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Flipkey announces to accept vacation rental by owner properties

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Edited Press Release

FlipKey, the US vacation rental review site, and TripAdvisor, the world’s most popular and largest travel community, today announced that they’re broadening their vacation rental offerings by allowing homeowners to list their properties on flipkey.com.  FlipKey is now providing travelers with more vacation rental options. New owner listings submitted to FlipKey will also reach more than 25 million monthly visitors on TripAdvisor, according to Flipkey.

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Property owners can list a rental on FlipKey for $1.99 per month until the end of this year. 

“We’re excited to enhance FlipKey and TripAdvisor with rental by owner listings and to create new opportunities for owners and renters,” said TJ Mahony, CEO of FlipKey. “We’re offering information travelers can trust with innovative research tools, such as verified rental reviews, making us the best resource available to find the ideal rental property.”

Complementing more than 80,000 professionally managed listings, thousands more lodging options will soon be available to travelers with the addition of new owner listings on flipkey.com. The addition of these properties will allow travelers who prefer to book directly with owners the option to do so – as owners can sometimes provide more flexibility on pricing and dates, and offer intimate knowledge of property details. To ensure travelers are confident when booking a rental property, FlipKey has a verification process for all owners and property managers and indicates whether rentals are professionally or privately managed.

Instant Software Announces Partnership with FlipKey

Monday, April 27th, 2009

 

Edited Press Release

Instant Software Announces Partnership with FlipKey to Supply the Largest Number of Vacation Rental Properties Available Through TripAdvisor

Instant Software, the supplier of technology for the vacation rental industry announced that it is working together with FlipKey to build the largest collection of vacation rental properties available for travelers on TripAdvisor.com and FlipKey.com. TripAdvisor recently announced the addition of more than 70,000 vacation rental listings in almost 1,000 destinations powered by FlipKey.

 

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Through Instant Software’s web marketing distribution system – ISILink – Instant Software is able to  bridge vacation rental marketing information, rates and availability to prominent consumer travel sites, such as TripAdvisor and other travel sites and web portals. By consolidating, normalizing, and interpreting data from several vacation rental reservation systems ISILink is able to provide seamless real-time bookings between vacation rental managers, TripAdvisor.com and FlipKey.com.

Further bolstering the marketing potential of properties distributed through ISILink, Instant Software has incorporated technology for Instant Software clients to automatically collect guest reviews through an integrated system with FlipKey. In just a couple of months, more than 30,000 FlipKey reviews have been collected through Instant Software technology. Properties with reviews are seen by more visitors on TripAdvisor and FlipKey, and positive reviews and photos are known to improve conversion rates. “We’ve found that guest reviews have tremendous impact on the booking success of vacation homes and ultimately improve rankings on powerful sites like TripAdvisor,” explained Ted Miller, COO of Instant Software. “Instant Software continues to lead the industry with technology that provides property managers what they need to get competitive advantage in this difficult market.”