We cover the 2023 deals that have been made public and/or are of interest. There are considerably smaller deals across the globe, and through 2024, we will be bringing more local deals and opportunities, as witnessed on VRMX.io 1. Raus' Funding Boost for Expansion Germany's Raus, a cabin…
INSIDE THE VEEVE-UNDERTHEDOORMAT MERGER: FUNDING, GROWTH TACTICS, AND WHAT’S NEXT - Written for RentalScaleup (owned by PriceLabs) The recent merging of Unique Ventures, trading as Veeve (originally Vive Unique) and UnderTheDoormat, both UK companies, may be a warning of more deals. The former company was founded in 2011, and the second…
The artwork, posted initially on SmartHosts.org some years ago, has been removed. The SmartHosts domain is now part of Yes Consulting and has the same authors. We look at the major trends affecting many short-term rental (STR) businesses. Could your business fall off a cliff tomorrow or require…
Welcome to Part 2 of our blog series about AI, written by our friends at Yes Consulting. Part 1 covered what AI is, with a semi-technical explanation with examples of use cases and tools used across this industry and others. Now, part 2 will explore how AI can be used in the…
Welcome to part 1 of 2 of our blog series about AI, written by our friends at Yes Consulting. These blogs will cover the following: Part 1: What is AI? This is a semi-technical explanation with examples of use cases and tools used across this industry and others. Part…
Welcome to the Yes Consulting vacation rentals newsletter. The Lighthouse is for hosts, managers, agencies, and operators in the short-term rental sector. TWO CONFERENCES IN MAY ARE NOT TO BE MISSED! VITURSUMMIT IN MALAGA (10/11/12 May)~ A high-quality event attended by major players in the industry. Network with…
23 December 2022
Toilet Bowl Apocalypse: Cleaning Frenzy Ahead!
"2023: The Year of the Scrub Brush." There are plenty of predictions from industry gurus for 2023 and reviews of the previous guesses from 2022, so I thought I'd add one of my own, a bit "tongue in cheek" but just one & why. Owners, hosts, and managers…
16 October 2022
2022 VITUR, VRWS (inc Web3) Conference TakeAways
A few takeaways from both the recent "ViturSummit" in Malaga, Spain and the "Vacation Rental World Summit" (VRWS) in Porto, Portugal, which itself was preceded by the Web3 Travel Summit. These are my own thoughts, of course, and may not be reflected by others, but come from observations…
Welcome to the Yes Consulting vacation rentals newsletter. The Lighthouse is for hosts, managers, agencies, and operators in the short-term rental sector. OR IS THERE ANYTHING NEW OUT THERE? Over the last year, these newsletters have covered a multitude of subjects related to Short Term Rentals. I have…