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Free Airbnb Alternatives for Professional Hosts in 2025

Last Modified Date: 7 October 2025

If you’re searching for free Airbnb alternatives, you’re not alone. Property managers across the UK ...

Mastering Property Management Accounting Software: Empowering Short-Term Rental Managers in 2025

Picture this: You’re a property manager juggling a thriving portfolio of 25 short-term rentals, from chic London flats to cosy Cotswolds cottages. Your days are a whirlwind of chasing Airbnb

Limited Company for Rental Property: Your Guide to Protecting Your Assets and Staying Compliant

If you’re a property manager running long-term rentals or holiday properties like Airbnb in the UK, you’ve probably wondered, “Should I put my rental property in a limited company?” With

5 Data-Backed Strategies to Increase Your Occupancy Rate in 2025

Increasing your occupancy rate isn’t about luck; it’s about strategy and the right tools. In the competitive world of vacation rentals, filling your calendar requires a data-driven approach that adapts

How Top Property Managers Use Software to Deliver 5-Star Guest Service

In the fast-paced world of short-term rentals and holiday properties, delivering 5-star guest service is the key to standing out. Exceptional guest experiences drive bookings, boost online reviews, and build

Conduit vs Yada AI vs Zeevou: Exploring Conduit Alternatives for Hospitality Automation

In the dynamic world of the hospitality industry, automation tools for vacation rentals are revolutionising how hosts and property managers operate. Using AI-powered communication tools can result in a 27%

Mastering UK Vacation Rentals: How an Airbnb Channel Manager Fuels Direct Bookings

An Airbnb channel manager is an essential tool for UK property managers seeking to streamline operations across multiple booking platforms. It syncs availability, rates, and bookings between OTAs like Airbnb

Best Direct Booking Website for Short-Term Rentals: Boost Revenue with Branded Search

For an STR manager overseeing multiple properties, maximising revenue while reducing reliance on Booking.com and Airbnb type websites. One powerful strategy is increasing branded search traffic – when guests search

Airbnb Management: Best Practices for Contactless Check-In to Boost Direct Bookings

In today’s fast-paced short-term rental market, Airbnb management is about creating efficient, seamless guest experiences at scale. One of the most important advancements in professional Airbnb property management is the

How Vacation Rental Automation Streamlines Property Management and Boosts Direct Bookings

Managing multiple short-term rental properties can quickly become overwhelming. From handling guest enquiries around the clock to coordinating cleanings, the workload multiplies with every new listing. Without streamlined processes, even

News

Zeevou 2024 Recap: A Year in Review

Welcome to the comprehensive Zeevou 2024 recap! This overview delves into the advancements of Zeevou through 2024, including Add-On features and advanced Rate Rules. Join us as we explore Zeevou’s

Zeevou 2023 Recap: A Year in Review

Welcome to the comprehensive Zeevou 2023 recap! This overview delves into the advancements of Zeevou through 2023, including a seamless transition from the Hub to the Web App and an

Latest Update on the Airbnb Email Alias Feature!

In an ever-evolving digital landscape, Airbnb remains dedicated to safeguarding the privacy of its vibrant community...

Unwrap Zeevou’s Fresh Features with a Cheesy Grin :D

After pouring in a lot of effort and enduring a rollercoaster of emotions, we're thrilled to spill the beans on this exciting news...

Unbox Zeevou’s New Features with a Smile :)

After putting in a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, we are happy to share this exciting news with you! Now, you have the option to import your Airbnb listings...

Airbnb 2022 Summer Release: Does It Ever Benefit the Hosts?

To address the needs of the world travelling again, Airbnb is rolling out a new update designed to launch...

Airbnb AirCover: Offer Longer Stays with Peace of Mind

The possibility to work from home in the post-pandemic world has tremendously changed life and travel trends in 2021....

Has Booking.com Extended the Maximum Length of Stay?

During the Coronavirus crisis, some listing platforms, such as Airbnb, got more serious about long-term stays...

What Is a Unified Inbox?

Vacation rental management entails a lot of text switching before, after and during a guests’ stay at your vacation rental. The more guests you host, the more communication you have...

Direct Booking

Mastering UK Vacation Rentals: How an Airbnb Channel Manager Fuels Direct Bookings

Best Direct Booking Website for Short-Term Rentals: Boost Revenue with Branded Search

Airbnb Management: Best Practices for Contactless Check-In to Boost Direct Bookings

How Vacation Rental Automation Streamlines Property Management and Boosts Direct Bookings

Maximising Rental Income: Trust-Building with Zeevou

Managing several vacation rentals requires a focus on how to maximise rental income, not just filling up the calendar. By leveraging a dynamic pricing strategy and revenue optimisation techniques, you

Maximising ROI in Property: Why Direct Bookings Matter

In the vacation rental industry, measuring success goes beyond occupancy rates or five-star reviews – it comes down to profitability. One of the most important financial metrics for rental property

Vacation Rental Website SEO: How to Drive More Direct Traffic and Bookings

In today’s competitive short-term rental market, simply listing your property on major booking platforms isn’t enough to stand out. For hosts managing large portfolios, relying solely on OTAs can limit

Hospitality Trends 2025: What the Direct Booking Report Reveals

Direct bookings have become essential for maximising profitability, building stronger guest relationships, and reducing reliance on third-party platforms in today’s hospitality landscape. Reports show that in 2024, hotel websites made

How Reducing Property Management Cost Leads to Profitable Direct Bookings

When managing 10 or more vacation rentals, every operational decision has a ripple effect. Success isn’t just measured in bookings, but in how efficiently and profitably your business grows. One

Operations

How Vacation Rental Automation Streamlines Property Management and Boosts Direct Bookings

9 Biggest Challenges of Scaling Airbnb Business and Solutions

Scaling an Airbnb business comes with exciting opportunities but also significant challenges. As hosts expand their portfolios, they must navigate issues like maintaining profitability, managing staff, and handling guest expectations.

How a Rental Profit Calculator Helps Multi-Property Hosts

A vacation rental profit calculator assists in evaluating investment opportunities before purchasing a rental property. It also helps high-volume hosts track performance across their portfolio, optimise revenue, and identify high-

Booking.com Insurance for Hosts: What’s Covered and How It Works

As a Booking.com host, your top priority is creating a safe and enjoyable experience for your guests. But what about protecting your vacation property from the unexpected? That’s where Booking.com

Does Your Vacation Rental Website Have a Strong Privacy Policy?

In today’s technology-driven landscape, safeguarding privacy has become paramount. If you manage a vacation rental website or short-term rental property, your guests trust you with their personal data, such as

Task Management for Vacation Rentals: How Zeevou Simplifies Property Operations

Managing holiday lets can feel like juggling a dozen tasks at once: coordinating housekeeping schedules, addressing maintenance issues, and meeting guest expectations. Property managers often find themselves buried in spreadsheets

Streamlined Property Management Report to Owner for Success

Is sending property management reports to owners an easy job? As a property manager, have you: Automated owner reporting serves as an essential solution that offers property owners a clear

Increase Bookings with Smart Home Rentals

In today’s tech-driven world, running smart home rentals can be a game-changer for boosting bookings and enhancing the guest experience. From keyless entry and smart thermostats to automated lighting and

How to Make the Most of Shoulder Season as a Host

For hosts, shoulder season is particularly important because it helps maintain a steady stream of bookings throughout the year...

Channel Manager

3 Advanced Revenue Tactics with Your Airbnb Channel Manager

You’ve mastered the basics and your calendars are synced. You’ve dodged the double-booking bullet. Your team isn’t spending half their day manually updating listings. But if you’re managing a growing

The Expert Buyer’s Guide to Choose the Best Property Channel Manager in 2025

You’re past the point of asking if you need a channel manager. Channel managers are the most widely adopted technology among property managers, with 74% of vacation rental hosts using

Mastering UK Vacation Rentals: How an Airbnb Channel Manager Fuels Direct Bookings

Should You List Your Vacation Rental on Multiple Channels?

When it comes to managing your vacation rental, one of the key decisions you'll face is where to list it. The rise of online platforms has...

How Zeevou’s Channel Manager Benefits Your Vacation Rental Business

Channel managers are a crucial component of a short-term rental property manager’s tech stack. They automate the distribution of listings on multiple online...

How to Manage Housekeepers with a Busy Booking Calendar

Nothing is more enjoyable for a vacation rental manager than a jam-packed booking calendar and...

Airbnb Host Tips: 8 Proven Airbnb SEO Hacks Every Vacation Rental Owner Must Use

Ranking higher within Airbnb’s search results among an endless list of similar listings translates...

Top 3 Reasons to List on Expedia for Property Managers

Every short term rental manager knows the significance of listing their property on multiple Online Travel Agencies...

Booking.com Promotions (2021 Ultimate Review)

Promotions are powerful tools for marketing and optimising revenue in the short-term rental industry. In particular, when the inventory...

Co-Hosting

How to Find the Best Smart Locks for Airbnb

Smart locks are more affordable for your Airbnb business. The sleek and shiny design of a smart lock on your door makes a great first impression...

Airbnb Co-hosting Fees

Hosting is hard work. You have to take care of a whole lot from getting your space ready, messaging guests and reviewing them, handling reservations and check-ins/outs, and updating...

What Are the Essentials for a Co-hosting Contract?

Whether you are seeking someone to manage your property as a short-term rental, or you manage vacation rentals or serviced apartments on behalf of property...

Integrations

Unlock More Bookings with Google Vacation Rentals and Zeevou Integration

What is Google Vacation Rentals? Before answering this question, let’s take a moment to appreciate...

Integration with Guest Guru: Leveraging AI for Guest Communication

Welcome to a new era of guest communication where conversations are not limited to traditional means but extend into the realm of artificial intelligence. In today’s fast-paced world...

Payment Gateway Fees Comparison

Your payment gateway integration directly affects the conversion rate on your direct booking website. An efficient payment method will reduce your rental...

RemoteLock Integration with Zeevou: Lock in Safety

It is amazing how technology has changed our lives; it can fill in the gaps you never knew you had. RemoteLock is a smart tool...

Zeevou’s New Update Streamlines Web Application Integration Through OpenAPI and Integration with Zapier

What Is Web Application Integration and How Does it Help...

Dynamic Pricing Advantages and Disadvantages

Thanks to the growth of online booking platforms, vacationers are provided with various options for the accommodation they are seeking and can easily compare the prices of different listings...

All You Should Know about Xero vs QuickBooks

Due to their time-efficiency and cost-effectiveness, cloud-based accounting software has been increasingly in demand over the past few years. These solutions offer many features that most small to medium-sized businesses...

iCal vs API: How to Use Channel Managers to Connect to OTAs via iCals or API?

Have you heard of people talking about channel managers,...

Airbnb Pricing Tools Beyond vs PriceLabs, a Side-by-Side Comparison

To gain comprehensive insights into your vacation rental rates in various markets, Airbnb pricing tools like PriceLabs and Beyond...

COVID-19

Property Manager’s To-Do List for Running a Successful Business in 2023

Another tumultuous year has come to an end, and 2023 is finally here. What 2023 has in store...

Airbnb AirCover: Offer Longer Stays with Peace of Mind

The possibility to work from home in the post-pandemic world has tremendously changed life and travel trends in 2021....

What Property Managers Must Know About New Restrictions on Hospitality Venues in England, January 5th 2021

The first week of the new year started with some stressful news...

Impacts of COVID-19 on Vacation Rentals: Short to Mid Term Webinar

Just like the other sections of the hospitality industry, vacation rentals have been hit by the recent pandemic and the big rebound hasn’t occurred yet. Impacts of COVID-19...

Mitigating the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Hospitality Industry

COVID-19 is putting an end to 11 years of unprecedented growth in the hotel industry. There is no sugarcoating it...

COVID-19 Cancellations: How to Deal with Refunds

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has largely impacted the hospitality industry. The flow of bookings into hotels and serviced apartments, i.e. vacation rentals...

Staycations in Heyday of Coronavirus

As the number of coronavirus cases is growing worldwide, more and more travellers are temporarily putting off or cancelling their trips. Travelling abroad is particularly...

COVID-19 and Airbnb Hosts – How to Survive

COVID-19 and Airbnb Hosts, how to get additional direct bookings, more Airbnb/Booking.com traffic and turn these negative events into a positive one....

Marketing

Property Marketing Tips to Attract Direct Bookings

As a host managing 10+ properties, scaling your business requires more than just keeping your calendar full. It’s about strategically growing your brand and driving direct bookings. Effective property marketing

Unlock More Bookings with Vacation Rental Property Videos

In today’s world, dominated by platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo, the quest for vacation homes is largely...

How to Boost Your Revenue for Christmas Holiday Vacations

The magic of Christmas comes alive during the holiday season, and for vacation rental hosts, the aim is not only to create...

Zeevou’s Essential Tools for Your Airbnb Revenue Management

Vacation rental revenue management means finding the perfect balance between pricing and occupancy to ensure maximum profits. This can be a complex and time-consuming task...

Creating Your Dream Vacation Rental Website: Do’s and Don’ts

In today’s digital age, a well-designed and user-friendly website is crucial for the success of your vacation rental business...

Themed Vacation Rentals: A Unique Experience

Are you a host looking to provide a new and exciting experience for your guests? Consider offering themed vacation rentals to elevate their travel adventures...

How To Market Your Vacation Rental Like a Pro

Without vacation rental marketing, running a short-term rental business would be like throwing a wedding and forgetting to send invitations...

18 Smart Strategies to Generate Leads for Your Vacation Rental Business

To increase your bookings, you first need to find your way to get your listings in front of your target guests and generate quality...

Airbnb Guest Manual and How to Make One

How do we feel at home? We have no problem using electrical appliances and do not need to search much to find stuff. We know how the neighbourhood works...

Customer Service

How a PMS Support Team Helps with Vacation Rental Business Growth

A short-term rental (STR) business demands many tasks from hosts and property managers. These tasks could be answering...

Vacation Rental Management Tips for Experts

Vacation rental management is a dynamic and fast-growing business. So, you need to apply various tools and techniques...

The Importance of Guest Vetting

We don’t live in an ideal world, so you don’t always host quiet and considerate guests. You may face risky reservations that could threaten your property...

Benefits of Using a Vacation Rental Software

As a vacation rental manager, you know exactly the difficulty of running an efficient and profitable business. You deal with multiple tasks daily...

Maximise Your Bookings Using Booking.com Rate Plans

Imagine you’re grocery shopping. You go for a packet of breakfast cereal, but there’s only one type on the shelves...

How Can Property Images Increase the Chances of Getting More Bookings?

Images are powerful tools to showcase your property and help travellers imagine themselves in your rental...

11 Essential Google Tools for Your Direct Booking Website

Building a direct booking website is just the beginning. You should know how to optimise your website...

Should You List Your Vacation Rental on Multiple Channels?

When it comes to managing your vacation rental, one of the key decisions you'll face is where to list it. The rise of online platforms has...

Where Is My Airbnb Inbox?

Effective communication with your guests is key to boosting your vacation rental business. Airbnb message inbox makes this easy for you...

Industry Insights

5 Data-Backed Strategies to Increase Your Occupancy Rate in 2025

2025 Vacation Rental Growth Strategies for Multi-Property Hosts

Managing a large network of short-term rentals comes with unique challenges and opportunities. Running a portfolio of over 50 properties requires efficiency and automation to ensure continuous Airbnb growth and

Furnishing a Vacation Rental: Tips for Picking the Best Airbnb Furniture

Whether you are upgrading your Airbnb furniture or furnishing a vacation rental from scratch, choosing the right pieces is essential for creating a comfortable and stylish space. In this article,

Stand Out and Get Booked: The Power of Unique Vacation Rentals

In today’s competitive short-term rental market, standing out is more important than ever. Travellers are no longer just looking for a place to sleep; they want memorable experiences. This shift

Expedia Payment Plans: What Hosts Need to Know

As a vacation rental host, understanding how and when you get paid is crucial for managing cash flow and maximising revenue. Expedia offers different payment models, each with its own

Renting Out Your Timeshare on Airbnb: Tips, Challenges, and Opportunities

Listing a timeshare on Airbnb can be an appealing option for hosts looking to dip their toes into vacation property investment without the full-time commitment of traditional ownership. Timeshares let

Kid-Friendly Vacation Rentals: How to Prepare Your Airbnb for Kids

Creating a kid-friendly vacation rental can make your property the perfect choice for families looking for a stress-free vacation. Discover essential tips for preparing your Airbnb for kids, covering safety

From Setup to Success: A Guide to Luxury Home Rentals

Luxury home rentals present a unique opportunity for hosts to maximise their investment through exceptional guest experiences. Success begins with meticulous setup, including selecting prime locations, investing in high-quality furnishings,

Increase Bookings with Smart Home Rentals

Airbnb

Free Airbnb Alternatives for Professional Hosts in 2025

If you’re searching for free Airbnb alternatives, you’re not alone. Property managers across the UK and beyond are increasingly questioning their dependence on Airbnb. While Airbnb is still the biggest

3 Advanced Revenue Tactics with Your Airbnb Channel Manager

Airbnb Management: Best Practices for Contactless Check-In to Boost Direct Bookings

Airbnb Extended Stay Tips for Hosts and Owners

Airbnb Extended Stay refers to bookings that last for several weeks or months, offering a flexible alternative to traditional rental agreements. With the rise of remote work, professionals are opting

Airbnb Horror Stories to Make Hosts Think Twice Before Accepting Bookings

As Halloween approaches, it’s the perfect time to explore the chilling tales from the world of Airbnb. Beneath the surface of seemingly profitable stays lies a realm of unexpected horrors

Hosting a Halloween-Themed Airbnb: Tricks, Treats, and Top Tips

Halloween is the perfect time to transform your Airbnb into a festive and spooky escape that guests will love. From promoting nearby haunted attractions to collaborating with local businesses, a

Buying a Property for Airbnb: Steps to Ensure a Smart Investment

From Sibling Dreamers to Airbnb Success! Jake and Emily had always been close. Growing up in a small town, they shared everything from secrets to summer adventures. As they grew

Airbnb Instant Book: What Hosts Need to Know

Airbnb Instant Book can be a game-changer for Airbnb hosts, boosting bookings and simplifying the process. However, it also means losing some control over who stays in your property. So,

Airbnb Rental Arbitrage: How to Turn Rent into Revenue

Airbnb rental arbitrage is rapidly emerging as a popular and profitable strategy for entrepreneurs in the vacation rental industry. By renting properties on a long-term basis and subletting them on

It is all about efficient management of your vacation rentals.

Zeevou streamlines various aspects of managing your short-term rental company,
allowing you to focus more on scaling your business.