They may not get you bookings but they are a nice link to include in your signature or “as featured on” page on your website. Here are reviews of the 5 most web 2.0* holiday rental listing websites. (*By web 2:0 we mean websites that design orientated, make the user-experience easier through ajax tools and [...]

Everyday we read news stories of travelers getting scammed over booking a holiday rental and indeed fake rental owners techniques are getting more and more convincing. Lately we’ve been reading about the industry in “the 12 cyber scams of Christmas” and “Holiday Themed attacks have begun“. No doubt these are important tips for consumers but [...]

It is the listing-by-owners websites that always make it to the news – think giant HomeAway Inc. and their daily press releases, TripAdvisor acquiring HolidayLettings and Flipkey, or Google investing in the vacation rental industry – but what about the large international holiday rental agencies? With the holiday rental market thriving they too are growing [...]

According to a recent Phocuswright report the UK and European holiday rental market alone is worth around £17 billion. With a market that size no wonder we see new online players emerging everyday. The analysts at Google investment arm are not taking any chances though: they just invested in the number 1 undisputed player in [...]

With 50% of all the energy used in households it is time to understand how to make our homes more sustainable. A project in Tenerife by the Tenerife’s Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables aims to discover how by collecting information on temperature, humidity and air movement in their 25 new energy self-sufficient holiday homes. By renting these houses (the cost will be between €200 and €280 per night for a 3 bedroom house) you will contribute to this living experiment in sustainability.