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Tuesday 1 June, 2021
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Join RVshare, Morel & Co UK and The Dyrt for RockSTRz webinar today [1 June, 4pm BST]
Register for today's no-cost RockSTRz webinar on 'The great outdoors: Breaking new ground in the short-term rental sector’ at 4pm BST at this link.
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EDITOR'S COMMENT
01•06•21 Welcome to the latest ShortTermRentalz newsletter.
• It feels like Google's vacation rental product is still something of an unknown quantity, despite launching its own filter for the category in 2019, but the creation of a combined hotel and vacation rental search product could be a sign of things to come.
With searches for terms such as 'beach rentals' and 'staycations' skyrocketing over the last 12 months on the search engine, it is no surprise that Google is keeping up with the pent-up demand for travel, and in particular private accommodations, by allowing rentals and hotels to be listed in one comprehensive search result for specific destinations on its Travel product.
The increased attention on the vacation rental vertical is not only an acknowledgement of the blurring lines between rentals and hotels, but it is also recognition that the former is becoming more mainstream and losing its 'alternative' tag, as I mentioned in last week's comments.
One wonders where Google will go next, though, particularly if Booking.com and Airbnb do not commit to participating in the vacation rental search product, with Expedia, another major OTA, pulling out in February due to a huge rise in direct traffic to its Vrbo platform this year.
• Following another sizeable funding round in a peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace [RVezy] this week, I'm delighted to be hosting the next RockSTRz webinar today on 'The great outdoors: Breaking new ground in the short-term rental sector' [4pm BST].
This session will shine a spotlight on the correlation between mental health and wellbeing and 'revenge travel', the move towards greater accessibility and sustainability for domestic travel, and the new investment opportunities beyond urban centres.
Our expert panellists joining me for the webinar include:
• Jon Gray, CEO, RVshare
• Kate Morel, Founder, Morel & Co UK
• Jason Hsiao, Managing Director, Shaw Investments, Forbes Real Estate Council member
• Sarah Smith, Founder, The Dyrt
Sign up for today's session at the link HERE.
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