Tag Archives: Vacation Rentals

Island Vacations Represent Great Travel Niches for Travel Affiliates - Part 2

Today’s blog post is the continuation of our posting published on July 21, 2009
Assuming that the BVI micro-niche does in fact appeal to us from a product perspective, our next step in determining if this niche is worth investing in entails two follow-on tasks: assessing the market size and competitive intensity, and identifying [...]

LeisureLink Teams-Up With Priceline, But Direct-Link to Travel Affiliates is Better

Question: When does the broadening of a major travel supplier’s travel distribution channel result in less revenue opportunities for travel affiliates?  Answer: When the new channel pays affiliates less than the supplier’s existing affiliate program!  This seems to be the case with LeisureLink’s new distribution deal with Priceline when compared to their existing [...]

Home Exchange, Vacation Rentals, Villas & Condos

●   HomeAway - Few companies would dare boast that they may have a near monopoly position in any industry, but in our view, HomeAway may have achieved this distinction in a short 3 year span without raising much of an eyebrow.  HomeAway operates a bevy of well-established vacation rental sites including: HomeAway.com, VRBO.com, VacationRentals.com, CyberRentals.com, [...]