THE STATE OF THE STR COMMUNITY SURVEY

The industry’s largest survey to chart the path toward sustainable regulations and strong, engaged STR communities everywhere.

About the Survey and Report

Rent Responsibly has partnered with the College of Charleston and the Riley Center for Livable Communities on a first-of-its-kind research initiative: The State of the STR Community Report. This two-phased study explores both sides of the conversation around municipal management of short-term rentals. First, researchers conducted in-depth interviews and panel discussions with municipal staff from varied markets across the US to uncover their perspectives, needs and challenges. 

Next, the short-term rental industry will be coming together this fall to conduct the inaugural State of the STR Community Survey, the largest survey of its kind (this is where our partners come in!) The survey aims to reach at least 4,000 hosts and managers nationwide and will quantify the positive economic and employment impacts STRs have on their communities, distill challenges operators face in complying with local regulations, and uncover solutions for effective short-term rental management.

This critical research will help uncover missing links between STRs and their local economies and governments, spotlight data and solutions that can drive more effective regulatory outcomes, and generate other insights to ultimately create stronger and more sustainable STR communities everywhere.

PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

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A La Carte Items

Educational Video

2 credits

We will take an educational blog article of your choice and recreate a new learning experience through video. Your video will be shared on our social channels and published on RentResponsibly.org in a post with a call to action and link to a landing page of your choice.

Responsible Renting Tip Jar

1 credit

Rent Responsibly is creating a Tip Jar, a library of tips and tricks shared as an image gallery on RentResponsibly.org. Rent Responsibly will repurpose three bite-sized pieces of information from one or more of your blog posts or other resources. These tips will then be displayed in our Tip Jar with a link back to your post, as well as on Rent Responsibly’s social platforms.

Vendor Profile in our Back of the House Series

4 credits

In this new series published on RentResponsibly.org, Rent Responsibly’s staff writer will craft a feature story on the amazing people behind your company, why you love what you do, and what it means to you to be a part of the short-term rental industry. Your profile will also have a call to action and link to a landing page of your choice. Optional: You can also provide a special offer exclusively to readers.

Demo Day

2 credits

Rent Responsibly will host a Demo Day [date TBD] in which you can host a 30-minute open-door demo session to engage directly with hosts, owners and managers and showcase your products and services.

Leadership Seminar Ad

1 credit

Our Leader Seminars are live, collaborative events designed for current and aspiring short-term rental alliance leaders. By sponsoring one of these events, you’ll get your logo on all marketing materials associated with the event and a 30-second NPR-style sponsored message read at the beginning of the event by host Dana Lubner. The registration contact list for the event will be shared with you.

30-Minute Hit List Webinar

2 credits

In this rapid-fire webinar, you’ll be front and center with attendees to share your top 5 to 10 actionable tips and tools to solve a specific challenge related to responsible renting. We’ll work together with you on the content and take care of hosting and promoting the event. These will be recorded and published in our Event Library with gated lead-capture video replay and a call to action with a link to a landing page of your choice. The registration contact list for the event will be shared with you.

Client Case Study

2 credits

Tell us who one of your VIP clients is and we will work with you and the client to craft a case study showcasing how your product or service helped your client solve a real-world challenge and hone their responsible renting practices. Case studies will be published on RentResponsibly.org with a call to action and a link to a landing page of your choice, plus a PDF download you can use as you’d like.

RentResponsibly.org Display Ad

1 credit

Get your brand in front of thousands of hosts and managers who care about doing hospitality the right way with a banner or sidebar ad on our site for three months.

Virtual Town Hall

2 credits

In these national virtual events, our community comes together to discuss and collaborate on specific issues in a meeting-style open forum. As a sponsor of a town hall, your logo will appear in all marketing collateral, a 30-second NPR-style sponsored message will be read at the beginning of the event by the host, and two members of your team will be invited to join as panelists and engage in chat conversations. The registration contact list for the event will be shared with you.

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

– Margaret Mead

More than an organization

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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