A question recently submitted and answered in the "Los Angeles Times" discusses the fair housing act as it applies to Los Angeles vacation rentals: As soon as you begin advertising your …

Vacation rentals continue to get excellent press. Today's post features a recent article from the NYTimes. The article gives quite a bit of praise to the vacation rental industry: As the …

An article posted by "The Maui News" exemplifies the importance of understanding your local laws when renting out your home as a vacation rental. It seems the Maui County police department …

You'd think given how easy it is these days to put a video on YouTube, there would be a ton of videos highlighting potential vacation rentals. Especially considering the fact that …

Last week I wrote about the potential for video to better tell the story of a VR property than pictures and text. While there were surprisingly few videos on YouTube, I …

In a big day for the vacation rental industry on the web, Trip Advisor has announced they are taking a majority stake in startup FlipKey.  This follows the earlier story about …

Orbitz became the first major travel agency to begin offering vacation rentals. They've partnered with Zonder to power their service. In an interview, Orbitz Worldwide Inc. President and Chief Executive Steve …

I read a couple articles from "The Pine Tree" and "Marco News" about their respective communities having recent issues with short-term vacation rentals and are now attempting to crack down on …

We wrote the other day about how Obama's Hawaiin vacation included a stay at a vacation rental property, and this weekend we have a little more info via the local Honolulu …

Even presidential candidates get a little vacation time.  This week Barack Obama is spending time in Hawaii, the state where he grew up.  And according to Newsweek, he's staying in a …

Being the number one "vacation rental" book on Amazon and being my first vacation rental book read, I was looking forward to diving into "Breaking All the Rules"; ultimately however, I …

Recently published in their 10th anniversary edition, Budget travel named the "Best Travel Innovations of the Past 10 Years". And the winners are: 10. Online maps9. Digital photography8. Online flight check-in7. …

President Bush signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 today.  All the talk is about Fannie and Freddie, but there is a change that vacation rental owners should be …