Where Experience Meets Expertise
Vacation Rental Webinars & Podcasts
"Knowledge is power, but knowledge shared is power multiplied." - Robert Noyce
The VRM Advocate team regularly joins partners like PriceLabs, Guesty, Beyond, Key Data, Breezeway and Thanks For Visiting to talk vacation rental revenue management, operations and growth. Every session is here in one place, with the newest up top.
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Running a Vacation Rental Company Like a Business
Webinar · Topkey · August 2026 · Sharon Keefe
Sharon joins Rachel Alday of Abode Luxury Rentals and Mark Kombrink of Host2Coast on running a rental company like a business, from choosing the right homes to building processes that make technology pay.
Revenue Management Webinars
Revenue management is the sphere we're most often invited to speak on — and for good reason, since it's where pricing decisions, marketing, and guest demand all collide.
These conversations cover how our team approaches AI's role in modern revenue strategy, the metrics that actually matter day-to-day, and the tactical moves that separate a good revenue manager from a great one. Featured alongside PriceLabs, Beyond, Key Data, Richer Logic, and Thanks For Visiting. See how we put it to work in our vacation rental revenue management services.
10 Tasks For Successful Revenue Management
Meg’s daily, weekly and monthly checklist covers it all, from spotting booking outliers and orphan nights to pacing against the market and setting next year’s holiday rates before repeat guests rebook.
How To Price Your Properties For Success
Podcast · Thanks For Visiting · Episode 80 · Meg Park
Meg explains the difference between revenue management and dynamic pricing, how to balance shorter and longer stays and how far out to manage your rates.
Webinars for Operations & Growth
Beyond pricing, this is where the business itself gets built. These conversations dig into onboarding new properties without losing momentum, scaling support as a portfolio grows, and the leadership mindset that holds it all together as a company matures. Featured alongside Guesty, Breezeway, PriceLabs, and Thanks For Visiting. Related services: team structure and organization, and property care and operations.
Support that scales: Turning support into sustainable growth
Webinar · Guesty · January 2026 · Sharon Keefe
Sharon and Guesty’s Michelle Marquis explain why scalable growth starts with the right PMS support model, and how strong technology partners lead to faster fixes and smoother operations.
Scaling a Profitable Short-Term Rental Business
Podcast · PriceLabs · March 2025 · Sharon Keefe
Dynamic pricing alone won’t lift revenue. Sharon shares why the right properties beat more properties, and how OTA optimization, past-guest marketing and outbound calls work alongside revenue management.
Simplify New Property Onboarding: Expert Tips For Scaling Your Business
Webinar · Breezeway · November 2023 · Danña Kittell
Danña joins a Breezeway panel on getting new homes live faster by spreading the work across your team, showing owners every step and setting timelines you can actually keep.
Tactical Things You Can Do Tomorrow To Raise Revenue
Podcast · Thanks For Visiting · Episode 55 · March 2020 · Sharon Keefe
Are you being paid for everything you do? Sharon covers concierge extras, charging for maintenance time, building linens into the rate and early check-in fees.
Why Raising The Bar Matters
Podcast · Thanks For Visiting · Episode 51 · February 2020 · Sharon Keefe
Never settle. Sharon explains why the whole industry shares one mission, and how higher standards earn goodwill with neighbors and communities.
Different Worlds, Same Mission
Podcast · Thanks For Visiting · Episode 47 · January 2020 · Sharon Keefe
Short-term rentals feel new, but vacation home rentals go back generations. Sharon talks through what professional managers and Airbnb hosts have in common, and the misconceptions between them.
Good Ideas Deserve a Bigger Room
Every conversation on this page started with a question worth exploring — and we're always looking for the next one. If you're a partner with a platform for that kind of thinking, or a property manager ready to put it into practice, let's start the conversation.