Industry News
Will the U.S. vacation rental industry peak in 2023?
“Trees Don’t Grow to the Sky” is a popular German proverb. In the US, will 2023 be the year when ...
Vacation rental pros depend less on Airbnb as they grow; PMS and dynamic pricing key to tech stack
Hostfully, a provider of property management software and guest guidebooks for the short-term rental industry, has released the 2022 edition ...
E.U.: VAT added to all STR stays, collected by Airbnb and other platforms. +20% on stays by 2025?
The European Commission’s proposal clarifies definitively that the short-term rental of accommodation is not exempt from VAT (value-added tax) in ...
How to craft authentic guest experiences by partnering with local businesses
As a rental host or property manager, how essential is it to build local relationships with businesses in your area? ...
Soaring energy costs push vacation rental owners and property managers to act on sustainability (but many think that traveler behavior is too hard to change)
Short-term rental managers are taking action to save on energy costs and thus help with environmental issues. Surprisingly, property owners ...
How vacation rental managers can leverage AI text generators for travel and tourism
How can artificial intelligence help vacation rental managers and Airbnb hosts save time and achieve better results? On Rental Scale-Up, ...
The Airbnb-friendly marketplace lets renters can find a place to live and then airbnb it part-time (i.e., the Airbnb Resident Hosting program)
Airbnb has launched a marketplace of Airbnb-friendly apartments in 175 buildings in 25+ markets across the US. This is not ...
Thanksgiving 2022 saw guests book earlier; ADRs skyrocket for the holiday season
The upcoming holiday season is shaping up to be one of the most expensive yet for North American and European ...
Airbnb Private Rooms: Even Brian Chesky is doing it; Why Airbnb likes people’s bedrooms again.
Suddenly, Airbnb is busy rediscovering and promoting private rooms, i.e., renting a bedroom in someone’s home. Brian Chesky has even ...
BookDirect proponent Boostly hits $3 million in tracked direct bookings, announces new hires
Short-term rental solutions provider Boostly reports that the company has generated $3 million in tracked direct bookings for their clients. The company ...
Transparency: How the European Union has made Airbnb more consumer-friendly than in the U.S.
In the US, social media pressure has made Airbnb implement big changes, from including “hidden fees” earlier in its total ...
#AirbnBUST: Will Airbnb’s 2022 Winter Release aggravate hosts’ fears about oversupply?
Is the #Airbnbust upon us? Is it even a real thing? While Airbnb has reported in Q3 2022 its strongest ...
Lodgify raises $30M while focusing on the long tail of STR hosts
Vacation rental SaaS startup Lodgify has just raised $30m in Series B funding. The solution acts as an online PMS ...
Brian Chesky & Fees: Airbnb to display total “all-in” price to fight against perception it’s become unaffordable
As we predicted last week, Airbnb will make prices more transparent to its users starting in December. Why is this ...
Takeaways from the 2022 VRMA International conference in Las Vegas
From October 23 to 26, I attended the 2022 VRMA International conference. It’s one of the biggest and most influential ...
Booking.com’s U.S. strategy for vacation rentals
Every year, it is interesting to sit at Booking.com’s VRMA presentation to learn what the Amsterdam-based OTA wants to tell ...
Airbnb 2022 Winter Release
On November 16, 2022, Airbnb unveiled its Airbnb 2022 Winter Release. This Release is a mixed bag: Some improvements are ...
Scale Rentals France à Paris en novembre 2022: Pourquoi y aller
Du 23 au 25 novembre 2022 se tient à Paris le Scale Rentals France. L’équipe de Rental Scale-Up y sera ...
European booking trends show worrying signs for Winter 2022-23 after a soft September
For short-term rental operators in Europe, the Summer of 2022 was fantastic, with demand finally surpassing 2019 levels. Yet, the ...
VITUR 2022: How hosts, managers, and suppliers can build sustainable short-term rental brands
Sustainability was one of the key pillars of VITUR Summit 2022 in Málaga and with good reason. VITUR is one ...
