Identify vacation rental performance problems early, valuate internal STR performance to motivate your team, and utilize year over year metrics to quantify listing performance
revenue strategy
Airbnb reports most profitable quarter in its history
Airbnb is one of the most influential entities in the western vacation rental industry. Since the pandemic, its revenue numbers have rising year after year, amounting up to a whopping 2.9 billion USD. This reflects the companies opulence, as well as the trend of success in the industry as a whole.
USA Vacation Rental Recovery in 7 Charts
We’re all painfully aware of the short term rental reality of the COVID-19 crisis: reservations have taken a colossal hit…
Will COVID Catapult Google Past the OTAs?
Introduction Conventional wisdom – at least as espoused by OTA CEOs – is that economic shocks strengthen OTAs’ position. On…
MWC 2020 Cancellation – what does it mean for you?
Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona is a trade show dedicated primarily to the mobile communications industry. Hosted annually by Fira…
Impact of 6 Nations: Are your Prices Right? Part 1: London, Paris & Rome
Vacation rental managers are well acquainted with events being revenue catalysts. Sporting events especially have the power to completely disrupt…
10 ways market intelligence can boost your revenue: part 2
Vacation rental property managers have a great problem on their hands… There’s always more money to be made. No matter…
10 ways market intelligence can boost your revenue: part 1
Vacation rental property managers have a great problem on their hands… There’s always more money to be made. No matter…
A Unicorn Illuminated: What The Short Term Rental Industry Can Learn From Sonder’s Series D Pitch Deck
From software to platforms to property managers, investors have flooded the short-term rental category, seeking to participate in travelers’ embrace…
United States of Distribution: How Vacation Rental Distribution in the US is Evolving
Within the short-term rental world, we hear many different reports of the successes and strengths of our various vacation rental distribution options. So we thought we would dig a little deeper… Why is it important and how are vacation rental property managers of different sizes, market types and locations distributing their short-term rentals? Most importantly, what does it mean for you?
From minimum stay to minimum booking value: the newest vacation rental pricing trend
Talking to property and revenue managers within our vacation rental industry every day allows the Transparent team to spot trends…