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Away with Words: Paris Achen Covers Responsible Renting Around the World
With a company name like ours, communicating effectively about responsible renting is paramount yet incredibly challenging and ever-changing. We must make complex regulatory processes easy to follow, translate legalese-laden ordinances into plain English, make...
Our Top 10 Articles of 2022
It’s a too-little-known fact that short-term and vacation rentals have been around for more than a century. The industry’s long-standing history – and the fact that many people don’t know it – is perhaps a credit to its entrepreneurial DNA, resourcefulness, and spirit...
Abbi Booth: Rent Responsibly’s solid rock of support for short-term rental alliances
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...
Dana Lubner: Inspiring STR community leaders of today and tomorrow
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...
Alexa Nota: Rent Responsibly’s ‘Conductor of all things’ COO
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...
How Victoria O’Connell creates safe vacation rentals for women
When Victoria O’Connell’s London home was robbed and vandalized by a guest who had booked her home through a popular vacation rental platform in 2017, she was understandably terrified. “I got a call at three in the morning from the police and the counselor [at law]...
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Outpost boosts local Jackson Hole businesses while giving vacation rental guests an authentic experience
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How Beverly Latham went from preschool teacher to the “Mama Bear” of vacation rentals
After more than 20 years of teaching preschoolers, Beverly Latham craved a change that would allow her to work with more grownups. Through a parent of one of her preschool children, she found a job in guest relations in May 2019 at Harris Vacation Rentals in Gulf...
Retirement is for the snowbirds: A couple’s surprise career encore in vacation rentals abroad
When Francine and Kevin Rollock of Calgary, Canada, bought a condo on the Dominican Republic’s northern coast, they envisioned a retirement filled with volunteer work and basking in the sun. The couple both had long careers in the oil and gas industry in Calgary, a...
Fran Maier on finding herself through vacation rentals and advocacy in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Startup entrepreneur Fran Maier started renting out two bedrooms in her home in San Francisco in 2012 during a professional and personal crossroads in her life. Initially, she kept her new role as a vacation rental host a secret. “I didn’t even admit to my friends...
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