Vacasa Acquires TurnKey Vacation Rentals

Casago Acquires Vacasa in $128.6 Million Deal

May 1, 2025

IT Services

Casago entered into (and later completed) a definitive agreement to acquire Vacasa, with Casago buying all outstanding shares held by public stockholders for $5.02 per share (later increased to $5.30 per share), subject to customary closing conditions. The combined company is positioned as a North American vacation rental management platform, with Roofstock investing to provide strategic guidance and technology-driven property management capabilities.

KEY.co Acquires Experientials

September 12, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

KEY.co, the curated luxury vacation rental marketplace based in Austin, Texas, has acquired Experientials, a brand-activation and product-integration specialist. Experientials founder and CEO Travis Lubinsky joins KEY.co as president of the new KEY.co Experientials division to integrate curated brand activations into KEY.co homes and accelerate capability and product offerings.

Porter Vacation Rental Management Acquires Soar Vacation Rental Services

May 31, 2024

Restaurants & Hospitality

Porter Vacation Rental Management (Porter VRM) has acquired Soar Vacation Rental Services, expanding Porter's presence in the Galveston, Texas market and boosting its coastal rental portfolio. The deal, which closed at the end of May 2024, brings additional Galveston vacation rental inventory under Porter's luxury-focused, full-service management platform.

Guesty Acquires Rentals United

May 3, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Guesty, the property management software platform for the short-term rental and hospitality industry, acquired Rentals United, a cloud-based channel management and distribution platform for vacation rental managers. Rentals United will continue to operate independently while the acquisition expands Guesty’s distribution, data and AI capabilities to better serve property managers and scale bookings.

VTrips Acquires Four Vacation Rental Managers (Carolina Retreats, Tybee Vacation Rentals, Silver Sands, Miss Kitty's)

June 9, 2022

Restaurants & Hospitality

VTrips, a Florida-based vacation rental management company led by founder and CEO Steve Milo, acquired four regional vacation rental firms—Carolina Retreats (Topsail, N.C.), Tybee Vacation Rentals (near Savannah, Ga.), Silver Sands Vacation Rentals (Port Aransas, Texas) and Miss Kitty's Fishing Getaways (Rockport, Texas). The deals expand VTrips' portfolio to roughly 7,000 properties and about 1,000 employees nationwide as the company pursues scale and deeper presence in resort vacation rental markets.

VTrips Acquires Southern Vacation Rentals

April 26, 2022

Restaurants & Hospitality

VTrips, a fast-growing U.S. vacation rental management company, acquired Southern Vacation Rentals on April 1, 2022, adding 1,120 properties and 123 team members to its portfolio and bringing VTrips' total managed properties to more than 5,000. Southern Vacation Rentals' CEO Scott Seay will join VTrips as chief strategy officer as the companies integrate operations while retaining local brand presence.