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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.

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Room Mate Hotels Enters Apartment Rentals Game With BeMate Launch

BeMate is a product of what some call "the Airbnb effect." Based on the success of Airbnb and other sharing economy sites, Room Mate Hotels sees it's chance to go where no hotels have gone before.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 10 years ago

Room Mate Hotels Enters Apartment Rentals Game With BeMate Launch

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HomeAway Vacation Rentals Get Broader Exposure With Expedia Launch

The HomeAway-Expedia partnership is an important milestone for HomeAway, in particular, marking a new era of expanded distribution that starts with Expedia.com in the U.S., but will likely appear in other places, as well.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

HomeAway Vacation Rentals Get Broader Exposure With Expedia Launch
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New York Community and Political Leaders Target Airbnb’s Marketing Machine

By focusing on illegal hotels, the coalition may have a good rallying cry, but it doesn't capture how quickly short-term rentals have evolved into something much more sophisticated.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 10 years ago

New York Community and Political Leaders Target Airbnb’s Marketing Machine

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Travel Startup Smart Host Aims to Bring Flexible Pricing to Vacation Rentals

Whether it is Smart Host, another startup or one of the established players, the short-term rental industry is ripe for disruption in so many areas and someone is going to deliver on the dynamic pricing premise.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Travel Startup Smart Host Aims to Bring Flexible Pricing to Vacation Rentals

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Russia’s Ostrovok Adds Airbnb, Makes Misleading ‘Biggest’ Claim

In the short term, we'll probably see a divide between the booking (Ostrovok.ru) and metasearch sites (Hipmunk) that will partner with Airbnb, and the more conservative ones that won't. The holdouts will eventually come around.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Russia’s Ostrovok Adds Airbnb, Makes Misleading ‘Biggest’ Claim

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HomeAway Emphasizes Legal Rentals With Investment in HotSpot Tax

If the alternative lodging sector is still in its early days, then it is reasonable to envision that the market for services that help property owners and managers decipher the complexities of local rental taxes will only grow. HomeAway's investment in HotSpot Tax should burnish a hoped-for image of a vacation rental site that wants to ensure compliance with local laws.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 10 years ago

HomeAway Emphasizes Legal Rentals With Investment in HotSpot Tax

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How Couchsurfing Plans to Take Back Its Corner of the Sharing Economy

Couchsurfing sobered up only to realize it was the last drunk backpacker left at the party and the rest of its friends had gone home to make money and travel in a more sophisticated fashion. Can it keep true to its beliefs to grow up without giving in?

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

How Couchsurfing Plans to Take Back Its Corner of the Sharing Economy

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Airbnb’s CEO Explains the Sharing Economy to Stephen Colbert

Chesky's appearance no doubt had Uber CEO Travis Kalanick asking his PR team why the Airbnb kid got to do Colbert before he did.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 10 years ago

Airbnb’s CEO Explains the Sharing Economy to Stephen Colbert

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6 Ways Airbnb Changed Travel and the Vacation Rental Industry

Airbnb has been a true disruptor in travel, and we'll continue to keep a close watch as it matures into a broader industry player.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 10 years ago

6 Ways Airbnb Changed Travel and the Vacation Rental Industry

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HomeAway’s Boss Still Isn’t Impressed by TripAdvisor’s Vacation Rentals

How much emphasis will TripAdvisor really give to vacation rentals in the short term. It is already preoccupied with hotel metasearch and now restaurants. Can it do vacation rentals really well at the same time?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

HomeAway’s Boss Still Isn’t Impressed by TripAdvisor’s Vacation Rentals