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This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our May 2020 conference: “How villa and holiday rental
Do you offer any summer discounts? Have you lowered your rates recently? While it’s definitely important to sell competitive rates, if you simply reduce your
Is the summer 2020 travel season going to be a total bust? As a property manager, you’re probably wondering when travel will bounce back. The
Get actionable insights for your vacation rental business by subscribing to the Rental Scale-Up Youtube channel. As some of you may prefer videos to articles,
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
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
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
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
Vrbo has not sat idle when the COVID-19 crisis hit the vacation rental industry. For instance, it tried to balance the needs of its guests
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
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
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
This survey is a snapshot taken in late March, at the peak of the havoc created by the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis. Vacation rental property managers
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
Booking.com is now allowing its partners to indicate on their listings which health and safety, physical distancing, and food safety measures they have taken. The
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 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
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,
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
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
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