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mkill23
Dec 12, 20213 min read
How One Manager Gets 1.8 Million in Traffic Worth $4 Million
Every manager wants to get millions of organic visitors and direct bookings, but every year Vrbo & Airbnb get bigger, and cost of Ads go...
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mkill23
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Understanding Expedia’s Brands
Expedia Group produced $107 Billion in Travel Bookings. Expedia has a number of different ways to get bookings through the many website...
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mkill23
Jan 4, 20212 min read
Vacation Rental Glossary
At my first conference, I was stumped at every conference by the endless amount of acronyms and industry buzzwords. So I created a...
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mkill23
May 29, 20201 min read
Build Your Brand by Doing Good
I have always been a big fan of Salesforce’s 1% pledge to give away 1% of their profit and time to charities picked by their employees. I...
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mkill23
May 8, 20201 min read
Asking Better Questions
Instead take a step back and start asking questions.
Why am I working on this?
What is it for?
What is the problem I am solving?
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mkill23
May 7, 20201 min read
Are You Digital ShareCropping?
Sharecropping is farming someone else’s land in return for a share of the harvest. This is a quick way to make money, but each harvest...
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mkill23
May 5, 20202 min read
How COVID-19 will Change Vacation Rentals
Companies that don’t use trust accounting will go bankrupt. Trust Accounting simply means that companies will hold owner & guest money on...
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mkill23
May 4, 20201 min read
How to Deal with Crazy Guests while Saving Money & Your Reputation
We all know who they are. The crazy guests that want to cancel their reservation but refuses to honor the cancelation penalty and did not...
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mkill23
Mar 6, 20202 min read
Host Maker Goes Bankrupt Burning 29 Million
Hostmaker was another VC backed startup that was a tech-enabled vacation rental management in the UK. They are one of many VC backed...
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mkill23
Mar 3, 20202 min read
OTA Distribution Cost Breakdown
Distributing your vacation rental has a number of layers of distribution & they all share in the commissions for a booking. Theses...
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mkill23
Feb 21, 20202 min read
Advanced Purchase Rates Increase Bookings & Decrease Cancels
You have probably run across advanced purchase plans when booking a hotel. They give guests an option to book & get a discount if they...
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mkill23
Jan 17, 20202 min read
What VRM’s can Learn From Southwest
I am a huge fan of Herb Kelleher the straight-talking, wild turkey drinking, and smoke-filled Southwest founder who passed in early 2019,...
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mkill23
Jan 15, 20202 min read
The Tax LoopHole Fueling Sonder & Stay Alfred
There have been many headlines about Airbnb “The Largest Hotel Compang in the World Doesn’t Own Any of its Rooms.” This is misleading in...
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mkill23
Jan 14, 20202 min read
Who Owns the Guest & How to Change It
When a guest books through Airbnb is it your customer or is it Airbnb’s? Vacation rentals can now advertise on 100+ sites thanks to...
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mkill23
Jan 13, 20202 min read
5 Ways to Increase Vacation Rental Website Conversion
The competition is fierce to get traveller’s to book direct on your website and not with Airbnb & Vrbo. Here are five proven tactics to...
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mkill23
Jan 13, 20202 min read
What to Know Before You Buy PMS Software
Migrating to a new PMS can be a daunting task that can be an absolute nightmare for your business. This post will help you understand...
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mkill23
Jan 10, 20202 min read
How to 5x Your Vacation Rental Pageviews
Traditionally most vacation rental managers realized that the way to generate the most revenue was to maximize their calendar & reduce...
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mkill23
Jan 10, 20202 min read
How RedAwning Steals Your Customers
Choosing a channel manager or distribution partner can be complicated. There are many options, but there is one that doesn’t have your...
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mkill23
Jan 9, 20204 min read
Top VR Trends in 2020
A lot of things changed in the world of vacation rentals in 2019, but here are my top ten trends that will continue in 2020. Margin...
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mkill23
Feb 26, 20192 min read
Vacation Rental Manager Funding Roundup 2019
2019 was the year of the Mega Property Manager and Investors putting unseen amounts of money in Vacation Rental Managers looking to...
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