AI for Short-Term Rentals: If ChatGPT Doesn’t Know Your Property, Guests Won’t Either Somewhere this week, a guest typed “where should we stay for our anniversary near the Smokies — a cabin, something unusual, dog-friendly, under $400 a night” into an AI assistant. They got back three properties and a short paragraph about each. They […]
AI in Hospitality Marketing Isn’t a Tool Problem. It’s a Judgment Problem. Ford rehired 350 veteran engineers after AI fell short. What that means for AI in hospitality marketing, your data, and the judgment that built your business. In June, Ford made an admission you almost never see from a company that size and it […]
The Book Direct Toolkit for Property Managers: Everything You Need to Build a Direct Booking System The complete book direct toolkit for property managers and boutique resort owners — checklists, frameworks, and tools to reduce OTA dependence and build a measurable direct booking system. Most property managers know they need a book direct strategy. What […]
What the Hostfully Tech Stack Report Actually Tells You About Vacation Rental Marketing Hostfully just published what they are calling the largest study of vacation rental tech stacks ever produced. 2,248 active operators. 31,474 individual integration records. Ranking eight tool categories, I read it the way I read most industry research: looking for what the […]
Why PR Is the Smartest Investment You Can Make for AI Search Visibility About a year ago I published a piece predicting that PR pros were becoming the unsung heroes of AI search. The industry was shifting, search results were changing in ways most marketers hadn’t named yet and I was drawing a line that […]
A Creator Program for Vacation Rentals Only Works If You Treat It as a Trust Problem. Lake.com Did. Vacation rental creator marketing is no longer a trend. It’s becoming one of the most effective ways for travelers to discover, evaluate, and book accommodations. Lake.com’s new Creator Program for vacation rentals connects trusted storytellers with lakefront […]