You spent months optimizing your website. You paid for Google Ads, invested in professional photography, wrote compelling property descriptions, and maybe even hired an SEO consultant. A guest finds you, falls in love with your property, picks their dates, reads your reviews, and clicks “Book Now.” Then, at the payment screen, they see it: a […]

New data from PetScreening reveals that pet accommodations are no longer a nice-to-have — they’re a booking dealbreaker. As summer travel ramps up, nearly half of pet owners say they’ve changed or canceled trip plans because of pet-related policies or lack of pet-friendly options, with Gen Z leading the charge. For vacation rental managers and

Imagine owning a slice of a beachfront villa in Tulum or a ski chalet in Aspen without needing hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank. That’s the promise of real estate tokenization — a technology-driven investment model that’s rapidly making its way into the short-term vacation rental world. For vacation rental managers and owners,

A tax strategy that high earners have quietly used for years to offset their W-2 income with vacation rental depreciation just became a permanent fixture of the U.S. tax code. Thanks to the recently passed Big Beautiful Bill, the so-called “short-term rental loophole” is here to stay, and investors are wasting no time using it

For years, Airbnb and VRBO have dominated the conversation among vacation rental managers in North America. But quietly, Booking.com has become one of the largest sources of short-term rental bookings worldwide — and many U.S.-based managers are starting to take notice. If you’re looking to diversify your booking channels, reduce reliance on two platforms, and

Let’s be honest — bookings don’t always go as planned. A guest’s flight gets canceled, a family member gets sick the day before check-in, or a hurricane rolls in and ruins a long-awaited beach week. When that happens, guests start asking for refunds, and property managers are stuck in an awkward spot: either eat the