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Partner Spotlight: Roam

Direct bookings, now backed by booking income protection. Roam is the Booking Income Protection platform for professional vacation rental managers. Roam helps managers protect booking income, offer greater flexibility to guests, and give property owners a stronger reason to choose...
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Page One Traffic Deserves Page One Pricing: Why Marketing & Revenue Management Must Align

Why Great Marketing Can’t Offset Lacking Rate Strategies Your website is ranking. Your campaigns are landing. The bookings still aren’t showing up at the pace those numbers suggest they should. When bookings fall short, the common instinct is to scrutinize...
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Partner Spotlight: VRM Advocate

VRM Advocate is a boutique consulting firm built specifically for vacation rental managers and short-term rental professionals. The model is straightforward: coaching, training, consulting, and doing. What sets the firm apart is that its coaches come from inside the industry....
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Mid-2026 State of Search | AI is Impacting Discovery, Not Bookings

As the market progresses through 2026, artificial intelligence is no longer a future prediction; it actively reshapes digital discovery across the travel sector. Legacy customer acquisition channels that property managers relied on for a decade face massive disruption. However, this...
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Understanding ChatGPT Ads & Where They Fit in Your Direct Booking Strategy

OpenAI officially launched in-conversation advertising to monetize its rapidly expanding free user base. This development presents a major shift in how marketers can reach target audiences. For property managers, this new channel introduces a critical way to generate traffic and...
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Why Dreams2Reality Vacation Rentals Returned to RealTech After Weeks of Empty Promises

What Defines a True Direct Booking Website Partner? It was a typical Friday afternoon when the phone rang at RealTech. On the other end of the line was Brenda Popovich, a familiar voice and a past partner who, along with...
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