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Articles tagged “vacation rentals”

Online Travel

HomeAway and Tujia offer vacation rentals to Chinese traveling abroad

This is a very modest start for HomeAway, but it could turn into a very big business.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 11 years ago

HomeAway and Tujia offer vacation rentals to Chinese traveling abroad

Tourism

The next person to buy a vacation home in Spain could receive permanent residency

It might not be much of an investment with Spain’s uncertain economic outlook, but it could be enough to prompt travel fiends and ex-pats to buy a permanent home among a beloved culture.

Reuters | 11 years ago

The next person to buy a vacation home in Spain could receive permanent residency

Tourism

That dream vacation home in Spain has become a nightmare for divorcing couples

The pre-2008 real estate market is so far removed from reality now that the valuations appear as a strange dream. The only thing for an owner to do now is take a very long view and hope for a new bubble.

John Bingham, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

NextGreatPlace attacks vacation deprivation with corporate benefits program

This Work Vacation Balance program for NextGreatPlace is a clever tack by the company to get some traction in the corporate world. And, with their own vacation planners, employees should be able to hook themselves with some nice vacations without the stress of doing all that travel planning on their own.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Ten vacation rentals with quirky and environmentally conscious designs

These picks, from a seashell-inspired beach home to a suspended tree house, are nestled in the crooks of nature, but offer many of the amenities found at a five-star hotel -- and the price tag too!

Skift | 12 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb rival HouseTrip gets backing of top three European VC firms in $40 million deal

Accel Partners joins existing investors Balderton and Index to back what they see as a better alternative to Airbnb (and all of its clones) in the European market.

Skift | 12 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

HomeAway and VRBO’s new rate plans mean increases for some owners, savings for others

Vacation rental owners will get added muscle with the new ability to subscribe to one plan and list consistently across 15 of HomeAway's international sites. The normalizing of rate plans, though, will mean a financial hit for some VRBO advertisers.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

HomeAway and VRBO’s new rate plans mean increases for some owners, savings for others

Short-Term Rentals

HomeAway nurtures student startups to mine vacation rental features

HomeAway is making use of resources in its own backyard and furthering the ambitions of student travel-startups that could end up helping HomeAway's vacation rental business.

Lori Hawkins, Austin American-Statesman | 12 years ago

Hotels

HomeAway’s hometown is the latest city trying to manage short-term rentals

Many cities in the U.S. are looking for the best way to deal with the web-driven boom in short-term rentals and its negative impact on neighborhoods and local quality of life.

Farzad Mashhood, Austin American-Statesman | 12 years ago

Hotels

How Flipkey plans to get back in the game

Flipkey will continue to try to differntiate itself through reliable user reviews and inbound traffic from TripAdvisor, but it will need to overcome its parent company's propensity to under-invest in its non-TA properties.

Skift | 12 years ago