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Tight Labor Market: How to Find the Right People and Optimize Your Staffing Plan
Labor shortages are hitting industries hard worldwide, but staffing concerns are especially visible in short-term rentals, an industry that in ...
Why attend Rent Responsibly’s free educational online conference (July 12 – 13)?
Our partner Rent Responsibly is organizing a free educational conference on July 12 – 13, called the RR Summit. This ...
Want to buy/sell your short-term rental company or attract investors? Here’s what you need to know.
The vacation rental industry has seen incredible growth in the past year or two. As is usual with industries tasting ...
How you can help shape England’s short-term letting regulations (open consultation)
In its 2021 Tourism Recovery Plan, the English government set out its intention to consider a Tourist Accommodation Registration Scheme. ...
“Go to Airbnb, pick a niche and execute it 10x better”: When Airbnb’s party ban favors smart entrepreneurs.
On June 28, 2022, Airbnb turned its temporary global party ban into a permanent one. The ban was born from ...
2022 Vacation Rental Trends: Sunny days in Europe and US, but what’s next?
Vacation rental data provider AirDNA has used May and June data from Airbnb and Vrbo to look at what Summer ...
What Airbnb horror movies can teach hosts about creating trust with guests
When it comes to hospitality-linked horror movies, hotels had been dominating the screens for years, from Pyscho’s Bates Motel to ...
Short-term rentals for digital nomads: Still a trend to pursue in 2022?
Should all short-term rental managers and owners try and attract digital nomads? At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a ...
2022 Update: Airbnb addresses concerns around listing titles, listing visibility, and categories attributed
Since the release of the Summer 2022 Update, Airbnb hosts have shared recurring concerns about losing control over their listings. ...
Vacasa, Sonder, and Airbnb stocks down by up to 80% in 6 months: Should all property managers see it as a sign of a hard recession about to hit?
As a vacation rental manager, should you see the value of the shares of publicly-traded companies such as Vacasa, Sonder, ...
How to apply for the $10,000,000 Airbnb OMG! Fund (Airbnb Categories series)
Airbnb Categories, the company’s new way to help its users discover new listings and destinations, is at the front and ...
Techsplained, the show that demystifies vacation rental tech
Techsplained is a show that helps vacation rental property managers and owners clearly understand what industry tech solutions do. Every ...
How to sell your property management company (1-hour conference)
On June 30, Rental-Scale-Up will be hosting a free 1-hour conference titled: “MONEY MATTERS: SELLING, BUYING, AND RAISING MONEY IN THE ...
Airbnb’s new Co-Hosting platform welcomes professional property managers and matches them with individual hosts
While Airbnb says that it wants to focus on small hosts, it is also keen on professional property managers playing ...
How to optimise your listings in view of the Airbnb Categories update
If you’re an Airbnb host or a short-term rental property manager, you likely already know about the recent significant changes ...
Airbnb Travel Insurance for Guests: Cost, details, limitations, differences with Aircover
Airbnb is rolling out its guest travel insurance in the US, the UK, and 8 countries of the European Union. ...
Airbnb 2022 commercials: Airbnb Categories (Castles, Amazing Pools, Camping, and OMG!), with music and locations
Airbnb is launching a new global marketing campaign promoting its just-launched Airbnb Categories. The campaign features 4 of the 56 ...
Why Expedia Group is taking Vrbo’s Trip Boards to Expedia.com and Hotels.com
Vrbo wants to be seen as the best site where to book large vacation rentals that are fit for family ...
Vacation rental consultancy AJL Atelier and M&A specialist Raincatcher partner up to target the US market
Vacation rental and business consultancy AJL Atelier and business brokerage and mergers and acquisitions firm Raincatcher have announced their partnership. ...
Vrbo’s strengths within the Expedia group: Longer stays over hotels, success in France, Australia, and Brazil.
Vrbo is part of the Expedia Group. During the pandemic, Vrbo became a hot item within the group’s brands (e.g. ...
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