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Hospitality Heroes: Nonprofit helps hospitality workers weather any storm
When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in September 2024, April Burns couldn’t sit back and watch. She posted a call for help on social media and woke up to $4,000 in donations in her Venmo app. Within days, she had filled a donated box truck with supplies...
Ryan Rabideau: The strategist behind Rent Responsibly’s mission-driven growth
From left to right, CEO Dave Krauss, former Product Officer Garrett Dobbs, COO Alexa Nota, Chief Strategy Officer Ryan Rabideau, and John Hildebrand, Vice President of Arizonans for Responsible Tourism. Ryan Rabideau will be the first to tell you his “happy place is a...
Lindsay Bolton: From local leader to STR industry connector
Left: Anthony Rallo and Lindsay Bolton, Program Manager at the 2024 Spark Retreat Right: Stonybrook State Park, Dansville, New York Before Lindsay Bolton joined the Rent Responsibly team, she was already living the mission. Tucked into the postcard-worthy landscapes...
Dave Krauss: The visionary CEO behind Rent Responsibly
Feature photo: Dave Krauss (center) with team Rent Responsibly at a team retreat in Lake Tahoe in December 2024. Like most hosts, Dave fell into short-term rentals serendipitously. During the Great Recession, he was renovating historic condos in Boston when he...
Esmond Fountain: The connector behind the RR Network community
Esmond Fountain had a sheltered upbringing, where journaling often replaced television as the main form of entertainment. Growing up as a military brat, he moved from base to base, adapting to new cultures and learning to embrace new faces and changes with a spirit of...
Top 10 Articles of 2024
This year, the STR industry faced increasing headwinds that show no sign of slowing. As our top articles this year show, it’s these trying times that light up the entrepreneurial nature of hosts and property managers. We as an STR community have been asking, “How can...
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