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Articles tagged “flipkey”

Online Travel

Airbnb Faces Big Fines in Portland if Hosts Don’t Get City Permits

While hosts have to shell out the permit fee, it's sites like Airbnb who stand to lose more, at least for now, from hosts' unwillingness to comply as these sites face fines unless they force hosts to obey local laws.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Hotels

New Insurance Policy for Airbnb Hosts Reveals Cracks in the Sharing Economy

Always read the fine print.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 9 years ago

New Insurance Policy for Airbnb Hosts Reveals Cracks in the Sharing Economy

Hotels

TripAdvisor’s Flipkey Raises the Fees It Charges Vacation Rental Property Managers

Property managers using Flipkey have three business models to choose from: pay per lead, pay an annual subscription fee for an unlimited quantity of leads, or pay a commission per confirmed booking. Lots of choice, depending on each owner's situation.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

TripAdvisor’s Flipkey Raises the Fees It Charges Vacation Rental Property Managers

Hotels

Apartment Rentals Are FlipKey’s Fastest Growing Category

TripAdvisor isn't exactly a wild-eyed daredevil, but the fastest growing category on its Flipkey accommodation site is apartment rentals, a category that flirts with illegality in large, urban markets like New York.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Apartment Rentals Are FlipKey’s Fastest Growing Category

Hotels

Survey Shows Vacation Rental Owners’ Love-Hate Relationship With HomeAway and Airbnb

The "little guys," in this case owners of a vacation rental property or two, feel powerless and at the mercy of the giant vacation rental sites. The sites have to balance the needs of the professional property managers and the individual owners and guess who is coming out on top.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Survey Shows Vacation Rental Owners’ Love-Hate Relationship With HomeAway and Airbnb

Hotels

Florida Is the Most Popular Vacation Rental Destination Yet Again

This list is only slightly more diverse than last year's suggesting that families within the U.S. remain the vacation rental market's top customer.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Florida Is the Most Popular Vacation Rental Destination Yet Again

Hotels

Vacation Rental Websites Are Making Payments Easier Thanks to Airbnb

Convergence is coming to the vacation and urban rental sector with more direct bookings happening online and sites cross-contaminating inventory. Expect a merger of markets and payment methods on all rental sites.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Vacation Rental Websites Are Making Payments Easier Thanks to Airbnb

Hotels

New York State Senator says Airbnb’s actions “pathologically irresponsible”

Businessweek magazine argued this week that the sharing and peer-to-peer economies need to stop whining about competition and start lobbying. But if they're going to win over legislators like Krueger, the new upstarts are going to need to learn that sharing goes both ways.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

NYC’s largest development reminds residents they can be evicted for vacation rentals

PCVST may have a ton of potential customers, but the complex's management is the 800-pound gorilla of New York City rentals and an enemy that's better avoided than attacked head on.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

NYC’s largest development reminds residents they can be evicted for vacation rentals

Hotels

Scammed vacation rental tourists start class action lawsuit against bank

This class action lawsuit may not result in any action, but at least could help the vacation rental sites assume more responsibilities and add more checks and balances.

Skift | 11 years ago