Vacation Rentals in Flux

About this episode

This episode explores the evolving vacation rental industry and the challenges it faces amidst rising guest expectations and regulatory pressures.

The vacation rental industry has transformed from a scrappy alternative to hotels into a global powerhouse—but is the model starting to strain under its own weight? In this episode, we explore how the ecosystem is evolving, and where fault lines are beginning to show. Can tech keep pace with rising guest expectations? Will hosts, managers, and platforms ever find equilibrium in their tug-of-war over economics, control, and trust? And what happens when regulators and communities push back agai...

People in this episode

Hosts: Gilad Berenstein, Cara Whitehill

Topics covered

• vacation rentals
• technology
• guest expectations
• regulation
• economics
• trust

Keywords

• vacation rentals
• technology
• guest expectations
• regulation
• economics
• trust
• industry evolution

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: vacation rental industry

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