HOSTING RESOURCE LIBRARY
Checklists, guides, and more to elevate YOUR short-term rental HOSPITALITY
HOT OFF THE PRESS
+ MORE NEW RESOURCES
SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE
GET UPDATES
Browse by Category
Marketing & Bookings
Guest Communication
Property Care & Safety
Responsible Renting
Hosting by the Numbers
Explore trend reports, housing studies, and more in our new Data Hub!
+ More Content Inside the
Event Replays on Demand
Checklists & Templates
Hosting Guides
People Power
THE LATEST FEATURE STORIES FROM RENT RESPONSIBLY
LATEST STORIES
CONNECT
Connect in real time with fellow STR operators in your area and around the country in the NEW
Humans of Short-Term Rentals
A RENT RESPONSIBLY SIGNATURE SERIES
Vacation rental conferences see improvement in male-to-female speaker ratios five years after #tieonstage
Standing on stage at the Vacation Rental World Summit in Lake Como, Italy, in October 2019, Vanessa de Souza Lage, then chief marketing officer at Rentals United, wore a black tie loosely fastened around her neck and addressed the audience. “Usually a tie is a status...
Heather Bayer: A pioneer on the frontier of vacation rental podcasts
When Heather Bayer bought her first vacation rental property in Ontario’s Cottage Country in 1997, there were scarce educational resources for new hosts and managers. At the time, property managers were the main gatekeepers of this knowledge, but they weren’t often...
Top 10 Articles of 2023
While 2023 was by no means smooth sailing for short-term rentals, one inspiring theme did emerge: STRs must be here for good. There are several layers to this phrase. Hosts and managers around the country rallied together in alliances on a bigger scale and faster pace...
How Wil Slickers found a new lease on life in hospitality
Like many hospitality professionals, Wil Slickers is a people person. He’s known for his magnetic charm and ever-growing media empire, Hospitality.FM. Hospitality seems to run so deep in his DNA that new listeners to one of his multiple podcasts might assume Wil comes...
Tanya Keller: The creative genius behind Rent Responsibly’s expanding audience
Feature photo: Tanya Keller (center) with team Rent Responsibly at a team retreat in Breckenridge in June 2023. If you have ever browsed the posts and stories of the Rent Responsibly Instagram page, you have seen the artistic touch of brand manager Tanya Keller....
Rolf Blizzard’s voyage to the Seven Cs of Vacation Rental Advocacy
Rolf Blizzard grew up on a hog farm in the eastern part of North Carolina. Days on the farm started early, were filled with hard manual labor, and provided a clear idea of the basic effort it took to produce a stable, sustainable, and affordable meal - one of life’s...
Find Your People
Join the Rent Responsibly Network BETA free to connect with STR owners, hosts, managers, vendors, and advocates across the country. In this private space just for the STR community, you can discover other members by location, join in on helpful discussion forums, find your local STR alliance, message others one-on-one, find future teammates, and so much more.
Spotlights & Case Studies
POWERED BY OUR PARTNERS
RECENT POSTS
Anatomy of a Successful Listing in 2023
Join the Rent Responsibly Network to access the replay of this session and dozens more. Already a member? Log in here.Get the detailed STR Sustainability Report from all 17 sessions of this RR Summit.Meet the presentersMargie Mills Account Manager, Vrbo
Successful STRs x Resilient Destinations
Join the Rent Responsibly Network to access the replay of this session and dozens more. Already a member? Log in here.Get the detailed STR Sustainability Report from all 17 sessions of this RR Summit.Kristin Cruz Co-Founder & Partner, Client Relations, Destination...
Creating a Sustainable Business
Join the Rent Responsibly Network to access the replay of this session and dozens more. Already a member? Log in here.Get the detailed STR Sustainability Report from all 17 sessions of this RR Summit.Meet the presentersAndrew Kitchell CEO & Founder, WheelhouseBen...
We Are All Guests in a Much Bigger Story: A Conversation with Steve Davis
Join the Rent Responsibly Network to access the replay of this session and dozens more. Already a member? Log in here.Get the detailed STR Sustainability Report from all 17 sessions of this RR Summit.Meet the presentersSteve Davis CEO, Operto Technology Solutions +...
Jennifer Polcyn: A leading advocate for vacation rentals in Michigan
Jennifer Batchelder Polcyn, a vacation rental host and property manager in Montcalm County in Central Michigan, knows the power of showing up before the firestorm. Soon after she established her vacation rental management firm, New Journey Properties, she made a...
Pam Holt: The Happy Host who built a community
When Pam Holt planned a family trip in July 2017 to join her eldest daughter in Cape Town, South Africa, at the end of a school service project, a friend suggested that Pam short-term rent her home in Chicago to travelers while the family was away. “At the time, I...
STAY 🤝 CONNECTED
GET UPDATES