Websites
Discover the top vacation rental websites where managers can list and market their properties, from major platforms to niche sites for pet-friendly, luxury, and unique stays. This category also covers insights on building effective book-direct websites for vacation rental managers, helping you diversify your marketing channels and boost direct bookings.

How to list on Google Vacation Rentals, Part 1: What does it look like?
Some property managers report getting more than 10% of their bookings from Google’s Vacation Rentals meta-search. In this first article, ...

Smiling House’s Moriya Rockman on the way forward for luxury rental property managers
Bolstered by a renewed interest in niche listings, the market for luxury vacation rentals is poised to experience steady growth. ...

The Ultimate List of Luxury Vacation Rental Websites
Luxury villas are often the preference for high-end travelers that don’t want to compromise on comfort but want to stay ...

Accor Apartments & Villas spans 3 short-term rental categories, from economy to luxury.
On December 3, Accor launched its new Apartments & Villas website, boasting 50,000 listings in over 350 destinations. Despite a ...

Should you list on Airbnb + Booking.com + Vrbo/Expedia?
As the Airbnb IPO is upon us, data companies have been gathering insights from different angles to help investors price ...

Inclusive Travel: Booking.com Launches its Travel Proud Program
Booking’s mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world just got bolder. This online travel agency wants ...

misterb&b, the world’s largest booking platform dedicated to the LGBTQ community and its allies, on raising money, adapting to COVID, and investing in tech.
misterb&b (misterbandb.com) has grown from being a niche vacation rental website to being the world’s largest booking platform dedicated to ...

Home-Sharing Platforms You Need to Incorporate into Your Business
You will find here a guest blog post by Glenn Carter of the Casual Capitalist. I found it interesting to ...

Niche Vacation Rental Listing Sites: More Bookings, More Independence
Vacation rental owners and managers want to find niche vacation rental listing sites for several reasons, such as getting more ...

How to find niche vacation rental listing sites to get more bookings
Searching and finding niche vacation rental sites for your properties should not be a time-consuming chore. But if you just use ...

Family Vacation Rentals: How Clanventure can help you get more bookings year round
Vacation rentals seem like a natural fit for families who need 2, 3 or more bedrooms when traveling. Yet, it ...

Misterbnb on growing a gay-friendly vacation rental listing site into a global brand
MisterBnB.com helps travelers find gay-friendly vacation and short-term rentals. This is a great example among niche vacation rental listing sites, ...

BringFido.com : Higher Occupancy and Higher Revenues with Dog-Friendly Vacation Rentals
Melissa Halliburton is the founder of BringFido.com, a dog travel directory that lists 14,000+ dog-friendly vacation rentals and offers the ...

How NicheEscapes.com helps owners reach out to travellers with specific interests
When you own a holiday property that can be seen as “niche”, it can be frustrating to find the right ...

How VR owners and managers can improve their listings with Tripping.com, the world’s largest vacation rental search engine
Only 22% of existing vacation rentals are listed with the big listing sites (e.g. HomeAway, Airbnb, TripAdvisor, Booking.com, etc.). So, ...

23 Experts Weigh In On The Biggest Vacation Rental Website Design Mistakes
More and more vacation rental owners and Airbnb hosts like you want to build their own website, as a way ...

My experience with OneFineStay, the unhotel, as a Luxury Vacation Rental owner
It was 10PM in Paris and my guests had already been stuck in front the door of my apartment for ...