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How To Sync Your Airbnb Calendar With Vrbo And Booking.Com With A Channel Manager
Are you growing your vacation rental business and managing listings on channels like Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com? Perhaps you’ve outgrown ...

Airbnb IPO 2020: An incredible comeback story, but doubts about the business rebound linger
On August 19, Airbnb officially announced that it was filing paperwork for an IPO. What does it mean? Why should ...

COVID-19 House parties: Airbnb extends booking restrictions to Spain, France, and UK and launches Summer Safety Campaign
Last week, we detailed the rise of wild house parties taking place in vacation rentals, as clubs and event venues ...

How To Choose A Vacation Rental Dynamic Pricing Tool
Are your rates too high? Are you leaving money on the table? Competitive pricing is one of the most important ...

Summer 2020 vacation rental trends: France manages to lower the COVID-19 blow, while Italy, Portugal, and especially Spain are hit harder
Southern Europe is a big market for vacation rentals: Chalets in the French Alps, old farmhouses in Tuscany, villas on ...

How To Sync Your Airbnb Calendar With Vrbo And Booking.Com With ICal
If you’re considering listing your vacation rental on more than one site, you may be wondering how you can prevent ...

What are the main categories of vacation rental software?
Whether you’re a veteran property manager or just starting out, perhaps you’ve noticed the vast number of short-term rental software ...

Discover how Airbnb’s Global Head of Hosting wants to rebuild trust with Airbnb Hosts
Catherine Powell is the new Global Head of Hosting at Airbnb. In late July, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced drastic ...

Summer 2020 Trends: Rural places, cabins, Cottages, Private pools and “vacation rentals near me”.
In a previous article about Summer 2020 vacation rental recovery, we had shown you that searches on Google for terms ...

While Booking.com launches a “Work-Friendly Program” for homes and apartments, Airbnb reduces Airbnb for Work into a more nimble “Laptop-Friendly Workspace” requirement.
Vacation rentals have been great places where to work for a very long time. Witness Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye villa in ...

Vrbo as the key engine to Expedia Group’s results in Q2 2020. Vrbo brand off to a good start with a lot of direct traffic coming in. Supply may increase as homeowners need to generate money during the COVID recession.
On July 30, the Expedia Group, owner of Vrbo, among other brands, published its quarterly report for the second quarter ...

Vacation Rental Management Conference: Richard Vaughton’s 10-point plan to be ready for the return of demand
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our March 2020 conference: ...

Vacation Rental Management Conference: How to design a Lean Vacation Rental Business Model with Filipa Leitão de Aguia
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our April 2020 conference: ...

Vacation Rental Management Conference: How to hire an Airbnb Virtual Assistant to expand your vacation rental business
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our April 2020 conference: ...

Vacation Rental Management Conference: Casal dei Fichi’s Bob Garner on eco-friendly vacation rental businesses
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our April 2020 conference: ...

Vacation Rental Management Conference: Vacation Rental Business: How to dramatically cut costs to survive
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our April 2020 conference: ...

Vacation Rental Management Conference: Airbnb property management company Houseys CEO on pivoting business model
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our April 2020 conference: ...

airbnb ceo Brian Chesky on drastic changes in travel patterns, pausing Airbnb plus and luxe, focusing on homes and experiences, refunding guests, firing employees, IPO plans and racial justice.
During an interview with Andy Serwer, Brian Chesky gave a very interesting and detailed exposé that vacation rental managers, Airbnb ...

Why And How Should Hosts Use Airbnb’s New Listing Promotion?
Are you a new host? Or are you a seasoned property manager with some new listings? Perhaps you noticed an ...

Vacation Rental Management Conference: New Zealand holiday rental manager Jo Bourke on facing COVID-19
This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our May 2020 conference: ...