by Rent Responsibly Team | Apr 24, 2026 | Newsletters
Call me an iconoclast, but I covet the few participation trophies I get as a middle-aged man. So much so that I once ran a 31-mile ultramarathon for a participation trophy (err, finisher’s medal). “Hey Google, why did participation trophies become a bad...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Mar 23, 2026 | Newsletters
A few weeks ago, I lost a close friend here in Istanbul. She didn’t have a long resume or advanced degrees, but when she moved to a new country, she noticed that people learning English had no place to gather and converse with native speakers. She initially created a...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Feb 17, 2026 | Newsletters
“Almost heaven sums up our experience…” — Guest review This note came from a family who traveled across the country—including a 101-year-old mother—for a rare week together. The hosts, Allison and Richard Moser (board members of the Washington Hosts Collaborative...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Jan 21, 2026 | Newsletters
Ahead of every Olympic Games, the torch is carried across continents. Fun fact: Today it’s in Venice! The torch travels thousands of miles around the world because its journey isn’t a solo marathon; it’s a relay. The fire keeps going not because one person runs harder...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Jan 21, 2026 | Newsletters
Rent Responsibly’s core team recently spent a few days reconnecting and workshopping in Fort Worth, TX, a fitting place as a former cowboy outpost and cattle herding hub. For a long time, STRs have been described like Texas’s early days: the Wild West. I think it’s...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Nov 17, 2025 | Newsletters
Gatherings crackle and flourish when real thought goes into them, when (often invisible) structure is baked into them, and when a host has the curiosity, willingness, and generosity of spirit to try. ― Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering … When was the last...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Oct 15, 2025 | Newsletters
October is for scary stuff. But so is every other month if you’re a host. Hospitality comes with enough stories to frighten away even the toughest wannabe heroes. Experienced hosts know the plot. Things start off silly-scary – a haunted AC unit that won’t cool below...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Sep 9, 2025 | Newsletters
Perhaps the secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company. – Rachel Naomi Remen Fall conference season is here again. It looms large for vendors like us – it means travel, speaking, and some very...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Aug 14, 2025 | Newsletters
The headlines? Brutal.The council meeting comments? Even worse.The fingers? Pointed squarely at you. Short-term rentals are once again the scapegoat for everything from rising rent to neighborhood mayhem. And with election season kicking into gear, the volume is only...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Jul 17, 2025 | Newsletters
It’s not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of the mind, an intentional pause and reset, or a new route to start to see new options and new possibilities. – Kristin Armstrong On...
