VTrips Acquires Southern Vacation Rentals

Blue Star Innovation Partners Acquires Majority Stake in TravelNet Solutions

July 26, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Blue Star Innovation Partners has acquired a majority stake in TravelNet Solutions (TNS), a Minneapolis‑based provider of Track Hospitality Software and related vacation‑rental platforms. The investment will be used to accelerate product development, expand support and hiring, and pursue M&A to add complementary solutions; TNS's existing leadership remains in place and VTrips exited its stake.

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 Taylor-Made Deep Creek and Ryson Vacation Rentals

January 14, 2022

Restaurants & Hospitality

VTrips acquired two vacation rental management companies — Taylor-Made Deep Creek Vacations & Sales (McHenry, Maryland) and Ryson Vacation Rentals (Galveston, Texas) — adding a combined 701 properties and 263 team members to its portfolio. VTrips will retain the acquired brands, with Taylor-Made founders Jodi Taylor Refosco, Chad Taylor and Joe Refosco becoming shareholders and both teams reporting into VTrips regional management as part of the company’s strategic growth plan.

Hudson Hill Capital Makes Minority Investment in VTrips

August 16, 2021

Restaurants & Hospitality

VTrips, a Ponte Vedra, Florida-based technology-enabled vacation rental manager, received a significant minority equity investment from Hudson Hill Capital to accelerate its acquisition strategy and strengthen its technology offering. The capital will be deployed to support M&A activity (VTrips expects to deploy over $250 million) and enhance the company's digital marketing and local market operations across North America.

Guesty Acquires MyVR

April 8, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Guesty, the property-management platform for short-term rentals, acquired MyVR to combine technology and teams and strengthen its position as the largest short-term rental property management platform. The acquisition will keep both products operating independently while expanding Guesty’s technical offering and North American market presence.

Vacasa Acquires TurnKey Vacation Rentals

March 11, 2021

Restaurants & Hospitality

Vacasa announced it has signed an agreement to acquire TurnKey Vacation Rentals, a full-service vacation rental manager based in Austin, Texas that manages approximately 6,000 vacation rentals across 80+ U.S. destinations. The deal expands Vacasa’s portfolio into premier markets (including Los Angeles, Napa, Asheville and Santa Fe), brings TurnKey employees and technology into Vacasa, and is expected to close subject to customary conditions.