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Series Recap: Vacation rentals are a "business" — foundations summary

People come into vacation rentals from many different starting points. They wanted to use a spare property, started it a...

Last time we talked about the direction of guest communication, looking at Airbnb-style hospitality through the 5 hospit...

Last time we covered cleaning, and the idea that "hotel-standard cleanliness isn't necessarily the right answer for vaca...

Last time we mapped the three-party profit structure of vacation rental operations. Notably, for cleaning vendors, "more...

Last time we covered Length of Stay (LOS): build a stable revenue base on long stays and don't miss the short bookings b...

Last time we covered ADR (Average Daily Rate). This time we look at the metric to know alongside ADR: **Average Length o...

"We're listing at the same prices as last year, but bookings just aren't coming in. And we don't even know what to ad...

"Our Airbnb revenue is JPY 500,000 a month. Even after fees, we should be comfortably in the black… and yet, somehow,...