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Travel Trends and Tools: Supporting Success During Peak Seasons

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    2024 Holiday Travel Trends: How to Prepare and Support Your Business
  We’re right in the middle of the holiday season , one of the busiest and most challenging times for travel. Winter weather often leads to disruptions that impact travelers’ plans—in fact, 31% to 33% of all flight delays occur during the winter months . Last year alone, 31.9% of flights were delayed during this peak period ( UpgradedPoints.com ) ( Travel Agent Central ).   For businesses in the travel industry Continue reading

Published on Thursday, December 19, 2024

Simplifying the Search For the Perfect Property Management Software: Introducing the 2024 Pms Scouti

NCVRMA SILVER SPONSOR   For professional short-term rental managers, choosing the right Property Management Software (PMS) can feel like an overwhelming task. With a crowded marketplace of options, each boasting countless features, it’s easy to feel lost trying to sort through them all.   Recognizing this challenge, Silicon Travel  and Switchback Email Marketing  joined forces at VRMA International 2024  to provide some much-needed clarity. Together, they developed a session and an accompanying resource designed to cut Continue reading

Published on Friday, December 6, 2024

Transforming Vacation Rental Operations With Effective Inspections

    NCVRMA Silver Sponsor: Breezeway’s ELEVATE webinars are dedicated to exploring impactful, thought-provoking topics for vacation rental managers. Catch industry pros as they discuss how thorough inspections can minimize guest issues at check-in, uphold brand standards, and enhance guest satisfaction. Gain valuable insights to optimize your inspection processes and elevate the guest experience.     READ FULL ARTICLE HERE      Continue reading

Published on Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Is Your Website Leading Or Following In 2025?

  NCVRMA SILVER SPONSOR     A “good” website means many different things to different people. Finding the balance between appealing to the eye, optimized for Google, optimized for owners, optimized for your reservation team – oh and optimized for potential guest to book, can be a struggle.   Where should one start?   Where should one start? We've developed a guide based on 20 years of increasing direct bookings with good web design. Here is our  Path to Booking .     Continue reading

Published on Friday, November 8, 2024

Should I Offer Travel Protection to My Guests?

NCVRMA SILVER SPONSOR     When a guest makes a booking with your property management company, there are many considerations they make. How many rooms do we need? Do we want a pool? Oceanfront or second row from the beach?   Full Article HERE   Continue reading

Published on Friday, October 25, 2024

Suggested Searches & the Battle Against “Unserviceable Searches”

SILVER SPONSOR       Here at ICND we’re all about driving more direct bookings for our clients through their websites. Our latest Direct Booking Engine websites (Axis) strive to do this better than anything we’ve developed before. They’re faster, feature rich, and customizable to fit our client’s needs.   Read Full Article HERE Continue reading

Published on Thursday, October 17, 2024

Hurricane Helene Relief Message From NCVRMA President Kim Casper

As everyone knows, Western North Carolina has been devastated by the catastrophic effects from Hurricane Helene and our help is needed.  Lives have been lost, homes and businesses have been destroyed, water, electricity, cell phone and internet services have not been restored.  Roads are damaged and many areas are still inaccessible.  The road to recovery will be very, very long.   The following charities are just a few of the many organizations collecting monetary donations and actively providing critical relief services for Continue reading

Published on Wednesday, October 2, 2024

If You Can’T Measure It, You Can’T Manage It

Proud Platinum Sponsor     The renowned American management consultant Peter Drucker famously said, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”  Similarly, if you “don’t” measure it, you can’t manage it.  The first step in your successful promotion of travel insurance requires one to measure the travel insurance sales made as a percentage of reservations taken.   Surprisingly, the majority of vacation rental management operators are unable to answer the question &ldquo Continue reading

Published on Friday, September 27, 2024

Merchant Account Vs. Payment Gateway: What’S the Difference?

Silver Sponsor     When it comes to accepting payments for your vacation rental business, it's crucial to understand some of the basic terminology and concepts involved. Both merchant accounts and payment gateways are an integral part of accepting online payments for your bookings, but they serve different purposes.  How does a merchant account vs. a payment gateway stack up?  If you are wondering how you can more readily accept online payments for your bookings, this detailed breakdown will help you identify what you need to Continue reading

Published on Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Uncovering the ROI of Breezeway's Operations and Guest Experience Platform

Proud Silver Sponsor       Breezeway’s Operations and Guest Experience platform is designed to empower property managers with the tools they need to optimize their business, manage field staff, and keep guests returning annually. We surveyed over 350 operators worldwide to understand Breezeway's impact on their business and developed our 2024 ROI Report. Check out key findings from the report and areas where Breezeway's platform has driven operational efficiencies and contributed to property manager’s overall business Continue reading

Published on Friday, September 13, 2024

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