What a trip! We traveled over 11,000 miles this week to attend the VRMA International Conference in Phoenix, Arizona—and boy was it worth it!
Now that we’re back in Barcelona, we can’t wait to tell you all about it. So, keep reading to learn what the VRMA is all about and check out our biggest highlights from VRMA International 2024.
What is the Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA)?
The Vacation Rental Management Association, or VRMA, is a professional trade organization dedicated to advancing the short-term vacation rental industry through education, information, networking, research, and advocacy. As part of this mission, the VRMA puts on various events throughout the year, including the VRMA International Conference.
The largest and most comprehensive conference in the industry, the VRMA International Conference is the must-attend event for industry education and networking. It caters to businesses of all sizes and experiences to help them adapt to the changing vacation rental landscape and position themselves for success.
There were more than 2,500 vacation rental professionals in attendance this year, making the VRMA International Conference an excellent opportunity to connect with your peers. It also features an expo hall replete with the products and solutions you need to elevate your business—including Lodgify!
Highlights of VRMA 2024
Sponsoring the event
Not only did we attend VRMA International—we were also one of the event’s sponsors.
We’re always happy to be able to sponsor industry events, but we were especially glad to get to give back to an organization that does so much for our industry. As the leading nonprofit trade organization for the vacation rental industry, the VRMA does a lot to support short-term rental businesses, and they deserve our support in return!
Representing Lodgify
Another perk of sponsoring the VRMA was the opportunity to represent Lodgify with an impressive booth. But don’t take our word for it—just check out the photo below.
Six members of our team attended the event and manned our booth with pride, and representatives from our sales department offered product demos to anyone interested in learning more about Lodgify.
Goodies galore
As always, our booth was stocked with lots of goodies to give out to attendees. This time, our delicacies of choice included both chocolate chip cookies and decadent fudge.
That wasn’t all, though: We also had on hand branded tote bags, pens, notebooks, candy, pins, stickers, power banks, key trackers, and bottle opener keyrings. What do you think—did we have enough?
Finally, it’s not the VRMA if you don’t go home with helpful new learnings!
We were lucky to get to see both the keynote speeches—one on resilience in the face of uncertainty by Ben Nemtin, and the other on how to create superfans by Brittany Hodak—as well as numerous other sessions throughout the event. We certainly learned a lot, and we can’t wait to share all our new insights with our community.
See you next year!
We had a great time and learned a lot at the VRMA International Conference this year, and wherever 2025’s event is held, we’ll be there!
In the meantime, we’ll be heading to Vermont in just two weeks for the Short-Term Rental Conference & Trade Show! Can’t attend yourself? Don’t worry—we’ll be back soon to share all the details.
