by Paris Achen | Apr 29, 2025 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
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...
by Paris Achen | Apr 28, 2025 | News, Regulatory News
A state lawmaker has proposed groundbreaking legislation that could make Alaska the first state to offer its Governor’s mansion as a short-term rental when not in official use. “This bill would look at the governor’s mansion as an asset that we try to fund and try to...
by Paris Achen | Apr 21, 2025 | News, Regulatory News
Houston, America’s fourth-largest city, has adopted its first short-term rental ordinance after months of deliberation, stakeholder feedback, and a slate of amendments. The new rules, which were unanimously passed by the Houston City Council on April 15, 2025, aim to...
by Paris Achen | Apr 21, 2025 | Responsible Renting, Sustainability
No matter where you live, water scarcity is inching closer to home. Over 2.2 billion people still don’t have safe drinking water here on Earth, according to the World Health Organization. In Barcelona, severe droughts in 2023 drove up water bills and forced some STR...
by Paris Achen | Apr 9, 2025 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
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 met his...
by Paris Achen | Apr 8, 2025 | News, Regulatory News
In a far-reaching win for property rights, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently rejected an application for appeal from a homeowners association that had sought to restrict short-term rentals in a Poconos planned development in violation of its governing documents....
by Paris Achen | Apr 2, 2025 | Hosting and Management, Property Care, Safety
If you own a short-term rental, you may have noticed an alarming trend: STR insurance coverage is harder to get, more expensive, or disappearing altogether. From California to Florida and everywhere in between, homeowners are receiving policy nonrenewal notices just...
by Paris Achen | Mar 29, 2025 | Hosting and Management, Marketing
Many Canadian travelers are pressing pause on U.S. vacations in 2025 – and the effects are starting to show. According to a new report from Key Data, bookings from Canada for U.S. vacation rental properties are down 21% compared with the same period last year. That’s...
by Paris Achen | Mar 24, 2025 | Hosting and Management, Property Care
A professionally cleaned short-term rental is vital to delivering a satisfying guest experience, but selecting the cleaning service requires know-how, planning, and well-defined expectations. In this guide, vacation rental cleaning experts will share what to do to...
by Paris Achen | Mar 14, 2025 | News, Regulatory News, Short-Term Rental Regulation
After a prolonged legal battle, an El Dorado County Superior Court judge on March 13, 2025, struck down Measure T, a voter-approved initiative to ban most short-term rentals in residential zones of South Lake Tahoe. Voters approved Measure T by a margin of just 58...
