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Start Airbnb investing now – insights from James Svetec behind Airbnb For Dummies
Whether you’re new to Airbnb investing or you want to take your business to the next level, James Svetec is ...
How to increase direct bookings with WhatsApp and Instagram
As a Scaler’s Network member, we spoke to property manager Daniela Derin about how Skol Apartments Marbella uses Instagram, Facebook, ...
New Airbnb Rebooking and Refund Policy tougher for Hosts … but Guests affected by new terms too
(April 14, 2022 update) After much uproar on social media, in the trade press (see our original article below) and ...
Top Acquisition Strategies to Grow Your Property Inventory in 2022 for property managers in the U.S
Each month, Rental Scale-Up organizes a conference, bringing together industry experts for the latest short-term rental trends and insights on ...
AirDNA review: Vacation Rental Data for the European Market (February 2022)
Our vacation rental data partner AirDNA has just shared with us its review of the European market for February 2022. ...
How Airbnb wants to unlock the next generation of Hosts
Airbnb needs to grow its supply. To do that, it needs to unlock the next generation of hosts, as per ...
Why attend Scale Rentals Barcelona 2022?
After two years of change, it’s time for the short-term rental industry to focus on our common goals and obstacles ...
How to get Airbnb host badges: Airbnb.org supporter, Host Advisory Board member, and Community Leader
Have you noticed that there are some new badges Airbnb hosts can include on their profiles? Airbnb has long positioned ...
Booking.com hacks its Deals and Promotions pages to create a “Ukrainian Refugee Rate”
For what we think is the first time, Booking.com has launched a “Humanitarian Aid” tab in its extranet where its ...
Global Vacation Rental Report: Great insights despite skewed data due to respondent base
Vacation rental data provider Transparent and vacation rental channel manager Rentals United have joined forces to publish a Global Vacation ...
Futurestay, the vacation rental software platform for rentalpreneurs, raises $11M
Vacation rental software provider Futurestay, which focuses on powering the rental business of entrepreneurs with 1 to 10 properties, has ...
Asking the Hard Questions When Picking a Tech Solution for Your Property Management Business
If you have spent any amount of time in the business of vacation rental management, you would already have discovered ...
AirDNA and Transparent acquired: Hotels, Real Estate, OTAs and STR investors hungry for Vacation Rental Data
Vacation rental data is hot, not just for professionals from the short-term rental industry. Over the last two weeks, two ...
Vacasa (VCSA) 2021 results: High costs of supply growth and tech investment, but positive EBITDA expected in 2023
The story of Vacasa, Inc. (VCSA) is one of spending a lot of money on building a tech platform and ...
Evolve Vacation Rental Network raises $100 million, on the heels of Vacasa
Evolve Vacation Rental Network recently raised $100 million of capital with Durable Capital Partners LP leading the charge. This comes ...
Vrbo: Stock booster for Expedia Group
Like Airbnb, Expedia Group has recorded its best Q4 ever (from October to November 2021). While the Vrbo stock does ...
How Airbnb Payments, Inc. became a money transfer platform to help Ukrainian hosts
In this article, we look at why companies like Airbnb, Booking, Expedia, and Hopper need to build robust and flexible ...
Vacation rental company funding trends 2021 & 2022
In which type of property management companies and vacation rental tech startups did the money flow in 2021 and early ...
Green VR Events: Making Vacation Rental Industry Events Greener
Green VR Events has recently released a 25-step playbook to try and implore vacation rental events to do their part ...
The short-term rental industry joins forces on how to welcome Ukrainian refugees (or just donate)
At Rental Scale-Up, our previous article on Airbnb’s Help Ukraine initiative generated a lot of contacts from hosts as well ...
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