Hurricane Sandy’s Destruction Inspires Housing Directory for Evacuees
Over the last couple of days, I was (as I’m sure many of you were) glued to the television with much anticipation to see how Hurricane Sandy, appropriately named “Frankenstorm,” would play out. After...
View ArticleOnline Booking is Live
As you probably know, HomeAway’s mission has always been to make finding and booking a vacation rental as easy as booking a hotel. With our latest product release, I believe we’ve made great strides...
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Introducing Insider Guides
Today, we’re very happy to announce the immediate availability of Insider Guides. Launched in partnership with Gogobot, this new, free product enables vacation rental owners and managers to create...
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Sneaks at the 2013 HomeAway Summit: Mobile and Insider Guides are live!
At the HomeAway Summit this past weekend, owners and managers gathered in Scottsdale Arizona to connect, learn, and share with each other and HomeAway employees. We'll be posting the presentations and...
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HomeAway Expands in Asia Pacific with travelmob deal
Yesterday, we announced an agreement for HomeAway’s 19th acquisition, proudly welcoming travelmob™, a new company serving Asian travelers and property owners/managers, to our company. (I know what...
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Enjoy Enhanced Traveler Experience and Owner/Property Manager Functionality...
Today we’re so happy to announce the launch of the new HomeAway® Vacation Rentals mobile app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, supporting VRBO®, HomeAway.com®, HomeAway.co.uk™, Abritel®, and HomeAway.de™...
View ArticleChanges = More Choices For Customers
There are some changes happening at HomeAway and as our valued customers, we want to make sure you hear about it from us first. In an effort to provide more choice to new and existing customers in how...
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HomeAway Goes Luxe
It's been a super busy month for our business as we announced the launch of our pay-per-booking platform as well as a distribution partnership with Expedia. And today, we've got more exciting info to...
View ArticleHomeAway Introduces Secure Form of Communication
I’ve blogged previously about the rise of phishing in the vacation rental industry (What is Phishing? And Why It's Important to You...). The situation hasn’t gotten better: bad guys continue to target...
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Why Rates are so important… and controversial.
[Editors Note: This blog post was updated on 1/27 to address the comments below the post. What follows is the original post, plus an annotation at the end which includes the feedback on individual...
View ArticleEnhancements on Deck for VacationRentals.com
I’m very proud to share some news for those who list your properties on VacationRentals.com. By early summer you will find many new and exciting features on your VacationRentals.com listing that have...
View ArticleHomeAway Acquires Glad to Have You to Boost Your Guest Communication
HomeAway is very excited to announce this morning that we have acquired mobile hospitality app developer Glad to Have You™. The core of their solution is a mobile app that helps vacation rental guests...
View ArticleIntroducing Mobile Hospitality Manager
Introducing Mobile Hospitality Manager Like many owners, I manage a vacation rental and hold down a full time job. I do my best to be proactive about sending information to my customers, but since I...
View ArticleEnabling online booking on every HomeAway listing
In February 2015, HomeAway celebrates its 10th anniversary. Thanks to you, the HomeAway vacation rental marketplace has become the world’s largest, with more than one million listings. In 2014 alone,...
View ArticleService Fee Update
Since the launch of the new service fee on HomeAway, I have heard from many of our long-term customers via email. And I’ve been following posts on the subject on social media. Many of you share the...
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