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Lawrence Phillips: Making Black travel safer and unapologetic with Green Book Global
When Lawrence Phillips left his consulting job in 2015 to travel around the world, he mapped his route through 30 countries based partly on feedback from other travelers who were Black. Finding out what he could expect as a Black traveler in a particular destination...
John Hildebrand: Ambassador for all Arizona vacation rental hosts
Feature Image: John Hildebrand, Hilde Homes and Dana Lubner, Rent Responsibly “Reading, let alone reading in public, is like the biggest fear on Earth to me,” said John Hildebrand, founder of Hilde Homes. He has dyslexia. “In school, when I had to do public speaking,...
Garrett Dobbs: The tech guru behind Rent Responsibly short-term rental alliance services
Feature Image: Lindsey Montoya and Garrett Dobbs at a team retreat in Breckenridge, CO in June 2023. Garrett Dobbs, Director of Product at Rent Responsibly, has a motto: “Business interest and social interest are not exclusive to one another, and it is the task of the...
How Natalie Palmer and Tatianna Taylor-Tait leveled up the vacation rental industry’s focus on design
Like Natalie Palmer’s other 24,000 Instagram followers, Tatianna Taylor-Tait appreciated Natalie’s humorous, reality-filled posts on vacation rental hosting. Tatianna is a host, coach, and interior designer in Vancouver, British Columbia. Natalie’s posts often...
Marc Ribail: Transforming vacation rentals, the guest experience, and the planet
Early in his career, vacation rental entrepreneur Marc Ribail learned the power of making hospitality into a transformative experience for guests. “When you touch a guest’s conscience, that is a transformative experience,” he said. Increasing transformative...
Deborah Labi leading vacation rentals down The Green Path
Like many first-time vacation rental hosts, Deborah Labi didn’t have a path laid out before her to follow. She first rented out her home in Sydney, Australia, in 2006 as a vacation rental to earn money for traveling. That endeavor organically grew into a full-scale...
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Linda Curry: Setting the standard for Arizona short-term rentals
Becoming president of Arizonans for Responsible Tourism was an unexpected twist in Linda Curry’s life path. She and her husband had been talking for years about whether to build a guesthouse next to their primary residence in northeast Mesa, an unincorporated part of...
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Vodyssey CEO Shawn Moore’s sage advice on vacation rentals and following your dreams
Whether or not you’re interested in investing in vacation rentals, you can gain some wisdom from Shawn Moore, CEO of Vodyssey, a vacation rental investment education company based in Salt Lake City. His podcast, Vacation Rental Revolution, is brimming with...
Evolve: Building Hospitality one home at a time
https://www.rentresponsibly.org/enhance-guest-experience-at-your-short-term-rental-support-local-business/Over the past 10 years, the employees at Evolve, a vacation rental management company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, cultivated a company culture and values...
Case study: Autohost stops STR guest fraud at Locale
Like other short-term rental property management companies, Austin-based Locale has tried its share of software applications and automations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its operations. One key area of improvement they focused on was STR guest fraud....
Brittany Blackman: A passion for vacation rentals 100% from the heart
In May 2020 in the midst of the Covid pandemic, Brittany Blackman became something of an internet sensation in not only Destin vacation rentals but the vacation rental world. Holding her camera phone vertically while standing in her yard, Brittany recorded an...
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