2025 will be the year where data becomes very important to professional companies as they work to maximise margins and use this to create stronger foundations as other pressures build. There are significant problems, however, and we discuss them below to weed out the issues and discuss how…
Since January we have been snowed under as the STR industry comes alive with its plans for 2025. So what have we been up to apart from working on 3 M&A deals and working with clients in the US, France, UK, Spain and Portugal. Bookings! How are you…
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…
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…
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…
We are delighted to announce a strategic advisory alliance between Yes Consulting and Tara Consulting, businesses deeply rooted in the short-term rental market sector. Tara Home Consulting, a subsidiary of Tarasea Consulting Sagl, was established in 2013 to deliver comprehensive services to owners and small-scale operators within the…
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…