Updated on April 21, 2023
Rent Responsibly brings its alliance support services to Summit County, Colo. and Scottsdale, Ariz. alongside new Founding Partner and operations platform Futurestay
U.S. — Today, Rent Responsibly announced growth into two new short term rental markets of Summit County, Colorado and Scottsdale, Ariz. and a new partnership with operations platform Futurestay.
Rent Responsibly provides short term rental alliance management services and support to local short-term rental alliances and associations. Together with its partners, Rent Responsibly empowers local leaders to build self-sustaining organizations that grow the professionalism of their hosts, engage with the local community, advocate for themselves at city hall, connect with local businesses, and more.
“The desire of hosting communities and small business stakeholders to come together in every city and town is greater now than ever, and the value that local alliances create for their communities is incredible,” said David Krauss, Rent Responsibly co-founder and CEO. “We make it easier for local leaders to lead and our platform makes community-building simple, efficient and sustainable. So, it brings us immense excitement to support the local leaders in Summit County and Scottsdale who are focused on building long-lasting, solutions-focused organizations.”
The newest alliance to join Rent Responsibly’s platform is the Summit Alliance of Vacation Rental Managers (SAVRM) in Summit County, Colo. The county is home to some of Colorado’s most popular destinations, including Breckenridge.
“By joining forces with Rent Responsibly, our organization is able to accelerate and enhance our advocacy efforts and achieve better results for our members,” said Toby Babich, founder of SAVRM, president of the Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA), and owner of Breckenridge Resort Managers. “Our ultimate goal is to safeguard our local industry and continue to serve our community by educating, advocating, and providing solutions to our collective issues, and Rent Responsibly will make it much easier for us to do that.”
In Arizona, Rent Responsibly is expanding its support to the newly formed Scottsdale Short-Term Rental Alliance (SSTRA).
“Scottsdale is long overdue for an organized host group to show the city that the vast majority of hosts and managers are responsible operators who bring value to our community, and I am honored to be a part of SSTRA,” said John Hildebrand, SSTRA board member and owner of Hilde Homes. “Working with Rent Responsibly is a powerful opportunity to lead a positive, productive conversation about short-term rentals not just in Scottsdale but across Arizona.”
Rent Responsibly’s platform is in part supported by industry partnerships. “At our core, we bring together industry leaders and experts to help educate the STR community, and Futurestay is the ideal partner,” said Krauss. “When we all row in the same direction, we can build solutions faster and for more communities. These partnerships are a win-win-win.”
Launched in 2015, Futurestay is the Operating System for Short-Term Rentals™, empowering thousands of small property management businesses in over 120 countries to thrive in the complex hospitality industry. Futurestay OS™ gives Independent managers a roadmap for success, automating distribution on leading channels, growing direct bookings and optimizing revenues. Winner of numerous innovation awards, Futurestay is on an industry-changing mission to bring a simple, seamless Operating System to every Independent short-term rental manager.
“Ensuring the short-term rental industry advances together after a year like 2020 is extremely important,” says Futurestay’s CEO, Philip Kennard. “Futurestay is honored to partner with Rent Responsibly to enable short-term rentals owners to build their own businesses and help the industry face these challenges. Our teams live and breathe the short-term rental industry and are passionate about creating a bright future for it together.”
Futurestay joins five other Founding Partners – Vrbo, Breezeway, Key Data Dashboard, NoiseAware and Proper Insurance – each chosen for exemplary championing of the short-term rental industry through responsible renting standards, professionalization, advocacy, and community building. Through the partnerships with Futurestay and these other companies, Rent Responsibly can further support sustainable short-term rental alliances and strong leadership boards in 2021 and beyond.
About Rent Responsibly
Rent Responsibly was founded in 2019 by co-founders David Krauss and Alexa Nota. Rent Responsibly is a 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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