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Transforming Your Vacation Rental Bookings: Increase Direct Bookings and Boost Business Success

11 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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Mark Simpson (speaker) warns that many vacation rental hosts are over-reliant on a single third-party channel (Airbnb). He cites a poll where the majority reported 81–100% of their bookings came from Airbnb and argues this is unsustainable. He states his goal of reversing this dependence and increasing direct/diary bookings toward a 65% target.

Questions this video answers

81–100% of total bookings in the last 12 months came from Airbnb.

65% diary book.

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The problem is, from what we can see out there in the world of the Internet, and I asked that poll today, is that too many people are relying on third parties for their bookings coming in. And the majority of you, I asked a question in the poll, the majority of the answers was I said the question was, what percentage of your total bookings in the last 12 months have come from the major channel, which is Airbnb? And the majority of you have put 81 to 100%. So 81. So, basically, eight out of every 10 of your bookings is coming from one channel. And that is not sustainable. That is not good for you. It's not good for your business, and it's not good for what your future plans of your business are. So what my goal is is to flip that, reverse that, and see how we can get you to 65% diary book.