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Hosted by Thibault Masson for Rental Scale-Up · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 120 episodes
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Welcome to Vacation Rental Scale-Up, the essential podcast for vacation rental managers and short-term rental operators. Hosted by industry expert Thibault Masson, we bring you the latest insights and strategies to elevate your business.Key Topics:Strategy Insights: Stay ahead with strategies from major platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.Market Trends: Get the latest market data and trends from the US and Europe.Tech Innovations: Explore new vacation rental technology, from AI to revenue management software.Each episode features tutorials, expert interviews, and a touch of humor t
Thibault Masson for Rental Scale-Up hosts Vacation Rental Scale-Up, a news show with 120 episodes published.
I booked a trip to a small village in Alsace, and once I was in, I started paying attention to what Airbnb was actually selling me. The homepage had a car rental discount and a luggage storage deal waiting before I'd eve
Airbnb just reported 3.6 billion dollars in revenue, nights booked up 10%, and raised guidance for the rest of the year. On paper, one of its best quarters ever. Look closer, and a good chunk of that growth traces back t
Guests have stopped opening fifty tabs. They open one AI prompt — family of four, two kids under ten, beach, four days, this budget — and book from the shortlist that comes back. So when that shortlist gets assembled, is
How do you make sure that when ChatGPT recommends your short-term rental, the guest actually clicks "book"? While everyone is racing to get surfaced by AI search tools, a mere citation on Claude or Perplexity does not mo
Most revenue tools still make you log in, click through, and cross-reference before you get an answer. This episode tests what happens when you skip all of that — wiring a live pricing engine straight into an AI assistan
Vrbo's newest ads, Magician and No Chef, are the ones getting all the buzz right now. Big spend, big view counts, the full spotlight moment. 🎬So why bring up a much quieter content campaign running in the background at
Airbnb just promised Wall Street it would extract more money from every single booking this year. Yet, your platform fees aren’t going up, and your payouts remain untouched. So, where is that massive revenue growth comin
Should you build your own custom AI workflows, or wait for your software vendors to roll out their updates? In this episode, Thibault Masson sits down with Mark Simpson to break down exactly how independent operators can
The rules of organic search visibility are undergoing a major shift. For years, professional operators have structured their businesses around strict performance metrics to secure Vrbo’s Premier Host badge and its promis
Airbnb’s new "risk-free" cancellation policy might guarantee your payout, but it could be silently draining your operational budget. 🛑💸 In this episode of the RSU Podcast, Thibault Masson (Founder of RSU by PriceLabs)
Airbnb just made two major corporate moves that signal an aggressive expansion beyond traditional short-term rentals: they poached Booking.com’s top hotel executive and invested $58 million to build a real-life social ne
Your dynamic pricing strategy might be flawless—but bad listing photos, inflexible cleaning fees, and over-promised owner estimates are silently destroying your short-term rental revenue. 🛑💸 In this episode of RSU by P
Airbnb's 2026 Summer Release just rewrote the rules of how guests discover, evaluate, and book your property. 🛑📉With this update, Airbnb hasn't just rolled out new features—the platform has fundamentally inserted an AI
If Airbnb guarantees the lowest price on hotels, how will your short-term rentals compete? 🛑📉 On May 20th, Brian Chesky is dropping the Summer 2026 Release, and the platform's priorities are shifting. To hedge against
✈️ Jet Fuel Crisis, 20,000 Cancelled Flights, and a Domestic Travel Boom — Which Side of the Line Is Your Portfolio On? Jet fuel prices have doubled and airlines are cutting 20,000 summer flights. ⛽📉 Guests still want t
Airbnb’s Summer Release 2026 is almost here. What could Airbnb announce — and what should hosts and property managers be watching? In this episode, Thibault Masson, industry analyst, founder of RSU by PriceLabs, and Head
In February 2026, Airbnb quietly updated its privacy policy. On April 20th, every host and guest will be asked to accept it — or lose access to the platform. In this episode, RSU Editor Uvika Wahi breaks down what actual
Revenue management isn't broken — the model around it is. For years, dynamic pricing was the answer. But when your owner relations team is stuck in email, your BD team is pitching with outdated numbers, and your finance
Airbnb made two announcements this week that didn't make many headlines — but together, they reveal exactly how the platform's lifestyle ambitions are materializing in practice. In this episode, Uvika Wahi from RSU by Pr
May 20, 2026, is circled on every European property manager's calendar. It's the official deadline for EU Regulation 2024/1028—the law that forces booking platforms to verify registration numbers and share monthly activi
David Ciccarelli
Co-Founder & CEO · Voices.com
1 appearance on this show
Bryant Loy
Brett/Robinson
1 appearance on this show
Becca Madigan
PriceLabs
1 appearance on this show
Uvika
PriceLabs
1 appearance on this show
Thibault Masson
Rental Scale-Up / RSU by PriceLabs
3 appearances on this show
Uvika Wahi
RSU by PriceLabs
3 appearances on this show
Lorenzo Ritella
GuestReady
1 appearance on this show
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