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Rent Responsibly is the community building and education platform for local short-term rental alliances. Our tools and alliance management services equip local leaders to build successful, self-sustaining organizations of short-term rental hosts, managers and all other stakeholders. We make it easy for leaders and members to connect, collaborate, solve common challenges, advocate for themselves, steward their communities, and rent responsibly.
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April 2026 Newsletter
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 thing?”...
March 2026 Newsletter
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...
February 2026 Newsletter
“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...
Recent Stories
Danielle Dixon, the strategist behind Washington’s short-term rental advocacy
Two months into her new job, Danielle Dixon was on high alert as the Washington State Legislature convened and momentum quickly built around a proposed excise tax of up to 4% on short-term rentals.
The Advocate’s dilemma: Julie Marks and the fight for the Right to Rent
Julie Marks’s role as a short-term rental advocate requires a kind of social hypervigilance, reading faces as soon as she enters a meeting.
Back of House: Alicia Pearson, small town mayor, statewide STR advocate
Feature Image: Alicia Pearson, Executive Director of Minnesota STRA (right) at the LMC awards Alicia Pearson ran for mayor of Lanesboro, Minnesota, because she wants the town to prosper long after she’s done raising her two sons, 12 and 14. “I love my town, and I...
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The Art Of Hospitality Podcast
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The Vacation Rental Show
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Alex and Annie Vacation Rental Podcast
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Direct Booking Success Podcast
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May 6, 2024
The New York Times
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April 14, 2024
Get Paid For Your Pad Podcast
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Hospitable Podcast
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March 6, 2024
Humans in Hospitality
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February 16, 2024
The Vacation Rental Micro-School Podcast
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Porch
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June 13, 2023
Visit Greater Palm Spring
Visit Greater Palm Springs Partners with VRBO and Rent Responsibly on Short-Term Rental Resources
April 10, 2023
Alex and Annie Vacation Rental Podcast
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February 1, 2023
The no BS short-term rental podcast
Listen to Find Solutions with featured guest David Krauss
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Winter 2021 Issue
Short Term Rentalz
What would a Trump / Biden US Election win mean for the short-term rental industry?
November 5, 2020
Short Term Rental Secrets
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June 17, 2020
Pillow Talk Media
AJL Profitability Hub #2: The Associations – Is there a case for consolidating lobbying power?
May 25, 2020
Business Wire
COVID-19 Impact Survey Highlights Short-Term Rentals’ Importance to Economic Recovery in Florida
May 18, 2020
Vacation Rental Formula
Vacation Rental Success: Take the Pledge & Short Term Rent Responsibly with David Krauss
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