by Paris Achen | Jul 20, 2023 | Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Social Responsibility & Giving Back, Sustainability
Early in his career, vacation rental entrepreneur Marc Ribail learned the power of making hospitality into a transformative experience for guests. “When you touch a guest’s conscience, that is a transformative experience,” he said. Increasing transformative...
by Paris Achen | May 19, 2023 | Community Engagement, Hosting and Management, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Nuisance Prevention, Professional Development, Responsible Renting, Rules and Regulations, Social Responsibility & Giving Back, Supporting Local Businesses
Sarah Bradford and Tim Cafferty recently marked a milestone with the recording of their 150th episode of Sarah and T: The Professional Vacation Rental Manager’s Podcast. Every other Monday for nearly six years, they have released a new 30-minute episode packed with...
by Paris Achen | May 2, 2023 | Community Engagement, Hosting and Management, Local Government, Marketing, Professional Development, Self-Growth, Social Responsibility & Giving Back, Team Culture, Wellness
Tyann Marcink, front-center, at the CASA Justice is Served fundraiser in 2022 Have you ever heard the quote, Help yourself by helping others? According to research, helping others, aka volunteering, can also help your vacation rental business. Volunteering can help...
by Paris Achen | Nov 2, 2022 | Leadership, Responsible Renting, Social Responsibility & Giving Back, STR Advocacy 101
While Jonathan Wicks lived in Chicago in the 2010s, he had a lake house in Northern Illinois that he rented short-term. At the time, the busy CEO owned a national company that cleaned homes in bank foreclosure, and because he couldn’t service his rental on his own, he...
by Paris Achen | Aug 1, 2022 | Back of House Series, Partner Features, Powered by Evolve, Social Responsibility & Giving Back
https://www.rentresponsibly.org/enhance-guest-experience-at-your-short-term-rental-support-local-business/Over the past 10 years, the employees at Evolve, a vacation rental management company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, cultivated a company culture and values...
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 Alissa Isenhath | Oct 1, 2020 | Accessibility, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Social Responsibility & Giving Back
For Linda and Ned Popovich, hosting guests at their vacation rental in Hampton Roads is a labor of love. It has allowed them the opportunity to offer a haven for people living with developmental and sensory disabilities and PTSD — a mission that is just as important...
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 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 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...
