Vacation Rental Market

Booking Windows Tighten, but Early Bookings Still Drive the Revenue Engine

Booking Windows Tighten, but Early Bookings Still Drive the Revenue Engine

Uvika Wahi

At this year’s VRWS conference in Porto, Key Data’s Sally Henry revealed a surprising trend: while short-term rentals are seeing ...

European Cities Short-Term rental Bans and regulations

European Cities Clamp Down on Short-Term Rentals: How Property Managers Can Respond

Uvika Wahi

The short-term rental (STR) industry in Europe (and elsewhere) is facing a growing wave of regulations that demand the attention ...

Profitable All Year Long: Sean Landreth’s Strategies for Smart Property Management

Profitable All Year Long: Sean Landreth’s Strategies for Smart Property Management

Snigdha

A property can make a whack load of revenue for two months of the year, but what about the other ...

How US Vacation Rental Managers Could Drive More Direct Bookings

How US Vacation Rental Managers Could Drive More Direct Bookings

Thibault Masson

In an industry dominated by platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo, vacation rental managers are grappling with a significant shift. Skift ...

Q1 2024 Sees Record 123.7 Million Nights Booked in Europe

Q1 2024 Sees Record 123.7 Million Nights Booked in Europe

Snigdha

The first quarter of 2024 has brought great news for the short-term rental market in Europe. With guests spending a ...

Airbnb’s Latest Guidelines, Topkey+ AMERICAN EXPRESS, MAUI STR Ban

Airbnb’s Latest Guidelines, Topkey + American Express, Maui STR Ban

Snigdha

Airbnb’s Latest Guidelines & Tips for Vacation Rental Managers Key Takeaways for Vacation Rental Managers: Snigdha’s View Topkey’s New Integration ...

Creating Delight: Elevating Vacation Rentals with Personalized Service and Technology

Creating Delight: Elevating Vacation Rentals with Personalized Service and Technology

Uvika Wahi

At RSU, we are dedicated to aiding professional short-term rental managers in growing their businesses, increasing efficiency, and boosting profitability. ...

How Upselling Transforms Guest Experience in Short-Term Rentals

Personalization and Profit: How Upselling Transforms Guest Experience in Short-Term Rentals

Uvika Wahi

The Knowledge Stage at Scale Show Barcelona 2024 was a groundbreaking platform curated and hosted by Rental Scale-Up (RSU), exclusively ...

How to Recruit and Retain Premium Properties And High Value Owners

How to Recruit and Retain Premium Properties And High Value Owners

Uvika Wahi

At the recent Scale Show in Barcelona, Simon Tolson took the stage to share his expert insights on “Strategies for ...

Essential Changes from Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo: How to Boost Your Rankings Now

Essential Changes from Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo: How to Boost Your Rankings Now

Uvika Wahi

Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) like Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo are a double-edged sword for property managers. They offer crucial visibility ...

How Joivy Adapts and Diversifies Its Business Model to Stay Regulation-Ready

How Joivy Adapts and Diversifies Its Business Model to Stay Regulation-Ready

Uvika Wahi

With a vision rooted in strategic flexibility and innovative market adaptations, Joivy is crafting a roadmap to excel in the ...

Young Affluents and Travel Agents: What’s Driving the Luxury Vacation Rental Market in 2024?

Young Affluents and Travel Agents: What’s Driving the Luxury Vacation Rental Market in 2024?

Uvika Wahi

The luxury rental market is soaring. With the global sector expected to be valued at a staggering $82 billion by ...

The Rise of Short-Stay Student Accommodations in the UK: A Primer for Property Managers

The Rise of Short-Stay Student Accommodations in the UK: A Primer for Property Managers

Uvika Wahi

The short-term rental industry has seen exponential growth in recent years. This trend has also impacted the student accommodation market ...

Altido's William Parry Shares Hw Key Events Like The Coronation Impact Short-Term Rental Profitability

Cashing in on the Coronation: How Key Events Increase Short-Term Rental Profitability

Uvika Wahi

In the ever-expanding realm of short-term rentals, events serve as powerful catalysts for boosting profitability among property managers and hosts. ...

short-term rental booking lead times and daily rates spike for holiday season 2022

Thanksgiving 2022 saw guests book earlier; ADRs skyrocket for the holiday season

Uvika Wahi

The upcoming holiday season is shaping up to be one of the most expensive yet for North American and European ...

urban short term rental str markets 2022

(US data) Urban short-term rental demand recovering, yet still under 2019 level. International travelers still not fully back.

Thibault Masson

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a vacation rental boom in the US, with markets in coastal and mountain destinations recording record ...

What companies do Sykes own?

What companies do Sykes own? A quick recap after a new string of acquisitions.

Lara McComish

Sykes Holiday Cottages has been on an acquisition spree as of late, scooping up a number of smaller companies in ...

best places to buy a vacation rental home

How to pick and enter a new vacation rental market (for property managers)

Thibault Masson

If you’re a vacation rental manager, it’s important to know how to pick the right market to enter. In this ...

vacation rental data europe 2021

Vacation rental data: Has tourism become hyperseasonal in Europe? After a longer summer peak, is demand about to plunge again?

Thibault Masson

Our vacation rental data partner AirDNA has shared with us a treasure trove of charts, graphs, and, analytics about the ...

airbnb trends

Short-term rental supply drops by 75% in key cities. Are black sheep gone? Airbnb reacting by working with cities and pushing its non-urban “unique stays“ narrative, despite the meager listing numbers.

Thibault Masson

COVID-19 run ruined into international and domestic demand, but new regulations have kicked in. For instance, on October 1, 2021, the number of listings in Amsterdam dropped by 78%, after platforms started enforcing mandatory registrations. It was a 13,000 drop in listings for just Airbnb. The story is the same from Prague to Vienna, Barcelona to Budapest.

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