Industry

An online holiday-home marketplace with over 300,000 vacation rentals worldwide. The company is part of the TUI group.

An experienced host who meets criteria such as a 4.8+ overall rating, 10+ stays, <1% cancellation rate and 90% response rate. The benefits of this badge include attracting more guests, increasing revenue and getting access to exclusive rewards.

A program that recognizes listings and hosts for their outstanding service, design, and maintenance. These verified properties receive benefits such as higher visibility to potential guests, an improved reputation and services like professional photography.

An online marketplace for vacation rentals and experiences around the world. On this well-known channel, you can list or rent a variety of unique properties such as treehouses or castles.

A complete online travel agency that provides luxury and budget options for vacation rentals, hotels, flights and airport transportation. This metasearch engine helps guests find the best rates for their holidays.

A cloud-based program that allows you to build a website, accept direct bookings with online payments, connect to key third-party distribution sites and manage all your reservations and guest communications from one place.

A property which takes on certain motifs either in the entire property or some rooms. For example, depending on the target guests this may be location-based themes like mountain or beach or popular tv shows and Disney movies. Themed properties are rising in popularity and can make a vacation rental stand out from the competition by providing a magical experience.

Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment, and host communities.

A fraudulent scheme to gain money. As the industry grows, scams are becoming more and more popular. Warning signs to look out for are: a lack of basic language skills, strange email addresses, unwillingness to pay via your preferred method, last-minute or same-day bookings, and uncertainty or too much flexibility on travel dates.

Loyal guests who return to a property after having stayed there previously.

A reservation that was made due to a recommendation from another guest.

Content on your website or listings which tells your property’s story, gives your home a voice, and convinces readers to book your rental.

A property that allows pets to stay and is suitable for them.

The time of year when more people travel to a destination and prices are usually at their highest. Also called the high season.

The time of year when fewer people travel to a destination and prices are usually at their lowest. Also called the low season.

Also known as “off-peak season”. It’s a time of year during which travel is less common, resulting in fewer bookings for vacation rental owners and property managers and consequently forcing them to lower their rates in order to stay competitive.

Lodgify is a vacation rental software solution that allows owners and property managers to easily manage their short-term rental business from one place. Owners can create their own bookable website, manage all their reservations on a centralized platform and sync their bookings and calendars with external channels.

Also known as “online travel agency (OTA)”. They’re third-party agents that list accommodations and advertise them through their own network. Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo are examples of vacation rental listing sites.

Third-party websites for advertising properties online, such as Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, Vrbo, etc.

Listing websites where owners can distribute their properties and manage them via a channel management software.

The reservation method which requires approval from the host before a guest can book a property. In general, guests will message hosts in order to ask for availability and confirm the booking before sending any payment.

The term commonly used to refer to any non-hotel accommodation offerings.