Articles tagged “vacation rentals”

Adding rentals and expanding its customer base is a natural path for the home exchange company to take given its large portfolio of global homes.

Inspirato's rebranding and partnership with American Express puts it on the map. The companies still have to prove; however, that there is a large enough market for Inspirato's luxury services.

This is a big year for HomeAway: It is retooling its business model, and will attempt to get its mobile products in order. Good thing it has experts to lean on.

HomeAway is mimicking Airbnb's pay-per booking model in some ways, although HomeAway isn't getting into peer-to-peer apartment rentals in any big way just yet.

While some hotel companies are worried about disruptive vacation rentals, Wyndham did $125 million in the sector in the fourth quarter. While vacation rental revenue was flat and rates were down, Wyndham has a big hedge against that disruption.

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.

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.

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

The vacation rental switch will be used by professionally managed properties for wider distribution and this would give travelers more reliable options when staying in vacation homes.

The free tax ride may be over for vacation rental owners listing their properties on sites such as VRBO and HomeAway.