by Alexa Nota | Dec 29, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Hosting and Management, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, News, Rent Responsibly News, Responsible Renting, STR Advocacy 101
The short-term rental industry is not about properties. It’s about people, and celebrating their success stories is at the heart of all we do. We started 2020 with the launch of our Humans of STRs series, stories and interviews of those who have changed their lives...
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 Jennifer Sokolowsky | Sep 22, 2020 | Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Campanilla Compound has long invited visitors to “live like a local” in Santa Fe, New Mexico, decades before Airbnb was created. “We had that niche in Santa Fe for a while, for people to rent a home in a residential area, when no one else was really doing that,” said...
by Alexa Nota | Sep 18, 2020 | Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Editor’s Update 2023: Logan is now also the founder and president of Arkansas Short-Term Rental Alliance. Learn more about the organization here, or browse our complete alliance directory and resource center here. What is the purpose of life? It’s a heavy...
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 Alexa Nota | Jul 31, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Supporting Local Businesses
Three years ago, Domenica Mastroianni found herself needing a vacation from vacation planning. She realized there was a gap between travelers increasingly turning to short-term rentals and the lack of concierge-type services available to them, so she started Stock the...
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 Allyn Haynes | Jun 29, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
On March 13, Utah’s Park City Lodging temporarily ceased operations as Covid-19 spurred a wave of shutdowns across the country. The vacation rental company quickly saw an exodus of guests and found themselves with none of their usual late ski season business. ...
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...
