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Every manager wants to get millions of organic visitors and direct bookings, but every year Vrbo & Airbnb get bigger, and cost of Ads go...
mkill23
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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 27, 2019
- 2 min
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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