Q:- Why write about the subject and tasks we undertake daily? A:- To illustrate that even the choice of advisory businesses and helping hands to work with is challenging, as is running a tech or property management business. Experience undoubtedly counts for a lot in the short-term rental…
1 January 2025
2024 M&A Report for Short Term Rentals
Published on the Yes Consulting LinkedIn page. The report may be downloaded as a pdf from this link Keep up to date and look deeper at your industry! If you would like to keep up to date on industry news and see regular, monthly and bi-monthly deep dives…
Same numbers, just rearranged! But important! Instead of the usual 2025 forecast, we are looking toward 2052, same numbers but in a different order! Looking at the travel past and asking the question: Is this trend good for humanity, the planet, destinations or your business. Also how will…
The short-term rental industry enjoys multiple conferences yearly, some of which Yes Consulting attends and often presents at. We participated at the following European shows: Scale UK in London, Scale Italy in Florence-Italy, VRWS in Porto-Portugal, the PASCUK manager forum and Air Success in London from HCH. These…
AI is rapidly becoming a ubiquitous force across nearly all industries. It is now making its mark in the vacation rental sector, and its potential to enhance and support human activity in this market is increasingly being realised. The AI Hype: A Double-Edged Sword Unsurprisingly, however, the consensus…
It's hard to see outside your world, just existing, head down, and working hard. Conferences allow you to review, connect, listen, and watch. The results of this year's excellent VRWS gave rise to this narrative and, although tongue in cheek, to a degree, highlighted the fact that we…
VRWS October 2024 This presentation, first shown at the VRWS in Porto, reflects the enormous variation in margins and allocation to which business ledgers and various functions are allocated, with particular attention to staff, marketing, and technology. To analyse performance, we all need data and comparators. Surprisingly, few…
Thanks to all the people who requested its revival! Many of you asked for our vacation rental newsletter to see the light of day again. We are grateful for the kind words and look forward to its new beginnings. History: The vacation rental newsletter started in 2016 under…
Starting, growing or exiting all require planning and avoiding all companies' pitfalls and challenges. With an audio version, too. This document is designed to help growing or aspirational management companies avoid the numerous pitfalls, organise their business in an orderly manner, de-risk, and, if required, be better positioned…
An 11-page advisory document on adopting a PMS. The short-term rental industry has many market sectors. They are split primarily into RBO (Rent by Owner) and Agencies/Managers. The latter two terms are often misused or in the wrong context, but both increasingly require a PMS, and the purpose…