str market mapVacation rental listings struggle to differentiate in competitive markets, and property managers leave ancillary spending on the table because they have no way to offer gear, experiences, and amenities to guests.
VayKLife is a US guest engagement platform for vacation rental property managers. It integrates into the booking process and gives guests the ability to customise and enhance their stay before and during their visit, connecting them with vacation gear, curated local experiences, and on-demand property amenities.
The platform offers two complementary services: a property manager-facing integration layer and a guest-facing experience marketplace. Guests can pre-order gear such as bikes, kayaks, paddle boards, and beach chairs with delivery timed to arrival, browse and book local experiences and activities, and add amenity packages to their reservation. For property managers, VayKLife operates a revenue-sharing model that generates ancillary income beyond the base reservation fee and supports listing differentiation in competitive markets.
Vacation rental property managers and management companies operating in leisure destinations where gear rentals and local experiences are a meaningful part of the guest stay.
VayKLife acquired Xplorie in August 2026, adding Xplorie's free-to-guest activity amenity program to the guest engagement platform. The two brands are being brought together under the VayKLife name. VayKLife is a portfolio company of Fort Point Capital.
VayKLife, the Atlanta-based guest engagement platform founded in 2014 that lets vacationers add amenities such as bikes, games and beach chairs to a stay and handles the delivery logistics, has acquired Xplorie, the Florida-based activities provider founded in 1996 that supplies local experiences across roughly 70 US destinations. Terms were not disclosed. Both businesses now trade under the VayKLife brand. VayKLife is backed by Fort Point Capital, which frames the combination as widening geographic reach and addressable market. CEO Dan Gaertner said the merged business can give vacation rental managers a more complete way to drive demand for their properties and deliver more value to guests, and argued that pairing physical gear with curated experiences is a way for managers to differentiate as AI makes listings look increasingly alike. Xplorie president Adrienne Clark cited a shared focus on helping rental managers compete and grow.
Event date: 2026-08-26 · Summary published: 2026-09-28 · Source: PhocusWire (original report)
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