by Paris Achen | Mar 3, 2022 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Nearly 1 million people have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, according to the United Nations refugee agency. As the Ukrainian vacation rental community opens its homes to those fleeing the war, a group of hospitality podcasters has...
by Paris Achen | Jul 8, 2021 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Andreas King-Geovanis remembers what it’s like to be displaced by a tragic event. When terrorists attacked the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, the 31-year-old CEO of Miami-based short-term rental company Sextant Stays was a child living with his family in a high...
by Alexa Nota | Dec 29, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Hosting and Management, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, News, Rent Responsibly News, Responsible Renting, STR Advocacy 101
The short-term rental industry is not about properties. It’s about people, and celebrating their success stories is at the heart of all we do. We started 2020 with the launch of our Humans of STRs series, stories and interviews of those who have changed their lives...
by Lindsay Callihan | Oct 17, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Social Responsibility & Giving Back, Supporting Local Businesses
In early March of 2020, Stay Local Nashville was thriving. The short-term rental property management company had been on track to manage 200 properties by summer. Then the Covid-19 pandemic struck and the company lost millions of dollars in bookings overnight. “In 48...
by Amber Friel | Aug 5, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Social Responsibility & Giving Back
In November of 2016, Chuck and Cindy Schmidt had owned their Sevierville, Tenn. log cabin for just a month when the Chimney Tops 2 Fire swept through 11,000 acres in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The fire took several lives and destroyed hundreds of...
by Alexa Nota | Jul 31, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Supporting Local Businesses
Three years ago, Domenica Mastroianni found herself needing a vacation from vacation planning. She realized there was a gap between travelers increasingly turning to short-term rentals and the lack of concierge-type services available to them, so she started Stock the...
by Amber Friel | Jul 20, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Social Responsibility & Giving Back, Supporting Local Businesses
If you had asked Amy and Scott Grant 20 years ago if they thought they would be running a vacation rental business on Kauai, they might have thought you were joking. At the time, the couple was running a catering business in Lake Tahoe after having met in culinary...
by Allyn Haynes | Jun 29, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
On March 13, Utah’s Park City Lodging temporarily ceased operations as Covid-19 spurred a wave of shutdowns across the country. The vacation rental company quickly saw an exodus of guests and found themselves with none of their usual late ski season business. ...
by Alexa Nota | Jun 22, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Social Responsibility & Giving Back, Supporting Local Businesses
Like many, Angie Leone found her way into the vacation rental community by happenstance. She and her husband first moved to Maui in 2006 for her job as a speech pathologist. She stepped away from the role when she had her first son, but wanting to stay busy, she...
by Cielo Vida | Jun 11, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
True North Property Management in Traverse City, Michigan is one of the brightest stars pointing the way towards opportunity in the vacation rental industry amidst the global pandemic; offering not only an alternative perspective, but also kindness and compassion....
