Verto Library · 2026 Edition
Everything to run short-term rentals for real.
Data, guides, glossary, templates, comparisons. A curated collection built by people running short-term rentals every day — for property managers, hosts, journalists, and researchers.
What you'll find here
Featured
The most-requested resource of 2026
Published April 29 · Next update July 29, 2026.
№ R-01 · DATA HUB
Short-term rentals in Italy: 20 statistics and data 2026
Market size, yields, guest communication, AI automation. Citable numbers with verifiable sources for every stat. Updated quarterly.
Preview · 4 of 20 data points
600,000+
active listings · AIGAB 2024
7.2%
avg yield · Idealista
98%
WhatsApp open rate · Meta
85%
AI-handled requests · Verto
From the blog
Practical guides, updated weekly.
Filter by category or scroll horizontally. Each guide starts from a concrete operational problem.
Property mgmtWhat an Airbnb co-host is, how listing co-hosting works and how to become one: a practical guide for short-term rental managers in Italy.
Property mgmtWhat an Airbnb property manager does, how much they earn, and how to start: role, skills, tools, and real fee rates for the Italian market.
WhatsAppHow to choose an AI WhatsApp chatbot for your short-term rental: criteria, solution comparison and real costs. Practical guide 2026.
WhatsAppWhatsApp Business API for short-term rentals: how it works, what it costs, and how to automate guest messages without spending hours every day.
Guest managementPractical guide to short-term rental management for Italian property managers: tools, automations, costs, and how much time you actually save each week.
ReviewsHow to set up Airbnb self check-in step by step and automate all pre- and post-arrival communication. Less work, more stars.
Guest managementHow to choose short-term rental management software in 2026: feature comparison, pricing and ROI for property managers with 5-50 units.
ComparisonHonest Lodgify reviews: pricing, features, real limitations and when it's suitable for Italian property managers with 5-50 apartments.
ComparisonSmoobu reviews 2026: honest analysis of pricing, features, limits and alternatives for property managers with 5-50 short-term rental units.
ReviewsHow to get more Airbnb reviews, manage them, and use them to increase ranking and revenue. Practical guide for property managers with 5-50 units.
WhatsAppLearn how a WhatsApp chatbot handles guest messages 24/7 in 25 languages. Practical guide for property managers with 5-50 properties.
MessagingDiscover 4 methods to automate guest messages on Airbnb: from native system to AI tools on WhatsApp. Real data, actual costs, and ready templates.
Catalog
Four references, always at hand.
Stable resources to come back to whenever you need them — not blog articles, but catalogs and databases.
30 ready-to-use messages, copy-paste
Pre-arrival, during stay, check-out, edge cases (noise, damage, reviews). Each template comes in 4 stylistic variations.
The short-term rental vocabulary
ADR, RevPAR, channel manager, PMS, FTE, multi-host: operational definitions with Italian examples and links to related concepts.
Verto AI vs the other tools
Hospitable, Smoobu, Guesty, Host.AI, Duve, Akia, Enso Connect: independent analysis of features, pricing, real target users.
Connect your PMS or channel manager
Smoobu, Lodgify, Hostaway, Beds24, Airbnb, Booking.com: real-time webhooks, booking sync, shared knowledge base.
By topic
Find what you need, where you need it.
Three directions. Cross-cutting resources (data hub, glossary, templates) live in the section above.
01
4 links
Guest communication
Everything you need to reply fast, on every channel, in any language.
02
6 links
Operations & management
Daily property management: check-in, reviews, software, operational decisions.
03
6 links
Tools & AI
When you need real AI, and when templates are enough. Independent reviews.
Resources + product
The library tells the story. Verto AI solves it.
AI concierge on WhatsApp 24/7, multilingual, integrated with your PMS. Built by people running short-term rentals every day.