Renting Your Airbnb for the Holidays: Tips for Hosts Vacation rentals open the door to more intimate lodging for holiday travelers. Families, couples, and individuals enjoy taking time off during…
Let’s face it, every reservation in the short-term rental business comes with risk, whether that’s the possibility of a party, fraudulent activity or worse. To protect your business, neighbors, and community, you need to think about security.
On July 12, 2021, we were informed that the US Patent and Trademark Office approved our sixth BlueZoo patent. The patent application 2019 / 0172096 A1, “Mobile Device Detection and…
When COVID-19 started to shut down the economy, a lot of things happened to the short-term rental business. Bars, clubs, and restaurants closed, leaving boisterous partygoers with nowhere to go.…
When a large number of people gather at a rental property, bad things can happen. In our first post, we discussed how large numbers of people can create real parking,…
Large gatherings at short-term rentals are a problem for a number of reasons. Operators are on the hook for the property itself, the assets at the property, and ultimately the…
Local municipal leaders are responsible for safety in their communities - whether it be law enforcement, firefighters, or even lifeguards. Residents expect those leaders to take action when something goes…
Parties have been a steadily growing challenge for professional short-term rental operators. However, as colleges release students for spring break, the challenge is exacerbated with tens of thousands of young…
Privacy protection is at the heart of all BlueZoo products and we are thrilled to report that ePrivacy, the leading European GDPR certification agency, has re-certified Party Squasher to be…
Party Squasher, the first occupancy people-counter for short-term rental properties, and VRScheduler, the leader in vacation rental operations software, have partnered to bring rental operations software and property monitoring services to…
In the first two segments of this blog series, we summarized monitoring approaches to prevent parties, including human monitoring and video surveillance. In this final post, we summarize noise monitoring…
Last week, we discussed approaches that operators use to prevent parties at their properties. Often a human on or near the site can watch the property, but humans can be…
As we have discussed repeatedly in this blog, the party problem is significant and growing. When parties occur, OTAs, community organizations, and even law enforcement organizations hold hosts and owners…
The struggle continues for short term rental Operators and we are tracking a new metric that demonstrates the struggle: the Airbnb Party Suspension Tracker. The online tracker captures the market-by-market…
