by Paris Achen | Nov 28, 2022 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Feature photo: Abbi and team Rent Responsibly (left) and Abbi with Dana Lubner (right) The career path of Abbi Booth, Director of Alliance Operations at Rent Responsibly, illustrates the tremendous growth at the company during the past 18 months. Abbi joined Rent...
by Rent Responsibly Team | Nov 8, 2022 | Newsletters
“Simplicity boils down to two things: identify the essential and eliminate the rest.” – Leo Babauta • • • 2023 is fast approaching, and we’ve got big things to accomplish next year. I bet you do, too. But before we can set new goals, face new...
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 | Oct 18, 2022 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Feature photo: Dana and team Rent Responsibly with the board members of Arizonans for Responsible Tourism and the Scottsdale STRA in Phoenix, AZ Dana Lubner, director of community development at Rent Responsibly, is the company’s resident short-term rental celebrity...
by Paris Achen | Oct 14, 2022 | Advocate Engagement, Leadership, Local Government, Organization, Politics & Elections, STR Advocacy 101
Today’s leading short-term rental advocates learned much of their skillset from mistakes they made along the way. Two of them, COO Alexa Nota and Director of Community Development Dana Lubner of Rent Responsibly, recently shared some of their tips and shortcuts for...
by Paris Achen | Oct 14, 2022 | Local Government, Short-Term Rental Regulation, STR Advocacy 101
When it comes to operating a short-term rental business, knowing the law-making process is a must in adequately advocating for yourself, the industry, and your community. STR laws typically come in the form of an ordinance, a law made by a local government such as a...
by Paris Achen | Sep 15, 2022 | Local Leaders Series, Partner Features, Powered by Vrbo
Becoming president of Arizonans for Responsible Tourism was an unexpected twist in Linda Curry’s life path. She and her husband had been talking for years about whether to build a guesthouse next to their primary residence in northeast Mesa, an unincorporated part of...
by Paris Achen | Sep 13, 2022 | Back of House: Team Rent Responsibly, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Long before joining the short-term rental industry, Alexa Nota, co-founder and chief operating officer at Rent Responsibly, was a travel enthusiast. “I love to travel and especially explore a place through the food and activities you can only experience there,” she...
by Paris Achen | Jun 30, 2022 | Good Apples Series, Partner Features, Powered by Breezeway
In May 2020 in the midst of the Covid pandemic, Brittany Blackman became something of an internet sensation in not only Destin vacation rentals but the vacation rental world. Holding her camera phone vertically while standing in her yard, Brittany recorded an...
by Alexa Nota | May 12, 2022 | Advocate Engagement, Community Engagement, Leadership, Local Government, Organization, STR Advocacy 101
With just 8,300 short-term rentals across the entire state1, Vermont might not seem like an important state to watch. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Because the state is so small, it sometimes serves as a testbed for legislation other states could model,...
