Several people using Evolve Vacation Rental had concerns about how difficult it would be to leave Evolve.  I just made that transition and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was.I can keep all my current bookin...

Hi all, I wanted to share my recent experiences with turning our garage studio apartment conversion into a short term rental. We have had great success and so far no real issues. The income has paid for the mortgage f...

Hi there! I have been trolling this site for awhile now, eagerly learning from all the discussions and blogs this site has to offer. I gather that most of the people who posts here has had been experienced in short te...

Hello,I have officially listed my first Airbnb and received a long-term stay request. My initial thought was positive as we are transitioning from summer to fall and bookings are slowing down. After giving this idea m...

So, this woman paid $573 in advance and she owes another $573 on the day of check-in, which is today.  Yesterday she messaged and asked if she could check in early.  She's from out of town and is working nights at a h...

I'm wanting to migrate from Evolve, and I'm wanting to take over as much of the management as possible. I've setup new listings and integrations with Hospitable, Schlage, Pricelabs and other services. The challenge is...

Hey BP community,
We just bought our first property that we plan to use for short term rentals.  We currently have 4 long term rentals so this is the first time we will be working in the short term rental space.
A f...

What are you all doing for an electronic house guidebook / welcome book / house manual? I know I could send all of the info in an email, PDF or list it all on the hosting platform. But that would be tedious for the gu...

Hey everyone, I see that VRBO has a new dynamic pricing tool that is free. I first dismissed it as a way to race to the bottom so that they can keep making cashola off us like AirBNB's does.
However, @John Underwood...

Airbnb is allowing its customer (guests) to search for properties with "All-In-Pricing" - - - - - - Rather than seeing the daily rental rate and seeing taxes, cleaning fees, and Airbnb's commission at the final checko...