Advocacy Toolkits
Always-free templates, checklists, guides, downloads, and more to help you advocate for your short-term rental, start or grow an advocacy group, and protect your right to rent responsibly.
How to Do Everything
(OK MAYBE NOT EVERYTHING, BUT A LOT.)
The Ultimate Guide:
Building a Self-Sustainable Short-Term Rental Alliance
INSIDE:
- The Tools to Make Your Vision a Reality
- Recruiting Members, Building a Leadership Team, and Creating Partnerships
- Knowing Your Decision-Makers and How to Make Sure They Hear You
- Building Community & Keeping Members Engaged
The Event-in-a-Box Toolkit:
Hosting Great Short-Term Rental Alliance Events
INSIDE:
- Key considerations and foundational to-dos before the event train leaves the station
- Customizable timelines for in-person and virtual event planning
- Strategies for driving event attendance
- Downloadable checklists, templates and SOPs
The 501 (c) (6) How-To:
Becoming an Incorporated Nonprofit Trade Association
INSIDE:
- The fundamentals of what it means to be a 501(c)(6) organization
- Pre-filing preparations and things to consider
- 10 Steps to Become a 501(c)(6)
- Why file for 501(c)(6)
- How to maintain your 501(c)(6) status
Fundraising Strategies
How to Raise Money for Your Short-Term Rental Alliance
Make Your Voice Heard
Public Comment 101: Effective Written and Spoken Testimonies
Advocate Toolkits + Resources
FOR ADVOCATES:
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Navigating Governments
- Regulations 101: A primer on how short-term rental rules are made
- Public Records: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Sunshine Law Requests for Short-Term Rental Advocacy
- Glossary: Important Short-Term Rental, Government, and Legal Terms
- Conflicting Regulations: Navigating overlap in state, county, local, and neighborhood rules ⭐
Advocacy Guides
- Replay: Political Action, Lobbying, and Fundraising for Vacation Rental Property Managers
- Public Comment 101: Effective Written and Spoken Testimonies
- Data: Short-Term Rental Data for Advocacy and Where to Get It
- Media 101: Talking to Reporters about Short-Term Rentals
- How-to: 5 Tips for Getting Your Letter to the Editor or Op-Ed Published
- Storytelling: Using the Inverted Pyramid in Advocacy Messaging ⭐
FOR ALLIANCE AND ASSOCIATION LEADERS:
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Advocacy Essentials
- Popular: Top 10 short-term rental advocacy resources and how to use them
- Playbook: Public Records: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Sunshine Law Requests for Short-Term Rental Advocacy
- Playbook: Short-Term Rental Data for Advocacy and Where to Get It
- Playbook: Media 101: Talking to Reporters about Short-Term Rentals
- Playbook: 5 Tips for Getting Your Letter to the Editor or Op-Ed Published
- Storytelling: Using the Inverted Pyramid in Advocacy Messaging ⭐
Advocacy Strategy
Case Studies
- Case Studies: Affordable housing vs. STRs: What does the data say?
- The Power of Language: Vacation rental semantics and why they matter
- Case Study: How 1999’s NC Vacation Rental Act is a Model for Today’s Regulations
- Case Study: Effecting positive change in vacation rental ordinances in Fort Pierce, Florida
- Case Study: Defeating Colorado Senate Bill 33 STR Property Tax Bill
- Case Study: How Portland short-term rental hosts earned a seat on the city’s DMO board
Engagement + Marketing
FOR ALLIANCE AND ASSOCIATION LEADERS:
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Growing Your Organization
- Leader Seminar Recap: Building Irresistible Member Benefits ⭐
- Playbook: How to run a #GivingTuesday campaign for your short-term rental organization
- Leader Seminar Recap: Membership Sales
- Playbook: How to raise money for your short-term rental alliance
- Replay: Nonprofit 101: Level up to 501(c)(6) Status
Member Engagement
Strengthening Your Board
- Replay: Inspire & Ignite: Stoke Your Team’s Fire and Avoid Burnout
- Playbook: Board Strategy Meeting Guide ⭐
- Must-read: 6 must-read books for alliance leaders ⭐
- Playbook: Guide to a Successful Alliance Board
FEATURED
State of the STR Industry Report 2024
The latest data and trends on STR hosts and managers, tech, operations, regulations, and more – plus the take of more than 2,000 local policymakers on STRs in their communities.
Housing & Economic Impact Studies
National Reports
The Real Drivers of Housing Affordability: An assessment of the role of vacation rentals (2024)
Barron, Kung, & Proserpio: The Effect of Home-Sharing on House Prices and Rents: Evidence from Airbnb (2020)
The Drivers of Housing Affordability: An assessment of the role of short-term rentals (2019)
Local Reports & Case Studies
HR&A: Colorado Short Term Rental Impact Study (2022)
Western Mountain Resort Alliance: Economic and Workforce Housing Impacts of STRs (2024)
Summit Alliance Vacation Rental Managers: State of Vacation Rental Industry Report (2024)
Regulatory News
Appeals court strikes Sedona’s short-term rental ban in mobile home parks
The Arizona Court of Appeals has invalidated the City of Sedona’s ban on short-term rentals in mobile home parks, reaffirming statewide protections for home-sharing.
Nantucket voters approve measure legalizing short-term rentals
Nantucket voters have overwhelmingly approved the legalization of short-term rentals island-wide, resolving years of legal battles and uncertainty for the community’s tourism-based economy.
Appeals court overturns part of New Orleans’ short-term rental rules
A federal appeals court on Oct. 7, 2025, struck down two controversial pieces of New Orleans’ short-term rental ordinance, the latest episode in a years-long legal saga over how far the city can go to rein in the proliferation of short-term rentals.
World Cup 2026 host cities revisit short-term rental rules
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is anticipated to draw some 6.5 million visitors in North America, and many host cities – Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Greater New York City (into New Jersey), Philadelphia, Seattle, and the San Francisco Bay Area – are grappling with where they’ll all stay. Hotels alone can’t meet the demand, putting short-term rentals back on city council agendas and reviving debates over how they should be regulated.
California passes bill requiring Airbnb, Vrbo to share host data with cities
California’s legislature has passed Senate Bill 346, authorizing local governments to mandate that short-term rental platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo share host and property data with local governments to enhance enforcement of lodging taxes and regulations. Known as...
Judge blocks Clark County, Nevada, short-term rental rules
A federal judge blocked Clark County from enforcing short-term rental rules requiring Airbnb and Vrbo to verify county licenses for listings.