Short-Term Rental and Vacation Rental News

Find news stories, highlighting the latest trends, developments, and opportunities in the vacation and short-term rental markets. Read stories about property management, regulation changes, and the impact of technology on the guest experience. News stories in the archive also analyze the role of major players in the industry, such as Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, and how their strategies and innovations are influencing the overall market. Furthermore, Skift’s coverage addresses the increasing demand for unique and authentic experiences, with a focus on niche vacation rental offerings. Skift’s stories equip travel industry professionals with the knowledge and insights needed to navigate the ever-changing landscape of vacation and short-term rentals, in both urban and traditional vacation destinations.

Short-Term Rentals

Expedia Group and Vacasa Are Making These Short-Term Rental Tech Investments

Expedia and Vacasa see technology as key to improving both their businesses and the guest/owner experiences. They both face big challenges this year.

Expedia Group and Vacasa Are Making These Short-Term Rental Tech Investments

Short-Term Rentals

Can AI Tell You if a Home is Beautiful?

Plum Guide's use of AI to evaluate home design isn't perfect – but it has shown impressive results and it's still early days.

Can AI Tell You if a Home is Beautiful?

Short-Term Rentals

Google’s New Airline Emissions Measurement Push

Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at short-term rental growth, Google’s airline emissions efforts, and Emirates’ first class bet.

Google’s New Airline Emissions Measurement Push

Online Travel

Booking.com Seeks Compromise Between Renters and Hosts

Booking's Smart Flex product is essentially another example of so-called fintech products that are making the travel industry more creative in solving problems for consumers and suppliers.

Booking.com Seeks Compromise Between Renters and Hosts

Online Travel

‘Airbnb-Friendly Apartments:’ Growth in Deals With Landlords For Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb plans to scale up worldwide a U.S. partnership with landlords who let their tenants host guests at their apartments. The multi-family market represents a mostly untapped greenfield for Airbnb. And vice versa.

‘Airbnb-Friendly Apartments:’ Growth in Deals With Landlords For Short-Term Rentals

Short-Term Rentals

Marriott’s Homes & Villas Puts Focus on Loyalty and Quality

Marriott sees Homes & Villas as a key part of keeping its customers happy to grow its loyalty market share, as opposed to dominating the short-term rental market.

Marriott’s Homes & Villas Puts Focus on Loyalty and Quality

Short-Term Rentals

WestCap Founder Sees Short-Term Rental ‘Hyper-Growth’ Slowing Down

WestCap founder Laurence Tosi believes if short-term rental companies haven't already turned a profit, they'll struggle to do so in the future as the sector's boom has peaked.

WestCap Founder Sees Short-Term Rental ‘Hyper-Growth’ Slowing Down

Short-Term Rentals

Vacasa’s Lessons for Short-Term Rentals After Years of Hypergrowth: Skift Research

Vacasa, like the short-term rental sector overall, is coming off of a pandemic-fueled growth spree and faces the question of what comes next. Can Vacasa tap into first-party growth while scaling back cash-intensive investments? With investor patience running thin, the clock is ticking.

Vacasa’s Lessons for Short-Term Rentals After Years of Hypergrowth: Skift Research

Skift Research

A Deep Dive Into Vacasa and the Future of Branded Short-Term Rentals

Vacasa, like the short-term rental sector writ large, is coming off of a pandemic-fueled growth spree and faces the question of what comes next. Can Vacasa tap into first-party growth while scaling back cash-intensive investments? With investor patience running thin, the clock is ticking.

A Deep Dive Into Vacasa and the Future of Branded Short-Term Rentals

Short-Term Rentals

Frontdesk Buys Rival Property Manager Zencity

Frontdesk's acquisition of Zencity highlights a consolidation trend among property managers, but also the very fragmented nature of the sector.

Frontdesk Buys Rival Property Manager Zencity