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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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Ten booking trends that defined the vacation rental marketplace in 2012

There aren’t expectations for major shifts in vacation booking trends in 2013, but the marketplace for the services that offer is becoming more crowded than ever.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Casahop shutting down as home exchange site fails to gain traction

Given the huge concerns inherent in home exchanges, CasaHop may have been doomed from the beginning.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

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When Airbnb thinks of its success, it thinks first of its designers

Before Airbnb, the vacation rental industry looked like the offspring of Craigslist and Geocities. Part of its genius is that it realized users feel much better about renting a stranger's place when everything looks very nice.

Danielle Kucera, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb CEO responds to illegal rentals story: “First of all, it’s not illegal everywhere”

Chesky's statement at the PandoMonthly event about Airbnb working with local authorities conflicts with interviews we did with local authorities. They characterized discussions with Airbnb as a "one-way street" trying to legalize their business model.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

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Wyndham Vacation Rentals acquires more units in Myrtle Beach

Wyndham Vacation Rentals, which picked up around 1,000 vacation rental units along the Grand Strand, has grand expansion plans and acquired other Gulf Shore properties and in the UK, as well.

Dawn Bryant, The Sun News | 11 years ago

Hotels

Two Airbnb-clone rental sites in China each get $10 million in funding

Short-term rentals are disruptive to the lodging industry and truly global in scope, as this funding news punctuates.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb’s growing pains mirrored in New York City, where half its listings are illegal rentals

One would hope that a company that has the ears of both the youngest and the most affluent travelers would take its responsibilities seriously: Not only by the way they handle the legal side of the issue, but also in how they lead the conversation in addressing the questions that these laws raise.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Exclusive: Booking.com is HomeAway’s new vacation rental competitor

These are early days, but when a major hotel provider such as Booking.com diversifies into vacation rentals, everyone should take notice.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

The tricky balance between legality and innovation in the sharing economy

As disruptive companies in the sharing economy take hold, local laws in some cases will change to accommodate them. That is beginning to happen.

Dana Hull, San Jose Mercury News | 11 years ago

Hotels

Airbnb updates its iOS app to make the mobile and web booking experience more similar

As Airbnb’s mobile bookings increase, it only makes sense that it strive to make the process as easy as possible, especially in terms of language as the company races to infiltrate foreign markets ahead of its competitors.

Skift | 11 years ago