Strategic Insights for Vacation Rental Management

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5 Signs Your STR Company Has Outgrown OTA-Only Distribution

BookingsCloud: Mar 9, 2026 4:04:30 PM

For small operators, online travel agents (OTAs) like Airbnb and Vrbo are often the most efficient growth channels available. They provide global...

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Driving Demand, Not Just Following It: How BookingsCloud Approaches STR Marketing Differently

BookingsCloud: Feb 19, 2026 10:15:00 AM

The short-term rental world is crowded with marketing platforms promising more direct bookings and less work. They often sound interchangeable, but...

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Turning STR Data Into Action: A Leadership Conversation with BookingsCloud and Key Data

BookingsCloud: Feb 5, 2026 9:30:00 AM

For years, short term rental teams have had access to more data than ever before. The challenge has never been visibility. It has been action. In...

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Key Data × BookingsCloud: A New Partnership Driving Direct Revenue for Vacation Rental Managers

BookingsCloud: Feb 5, 2026 9:00:04 AM

BookingsCloud is excited to announce a new partnership with Key Data, bringing together trusted market intelligence and automated performance...

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Proactive Pacing: When to Activate Demand Before You Drop Rates

BookingsCloud: Dec 18, 2025 3:45:58 PM

When properties underperform, most managers drop rates. But weak pacing is usually a visibility problem, not a pricing problem. And if you drop rates...

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The Real Cost of Airbnb Fees: Impact on Your Bottom Line

BookingsCloud: Dec 4, 2025 1:36:17 PM

For years, vacation rental managers have treated Airbnb commissions like utilities: fixed costs you can't control. But this fall, at conferences like...

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Why Remarketing Doesn’t Solve Your Direct Booking Problem

BookingsCloud: Oct 9, 2025 9:00:00 AM

Every short-term rental manager knows they need more direct bookings. Your OTA commissions are eating into margins. Algorithmic changes are...

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From Autotrader to Airbnb: What Automotive Shows STRs About Breaking Free from Aggregators

BookingsCloud: Aug 27, 2025 9:15:00 AM

Short-term rental (STR) leaders have been talking about the need to increase direct bookings for nearly a decade, but nobody's cracked the code....

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BookingsCloud by Cloud Theory Announces Partnership with Vacation Rental Software Company, OwnerRez

BookingsCloud: Aug 12, 2025 1:04:45 PM

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The Top 5 Social Media Strategies for VRMs

BookingsCloud: Jul 2, 2025 1:35:12 PM

In today’s world, if you're not online, you're invisible. Social media is one of the most effective tools vacation rental businesses can use to build...