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.
Know more about your Vacation Rental guests than they do themselves
You can know more about your guests’ preferences as a group than they do themselves! Armed with this critical knowledge, you ...
Nobody laughed when I said goodbye to the OTAs
I was interested to see reactions to last week’s article where I explained I had said goodbye to the OTAs ...
I just said goodbye Airbnb and Homeaway and Booking
Last week I started my biggest experiment in 20 years of running a vacation rental. I suspended my Online Travel ...
Harnessing the irrational behaviour of your vacation rental guests
We humans are strange people, we do the strangest things, and we are also culturally programmed to behave irrationally and ...
Your own online booking facility
It really helps if guests can book directly online from your own website. Ten years ago, most guests preferred booking ...
Get to the top of Google for free with Google My Business
Did you know you can get to the top of Google for free? You can use a Google feature called ...
Airbnb thrives but is reprimanded by the EU
Analysts have upgraded the estimated value of Airbnb. It used to be valued at $40Billion, but a new report estimates ...
A mastermind group drives success
One of the most powerful activities driving the success of your vacation rental can be a Mastermind group. It certainly ...
Why barriers to entry are your friend
These Holiday Rental Mastery articles are dedicated to giving information to vacation rental owners who want to succeed way beyond ...
The 8 parts to a winning loyalty program
Repeat customers are the core of a thriving vacation rental. How is your loyalty program working? An effective loyalty program ...
Why your website is golden
I was amazed a few years back at a leading edge Vacation Rental conference when only half the audience had ...
Short term rental clampdown in Sydney
If any further evidence is needed of my view that the industry is expanding so fast that things break, here ...
The OTAs compared – Airbnb vs Homeaway vs Booking.com vs Tripadvisor
In a previous article I showed how Airbnb has dominated growth of property supply in the VR industry. However there ...
How STANDING OUT brings you bookings
As the inexorable growth of Airbnb floods more and more owners into the market, the competition for Vacation Rental owners ...
The domination of Airbnb
Looking back over the last few years since I wrote the first Holiday Rental Mastery stories, it is clear that ...
We are back – after 3 disasters
There has been a gap of 2 years in our stories for readers, but we are back! It has been, let’s ...
GDPR for Vacation Rental Business Entrepreneurs: Quick and Not-So Dirty
If you have, like me, a vacation rental business for which you have launched online websites where people can book ...
Could Property Management Companies Disappear? Speakers at vacation rental conference show concern.
On June 8, I attended a VrTech (vacation rental technology) event in Rome. I was there to bring back industry ...
5 Tips to Land a Job at Booking.com’s Homes and Apartments Division
I had the pleasure to speak at several vacation rental industry events, such as the VRMA National Conference in Phoenix and the ...
Why you should be attending Vacation Rental World Summit 2016
How about attending a vacation rental conference organized by your peers? How about listening from people like you, learning from ...
