Property managers planning fall 2026 travel now have three major industry gatherings landing close together - VRMA's annual conference, the Vacation Rental World Summit and SCALE Fest - and most operators will not have budget or staff to cover all three.
More vacation rental hosts are filling shoulder-season vacancies with 30-night-plus bookings, but crossing that threshold can shift a guest into tenant status under local law.
Operators heading into next year's pricing season face a fast-growing menu of market-data, pricing and portfolio dashboards, and the real cost is stacking subscriptions that overlap.
A newly launched vendor says its platform tracks guest interactions from inquiry to checkout, but it has not disclosed pricing, integration partners or a customer list.
A vacation rental software vendor undercuts typical channel manager pricing with a €10 monthly tier aimed at hosts running one or two units.
The short-term rental data firm has built its own dynamic pricing product, putting it in direct competition with revenue management platforms that license its market data.
Young travelers are booking one- and two-night city trips timed to specific concerts and festivals, and hostel chains are starting to plan occupancy around tour dates rather than seasons.
Middletown's zoning board granted an owner-occupied short-term rental permit despite three neighbors' objections, while a separate rental petition was pushed to a September hearing.
Operators around Como, Garda, Maggiore and Iseo sold 63.1% of the beds they listed on booking platforms between June 15 and September 13, with international travelers driving most of the demand.
Riverside County has adopted tougher enforcement rules for short-term rentals in unincorporated areas, giving code enforcement more room to fine and shut down unpermitted listings.
Vacation rental management company StayTerra has installed Amy Kothari as chief executive, effective immediately, with no transition period disclosed.
Bungalow and glamping units at Spanish campsites ran close to full occupancy in August, while traditional tent pitches lagged behind.
A broker poll finds 88% have seen more inquiries for holiday let mortgages, even as the tax break that made the sector attractive disappears this year.
Commission structures, cancellation defaults and payout timing now diverge enough between Airbnb and Booking.com that listing on both without adjusting pricing can quietly erode margin.
Hosts say Airbnb has been quietly moving some listings onto a different fee model, and the change can shrink what a booking actually pays out.
A regular survey of German travel agents and tour operators shows both current business and forward bookings improving, though agencies still describe demand as uneven across destinations.
Property management platforms are starting to replace metric-heavy dashboards with screens that tell hosts the one task to do next.
Short-term rental revenue per available night climbed in 49 of the 50 largest US markets as high borrowing costs keep new listings from entering the market.
A New Hampshire municipality is enforcing a short-term rental permit ordinance that has been on the books for years but rarely policed.
Gaiarooms says first-half revenue jumped 211% year-over-year to €15.2 million and it is holding to a forecast of more than €4 million in full-year EBITDA.