Airbnb Virtual Assistant to expand your vacation rental business
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our April 2020 conference: ...
Vacation Rental Management Conference: Casal dei Fichi’s Bob Garner on eco-friendly vacation rental businesses
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our April 2020 conference: ...
