Keep the OTAs. Stop renting your guests from them.
Mark Simpson of @BoostlyUK and Hostfully's Frank Bosi share 5 moves to hit 65% direct bookings in 12 months.
Oct 22 | 1PM ET
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60.7 and partly cloudy.
October’s Hosting & Travel Index: fuel costs up, confidence down, score -1.3 MoM. Still +9.8 YoY.
Sunniest: Bar Harbor, Asheville, Cape Cod
Stormiest: Detroit, Cleveland, Miami
Full report: tools.hostfully.com/hosting-…
1/5 🧵 Two hospitality pros bought a vacation rental business in Red Lodge, Montana. Within weeks, one of them was making midnight runs to the town laundromat just to keep towels stocked for next-day arrivals.
4/5 The clearest sign it worked: guests who used to always book through Airbnb started booking directly instead, some more than once a year.
5/5 Automation didn't just save time, it gave Chelsea and Tony room to keep building the business they set out to run.
Full story: hostfully.com/success-storie…
Lyon, we're on our way. Find us at Booth 36 at #VRWS2026, Oct 8-9.
Truyen, Marcos, David, and Bevan are ready to talk growth, operations, and where to find the best quenelles in town. See you there.
You'll hear "scale" fifty times at #VRMA26. Come see what it actually looks like.
Booth #1229, Oct 4-6, Music City Center, Nashville.
Which would you fix first: double bookings, guest messages, or owner statements?
The most expensive night on your calendar is the one nobody booked.
Tomorrow at 3 PM ET, we're talking monthly stays with @FurnishedFinder: who books them and how to add them to your STR portfolio.
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#STR #MidTermRentals
Mid-term rental bookings (28+ nights) grew 136% from 2019 to 2025. Short-term grew 52% in that stretch. Hostfully's new @FurnishedFinder integration taps into that growth, no second system required.
New @host_planet_ Podcast is out now.
Glamping isn't camping with nicer sheets. It's one of the fastest-growing corners of hospitality.
We're at Glamping Show Americas Sept 29-30, booth #124, Aurora CO. Come find us and bring your hardest ops questions.
Who else is going?
Stays of 28+ nights grew 138% between 2019 and 2025. @FurnishedFinder's inquiries for them are up 117% YoY.
Add monthly rentals to your STR portfolio the right way. Free webinar with @FurnishedFinder and @rentence, Sept 30 @ 3 PM ET.
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Chris Miller ran a bank branch by day. By night, he was the guy manually texting his cleaner every time a guest checked out. 🧵
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