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The guests stole our coffee machine!
Our friends were amazed. They had been renting their apartment on Airbnb for the last year for the times they ...

How Will Coronavirus Affect Your Rental?
The short answer of course is we don’t really know, but it may not all be bad for everyone. We ...

The Value Of A Newsletter In Hard Times
You know you are doing something right when 11 of the next 13 days booked are from past guests who ...

Coronavirus crisis (updated Weekly): Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com’s refund and cancellation policies, travel restrictions, how to price your urban or vacation rental.
(Last update: June 12) – The goal of this page is to save you time and give you some guidance ...

Airbnb Data Analytics in London: Comparing data sets from Inside Airbnb, AirDNA, and Airbnb
We’ve talked about the fact that short-term rentals are becoming increasingly corporate. Airbnb property management companies are growing, and more ...

Google Ads for Vacation Rentals: Google’s efforts Get more visible but are attacked by travel companies
Integration of Google Ads for vacation rentals into regular search results has increased yet again Vacation rental ad results used ...

Why RentalPreneurs becomes Rental Scale-Up
In 2014, I created a blog called RentalPreneurs.com, combining the words Rentals and Entrepreneurs. In 2020, it has changed names ...

Airbnb Trust and Safety Standards for Property Managers: What to Expect in 2020
Airbnb certainly helped to shape the short-term rental industry into what it is today, but one of Airbnb’s key innovations ...

What are safety and security certifications for short-term rental and serviced apartment properties? How to leverage them to get more Bookings?
One of the hottest topics right now for all types of rental properties, from villas to serviced apartments, is trust. ...

Vacation Rental Market Trends in Asia Pacific: Still growing, but signs of oversupply in key markets
Boom in villa supply and value, but drops in ADR and occupancy point to oversupply in key markets. Differentiation and ...

How Airbnb Property Management Companies Are Tapping into the multi-family housing market
As the short-term rental industry matures, it’s no surprise that the supply is getting more corporate. But what is surprising ...

The Long Game in Airbnb property management (Phocuswright Conference Recap & Videos)
The annual Phocuswright Conference brings together hospitality industry heavyweights, venture capitalists, tech innovators, and thought leaders for a 3-day series ...

Trivago found guilty of deceptive advertising
Gradually the internet giants dominating accommodation bookings are being reeled in by consumer watchdogs. The travel aggregator Trivago is the ...

Your Newsletter Can Be An Asset In A Crisis
Do you have a newsletter email list that you can use in a crisis? It is a valuable asset. This ...

Will Listing On Booking.Com Penalise My Pricing?
This week a friend said she hadn’t listed on booking.com because she was worried they would control her prices. Is ...

OTA Report – Calendars and Pricing
Calendars are at the heart of short term rental operations. Get them right, all goes smoothly. Get them wrong, it ...

OTA report: Co-hosting
The online travel agencies (OTAs) are responding to industry demand for ‘Co-hosting’ for short term rental property owners. In the ...

Growing direct bookings from 10% to 65% – Case study
Short term rental owners often think they are locked in to the online travel agencies (OTAs) like Airbnb for all ...

Vacation Rental Revenue Management: The major 2019 industry trend you could not miss
Vacation Rental Revenue Management has become a hot topic for property managers. Or this is at least what revenue management ...

Outstanding performer – Points South
Continuing our series on outstanding performers in our industry. Bryan James operates Points South, a group of 3 self-contained cottages ...