(April 14, 2022 update) After much uproar on social media, in the trade press (see our original article below) and inside its own Online Host Community, Airbnb has chosen to
Vacation rental data is hot, not just for professionals from the short-term rental industry. Over the last two weeks, two leading vacation rental data providers, US-based AirDNA and European-based Transparent,
The story of Vacasa, Inc. (VCSA) is one of spending a lot of money on building a tech platform and acquiring supply – mostly by acquiring medium and large vacation
Like Airbnb, Expedia Group has recorded its best Q4 ever (from October to November 2021). While the Vrbo stock does not exist as a separate entity, the Vrbo brand is
In which type of property management companies and vacation rental tech startups did the money flow in 2021 and early 2022? What was the average transaction amount for pre-seed and
Hopper, a fast-growing OTA, has launched Hopper Homes, its product and service offer for the vacation rental home market. Hopper Homes has built an impressive short-term rental marketplace in less
Plum Guide (plumguide.com), one of the leading luxury vacation rental distribution channels, has just launched a crowdfunding campaign. The London-based company is hoping to raise £1m (€1.19m / $1.38m) in
A recent study of 127,183 Airbnb complaints on Twitter has caught the attention of many Airbnb hosts and property managers. While our Rental Scale-Up team found interesting insights from this massive research effort,
Airbnb, Booking, and Vrbo are busy finding ways to take the thunder away from each other. Vrbo wants Airbnb’s supply. Airbnb wants Vrbo’s large vacation rentals and Booking.com’s low prices.
Make your voice heard. It is crucial and easy to do. The European Union has plans to simplify short-term rental regulations across Europe, and you can influence the outcome by
Skift’s Global Forum is one of the most respected travel conferences in the world. It is a great place to hear industry leaders and researchers share data and insights about
In May 2021, Airbnb rushed to promise to give full transparency on its cleaning fee, after Twitter and the media got angry at the “ridiculous” level of cleaning fees on
Oliver Bell, the founder of Oliver’s Travels, one of the biggest British villa rental companies, tells Rental Scale-Up how he has grown the company, how COVID-19 impacts his business, what
If you are French or a Western European traveller, you may have met the word “gîte” before. It is a self-catering holiday cottage, 80% of the time located in a
A few weeks ago, we published a deep-dive into Booking.com’s difficulties with cracking the US vacation rental market, in terms of supply and demand. Booking Holdings’ leadership said that “it’s
GuestReady, a European property management company, has already raised more than €1.5M ($1.8M) on the equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, a few days into its campaign. The initial goal was to
Investment activity in the short-term rental industry continues to gather momentum, and recently VTrips has been at the center of it. VTrips is a property management company from Jacksonville, Florida
As we mentioned in our article about long stays, Airbnb is renewing its efforts to capture a slice of the housing market. In turn, how can real estate businesses and
Since the onset of the pandemic, Airbnb had claimed that people were not just traveling, but also living and working at airbnbs. The company has been recording a higher share
Vacation rental bookings on Airbnb are up 320% since last summer. The expansion of online accommodation sites such as Airbnb, VRBO, and others introduced a need for short-term rental cleaners
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