We have all heard of, and many of us have experienced first hand, the difficulties of growing and scaling a business. As you grow your Vacation Rental business, it is essential to implement operational processes that are consistent and scalable.We share our most useful tips to help you run your Vacation Rental business like a […]

Security is a concern for both hosts and guests. At the Airbnb Open conference last year, I talked to many fellow hosts and learned all kinds of tips and tricks about design, marketing and developing deeper human connections with guests.  As it related to security topics, we learned about Smart Locks (love them!) and Airbnb […]

There are now more than 100 million Airbnb users registered on the platform. Out of these, almost 650,000 are hosts who have a whopping 2.3 million listings between them. However, that’s not to say they’re all doing it right. So if you want your Airbnb to stand out from the crowd, get your booking calendar […]

With Party Squasher in a rental unit, property managers, homeowners and hosts know right away if an occupant is throwing a rager. It’s a new Smart Home device and in-use by several top-tier vacation rental brands. SUNNYVALE, CA – February 23 – With all the earnings that come with short-term rental services like Airbnb, there’s […]

The sharing economy has made it economically feasible for the average Joe like you and me to create a business by leveraging un-used space, such as an extra bedroom or a vacation home. While companies like Airbnb, HomeAway and TripAdvisor have lowered the barrier to entry to owning our own vacation rental business, maintaining and […]

With the start of the new year and the thoughts of the money you’ll spend making it memorable, you may find yourself thinking of ways to earn extra cash or income. Possibly another part time job, perhaps a freelancing stunt. You might even be thinking about renting your home out on a short-term basis using […]

1 –  Require a verified ID The best way to filter awesome guests from iffy ones is to require a verified ID. To set up, go to Your listing –> Reservation Requirements. You can also customize your instant booking requirements so that only highly rated guest(4 stars or more) can book your place without prior approval. Where possible, I add a […]

As an Airbnb SuperHost for nearly 4 years ,  here’s my party disaster story with lessons learned. Don’t let it happen to you! With a marketing and tech background, I became very excited to participate in the sharing economy back in December 2012, and quite quickly expanded my listings in the Silicon Valley. Two years ago, we […]

Following our debut in Sunnyvale, Party Squasher continues the conference tour in the U.S. this Fall. First up is VRMA (Vacation Rental Managers Association) National Conference, taking place October 16-19 in Arizona. The VRMA Conference is the perfect place to gain valuable insights and discover the latest products and services in the Vacation Rental Industry. At a […]

Running a vacation rental business means doing a lot of work on-the-go. The name of the business says it all. It is nearly impossible, and highly inefficient, to rely solely on your desktop or even laptop to get things done. Luckily for us, app developers have been working hard the past few years and have created some amazing applications that are often […]

A furious Airbnb owner of a $20 million Hamptons mansion is planning to sue a hedge funder after he threw a giant party complete with champagne guns and thousands of revelers, Page Six reports. The owner claims Brett Barna, a portfolio manager at Louis Bacon’s Moore Capital Management, said he was holding a fundraiser for […]

A 33-year-old man was shot dead when a party at a $3.35million mansion listed on Airbnb got out of hand on Memorial Day Weekend. Keivan Heath was shot at the home in Lynnfield, Massachusetts early Sunday morning and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities said Heath was discovered by […]

Airbnb has joined with with the Victorian Minister for Consumer Affairs to welcome new legislation to deal with bad actors and isolated incidents of unruly behavior in home sharing and the short term rental market across the state. The rules allow the tens of thousands of Airbnb hosts across Victoria to get on with doing […]

Despite whatever football talent he may possess, it’s hard to look at Johnny Manziel right now as anything other than a dude with an apparently very serious partying problem. The latest Manziel saga allegedly took place at a $4.5 million Airbnb home in Los Angeles where, according to reports, Manziel and his crew inflicted $32,000 in damages […]

Last Christmas, my husband, Chris, and I visited Cuba for 10 days with our five-year-old daughter, Madelaine. Chris has a great-aunt in Havana who was celebrating her 89th birthday—we wanted our daughter to meet her Tia Rosie. We decided to list our house on Airbnb. It’s an airy, newly renovated home on a tree-lined street […]