When most people picture a tiny house on wheels, they imagine a compact single-box layout with every room squeezed under one roof. But a new build out of Auburndale, Florida is challenging that assumption in a big way. This 180 square foot home separates its living space and bathroom into two distinct pavilions connected by […]
India is rapidly emerging as one of Airbnb’s most dynamic and fast-growing markets, with first-time bookings jumping a remarkable 60% in 2025. For vacation rental property managers and owners operating internationally — or those considering expanding their reach — this kind of growth signals a significant shift in global travel demand that deserves close attention.
India’s Vacation Rental Boom: Airbnb Reports 60% Surge in First-Time Bookings Read More »
After some review we’ve discovered that Airbnb calculates booking lead time differently than Lodgix and other companies. Airbnb calculates backwards from 11:59 PM on the day the guest intends to check in, in the timezone of the listing. For example, if you set the Booking Lead Time to 3 hours, a guest can make a
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…in addition to the assigning bed types to bedrooms feature that was outlined in our last blog post, the team has been hard at work on several initiatives: Version 2.0 of the Lodgix WordPress Plugin. The video below gives a brief overview of where we are with that. Probably a later September launch. Conversion of
Building a web-based software product is a continuous, intensive process. Lodgix launched over 12 years ago! Wow. During that time, pretty much every competitor that was around then has folded, a few were sold or retired and others rebranded (which is the online equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig). There are a few
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iPhone 11 Drawing is Today! We want to thank all of the 43 Lodgix subscribers who left us wonderful reviews over the past few weeks. We’ve entered all 43 reviewers into a drawing for a new iPhone 11 (up to $750 value). We don’t use random number generators for these… we do it old school.
And the iPhone 11 Winner is… Read More »
I am still surprised at how many coastal property managers allow guest refunds for stays that have to be cancelled due to named storms. In North Carolina, whenever I’ve booked a vacation rental on the coast, the property management company always recommended the purchase of travel insurance. They let me know at every stage of
Hurricane Dorian – Why Travel Insurance is so important for coastal property managers. Read More »
SMS Character Limit Increase Today we increased the allowed number of characters for SMS messages from 150 character to 450 characters. However, messages with >160 characters will be broken down into chunks of 153 characters before being sent to the recipient’s handset. Each “chunk” is the equivalent of sending one sms. So sending a 450
