Product and Trends - The MyVR Blog

MyVR Recognized as Leading Channel Management Solution

I’m pleased to share that we were recently nominated for an award for the “best channel manager” in the short-term rental industry.

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Why Urban Rentals Need Superior Tech In Order To Grow

Urban short-term rental managers have become the catalyst for growth on many fronts - including technology. They are seeking tech that blends vacation rental and hotel industry functionality

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7 Reasons Your Short-Term Rental Business Needs Direct Connections

To market your vacation rentals, you now need to be listing your rentals on as many of the five major channels as you can. But adding listing sites to your channel management strategy without the proper set of tools isn’t always problem-free - especially when you are trying to scale your business.

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A New Way to Protect Your Properties: Introducing Damage Protection by Assurant

MyVR is excited to announce we’ve partnered with Assurant to launch a unique, fully integrated damage protection solution designed specifically for short-term property managers and offered exclusively on the MyVR platform - Damage Protection by Assurant.

Operations

5 Ways You Can Automate Vacation Rental Cleaning and Maintenance

Vacation rental cleaning and maintenance makes good communication with your vendors essential - but it also creates a lot of administrative overhead. Fortunately, these routines are driven by tasks that can be captured in repeatable processes. And repeatable processes lend themselves to automation.

Channels

What Are Official Integrations & Why Do They Matter to Your Property Management Software?

When considering implementing or changing PMS, take the time to authenticate their technology. Preferred Partner integrations are a sign of credibility, an endorsement by channels that a software provider is an expert in both functionality and technical performance.

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Custom Vacation Rental Management Automation with MyVR and Zapier

Save your time for the most important parts of your business by automating your repetitive workflows. MyVR now integrates with Zapier, a web-based service that connects 1,500+ apps through automatic workflows that you can build and customize yourself without the need for a developer.

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How You Can Drive Direct Bookings Following #BookDirect Day

Truly advocating for direct bookings involves strategic thinking and consistent execution. Here are 4 must-haves if you want to create more direct bookings beyond #BookDirect Day.

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What U.S. Midterms Show Us About the State of the Vacation Rental Debate

As demand for short-term rentals grows in urban areas and popular travel destinations alike, governments are struggling to find the right balance between addressing community concerns and supporting the tourism industry.

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Vacation Rental Industry Trends: Shift Toward Urban Short-Term Rentals

Urban vacation rentals are quickly carving a place in the short-term rental market. Learn how savvy property managers are modernizing their operations to meet new expectations.

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10 Learnings from Netflix's "Stay Here" All Property Managers Can Use

Netflix's new series "Stay Here" serves up advice that even the most experienced property managers can learn from. Check out MyVR's 10 favorite takeaways here!

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Thoughts on 2017 & Our Recent $6.1 Million Funding Announcement

With 2017 behind us, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on this past year and talk about what lies ahead for MyVR, our customers, and our partners in 2018.

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Year-end Update: Airbnb, New Support Options, New Plans & Pricing

Mike, Markus and I were recently reflecting on why we started MyVR and were pleased to see how many of the hypotheses we had about the vacation rental (VR) industry back in 2010 were finally ringing true. We believed...

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Even More Great Features from MyVR (That You Requested!)

New channel management offerings – we are excited to announce a significantly revamped channel management offering, providing centralized management of listings on HomeAway, VRBO, VacationRentals.com, TripAdvisor, and Flipkey.

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Reservations Just Got a Lot More Powerful (Our Best Release Ever!)

Hey everyone! We sent out an email to customers last week on some amazing new features, so I thought I’d post on the blog to share with our other followers.

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More New Features: Reducing Your Vacation Rental Management Labor

This coming Tuesday, we’re releasing a number of improvements, which we wanted you to know about ahead of time. Read below to hear about some of the most requested enhancements in this upcoming release...

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Read About MyVR's Many New Product Improvements

e can’t believe 2015 is already at its midpoint. It’s been a great year for MyVR thus far. We’ve made a ton of improvements to many areas of our platform, but we don’t always do the best job of sharing those updates.

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New MyVR Features Will Help Cut Your To Do List

Want to save money, save time, be more organized and look more professional when it comes to managing your vacation rental property? The MyVR team has been busy building great new features - it’s like spring cleaning for your property management to do list.

Marketing

Using Trends to Market Your Vacation Rental to the Corporate Traveler

With a furnished corporate rental, you have the benefit of being more agile than larger operations when it comes to tailoring to a niche market. Once you know your property provides the essentials that business travelers expect, you can move your marketing to the next level by following these tips.

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Go Paperless for your Vacation Rental: Save a Tree & Make Admin Easier!

Calling it “paperless” can be a bit misleading; more often than not, the reality is simply “less paper” – potentially significantly less paper. However, committing to a paperless office is increasingly affordable, and it’s only going to get easier.