Industry News
Stay informed on the latest developments in the vacation rental and short-term rental industry. This category provides vacation rental managers and short-term rental managers with news on industry growth, trends, events, and insights into the future of short-term rental property management. From major updates across European markets to professional insights into industry shifts, explore the news shaping the landscape of vacation rentals.
Live webinars and 1-to-1 host coaching: Airbnb Ambassadors power the “Made possible by hosting” campaign
To attract the “millions more hosts” that Airbnb needs, according to CEO Brian Chesky, Airbnb is ramping up its Ambassador ...
How human touch beats smart technology to get more direct repeat bookings
In my previous two posts, we tackled breaking free from Online Travel Agents (OTAs) and setting up a price strategy. ...
Vacation rental industry M&A (mergers and acquisitions) activity on the rise in 2021
Investors are still pouring money into the vacation and short-term rental industry in 2021. While many property management and tech ...
How to list on Google Vacation Rentals, Part 3: Direct connection or connectivity providers?
Unlike with Airbnb, Booking.com, or Vrbo, you cannot just go to a sign-up page and get your vacation rental listed ...
How to list on Google Vacation Rentals, Part 2: Why list with Google?
Getting your vacation rental properties on Google’s Vacation Rentals feature looks very appealing. It promises a new booking source, at ...
How to list on Google Vacation Rentals, Part 1: What does it look like?
Some property managers report getting more than 10% of their bookings from Google’s Vacation Rentals meta-search. In this first article, ...
Email Marketing Tips To Grow Your Direct Bookings: Our Top 10 Strategies
Direct marketing and remarketing are time-tested strategies that have shown consistent results in the travel industry. Collecting customer information to ...
Airbnb Hosting Highlights: Ideas that property managers can steal from Airbnb
When you manage a team, you can motivate your people by giving them positive feedback based on long-term accomplishments, peer ...
Vrbo Fast Start, a program to attract Airbnb Superhosts by solving issues common to all new properties
The battle for vacation rental supply growth is heating up among the big platforms. We’ve already covered how Airbnb was ...
How permanent are the remarkable changes in Airbnb’s listing numbers?
For more than a year now, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered demand patterns across most of the world’s short-term rental ...
Pricing, forecasting, and benchmarking: Master the two primary sources of competitive data
Competitive data in the short-term rental market provides managers answers to important questions regarding their pricing strategy. This type of ...
How property managers can drive direct bookings from repeat guests
A how-to guide for multi-property owners (Part 1 of 2) There’s a lot of discussion in the industry right now ...
How do I make my Airbnb listing better? Update your amenities in 2021
If you have not recently updated the Amenities section of your Airbnb listing, you may be missing out on visibility, ...
Vacation rental inventory growth: How Vintory helps VRMs grow their supply
D. Brooke Pfautz is the founder & CEO of Vintory, a company that helps vacation rental managers grow their inventory. ...
New bookings skyrocketed in February in the US but remained depressed in Europe.
For vacation rentals in the US, on average, February was exceptionally bad in terms of the number of nights stayed, ...
How Google Analytics 4 Will Enable More Detailed Measurement Of Your Vacation Rental Website
As a vacation rental business owner, it is vital to stay updated with market trends, current technology, and customer preferences. ...
Is it spring yet? HomeToGo and Sykes Holiday Cottages data turn positive
As reported in our analysis of the reservation data pulled by Transparent, the UK saw a surge in bookings starting ...
UK holiday rental reservation boom creates optimism for European holiday rental market
Up until mid-February, the situation between the US and European holiday market could not be more contrasted: in the US, ...
2020 Airbnb earnings reveal keys to its success: A strong brand and a tech platform that attract exclusive individual hosts
How would you explain Airbnb’s resilience in 2020, relative to its competitors? For instance, while Airbnb’s revenues dropped by 22% ...
How to evaluate vacation rental software, with Keystone Awards’ Terry Whyte
Sometimes it might feel like there’s a new vacation rental software out there every day, and let’s be real, this ...
