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5points

Anyone else interested in attending the Homeaway conference in Austin TX this November?

https://splashthat.com/sites/view/homeaway-partner-summit.splashthat.com?

Before Expeidia bought them Homeaway/VRBO was way way better for us than Airbnb they had awesome customer support and rules that benifited the Homeowner over the Guest. I wasn't able to attend the Airbnb shindig so I am thinking about checking out this thing it should still be good for networking and such. I am planning on going alone so I thought I would make some friends prior to attending. If there is a better sub to post this in let me know. Thanks, Phil.

Posted Aug 14, 2018, 1:36 PM UTC

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velcrofishHost•

Both those services are useless to many of us because we're only renting private rooms, etc.

I would try r/vrbo or r/homeaway

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TheWolf_atx•

we will go for sure (we live in Austin)

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miluyvrHost•

I get more than half of my bookings from VRBO/Homeaway. I like the platform. It's very different to Airbnb, but it's as good if you take the time to learn the platform.

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arguablytrueHost•

Really? I was on both and got only 2 bookings from them. The math didn’t work out.

I rent a whole house in a vacationish village.

It just seemed like a hassle and I didn’t get any traffic from them.

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krentals•

I'd recommend the VRMA conference in Las Vegas from Oct 27-20. All the major players are there and there's a lot of interesting panels. I went last year and found it very informative. It's also nice that it's not focused on one OTA.

http://www.vrmainternational.org/

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5pointsOP•

That looks pretty awesome. Thank you I am surprized that I didn't know anything about this. I was kind of surprized at the price it was really worth it for you?

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5pointsOP•

How many properties do you have? I am feeling a little out of my league. I have three places according to their info their 79% of their attendees have 50-500+

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krentals•

I had 4 last year when I went. I met a few people with just one, and one girl with none yet. :) There is a lot to take in and learn. Plus it's social and nice to network. The price is a factor, but it's also a business expense so you can write off the whole trip.

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5pointsOP•

Awesome, thank you for the info. This looks like a way way better thing to go to.

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