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airbnb trust

Property managers found Vrbo’s response to COVID-19 crisis the best, while trust in Airbnb collapses, Survey finds

Adrienne Fors

This survey is a snapshot taken in late March, at the peak of the havoc created by the coronavirus COVID-19 ...

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Airbnb go near Campaign: A global Effort to promote Domestic Travel and Vacation Rentals

Thibault Masson

As Summer 2020 is supposed to be about domestic travel and drive-to destinations, Airbnb has launched an impressive global campaign ...

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Covid-19: Booking.com rolls out Health, Safety, and Cleaning guidelines and mentions on property pages

Adrienne Fors

Booking.com is now allowing its partners to indicate on their listings which health and safety, physical distancing, and food safety ...

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Vrbo and HomeAway enforce Mandatory Price Consistency for All Property Managers

Thibault Masson

If you are listing your properties on Vrbo and its sister sites (e.g., HomeAway US, HomeAway UK, Abritel in France, ...

The Airbnb Cleaning Handbook: Airbnb’s manual to its Enhanced Cleaning Protocol and Instructions ( + PDF)

Thibault Masson

In order to pass Airbnb’s cleaning protocol quiz and get the cleaning highlight on their listing, hosts have to familiarize ...

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Airbnb hosting cleaning commitment: 5-step protocol, Education & Online Quiz to get the Airbnb Cleaning Highlight

Thibault Masson

In April 2020, Airbnb announced its Enhanced Cleaning Initiative. The company had already published some a few simple cleaning checklists ...

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How to add key Vrbo cleaning practices to your listings

Thibault Masson

If you are listing properties on Vrbo.com or one of its sister brand websites (e.g., HomeAway, Abritel, FeWo-Direkt, Stayz, Homelidays, ...

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Airbnb Professional Tools: Discover the new Airbnb performance report tab and its Quality metrics

Thibault Masson

Airbnb has launched a new version of its Performance tab. Not only have some names and charts changed, but Airbnb ...

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Vacation Rental Management Conference: Learnings from the 2020 Southeast Asia & Oceania villa and Holiday rental conference

Thibault Masson

This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is the summary of the findings from our ...

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Vacation Rental Management Conference: MadeComfy’s Quirin Schwaighofer on switched focus from acquiring supply to generating demand

Thibault Masson

This article is part of our Rental Scale-Up vacation rental management conference series. This is an extract from our May ...

Newsletter gets amazing results restarting my rental after lockdown

Rex Brown

Like many short term rentals around the world, we were locked down in my Seazen rental in Melbourne.  How could ...

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Online conference: how villa and holiday rental managers in south-east asia & oceania have adapted to covid-19.

Thibault Masson

Rental Scale-Up is proud to announce the final list of confirmed speakers and sessions for its Southeast Asia & Oceania ...

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Vacation Rental Data Analysis: PriceLabs Launches Market Dashboards

Thibault Masson

Wondering what’s happening in your market – or perhaps markets where you’re considering a new investment? PriceLabs, known for their ...

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Vacation Rental Cleanliness: We compare 6 vacation rental cleaning checklists for you

Thibault Masson

Keeping your short-term rentals clean is both a challenge and a necessity as a property manager. If a guest notices ...

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Demand data show Why to advertise Your vacation rental property To domestic travelers for Summer 2020

Thibault Masson

Summer 2020 is not going to be great for many vacation rental managers and owners. Several Airbnb property management companies, ...

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Call for Speakers: South-East Asia & Oceania holiday rental, Villa, and Apartment experts

Thibault Masson

Do you want to be a speaker at Rental Scale-Up’s next conference: “How villa and apartment managers are navigating the ...

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Jeff Hurst: vrbo coronavirus policy helped maintain a balanced Marketplace; Dramatic increase in booking volume

Thibault Masson

Vrbo’s Jeff Hurst sent an optimistic message to Vrbo and HomeAway partners: He said that Vrbo had trusted its partners ...

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Vacation Rental Data Analysis: 5 Resources To Get Free Data On Your Local Short-Term Rental Market

Adrienne Fors

Wondering what’s going on in your market? Are travelers looking for places to stay? Are people actually booking? Right now, ...

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Vrbo and HomeAway Cleaning Checklist Enhanced to face COVID-19 coronavirus (vacation rental cleanliness)

Thibault Masson

The vacation rental cleanliness topic is a hot one, as travel bans get lifted across the world. We have already ...

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Vacation rental Cleanliness: Airbnb’s Cleaning Checklist and Guidelines (COVID-19)

Thibault Masson

Airbnb published in April recommendations for hosts regarding the cleanliness of listings in a COVID-19 world. This Airbnb Cleaning Checklist ...