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Sarah and T podcast’s legacy of learning for vacation rental managers
Sarah Bradford and Tim Cafferty recently marked a milestone with the recording of their 150th episode of Sarah and T: The Professional Vacation Rental Manager’s Podcast. Every other Monday for nearly six years, they have released a new 30-minute episode packed with...
Vanessa de Souza Lage on how sustainable vacation rentals can make a better world
Vacation rental tech entrepreneur Vanessa de Souza Lage grew up with sustainable practices. Recycling and compost gardens were part of daily life at her school. As an adult, she gave up eating meat to reduce her impact on the environment. For most of her career, she...
Alex & Annie: Finding ‘aha’ moments in the vacation rental community
The concept for the Alex & Annie Vacation Rental Podcast got its start in the middle of the Covid pandemic inside an exclusive Clubhouse group called STR Professionals. It was a time when vacation rental professionals and others were looking for ways to stay...
How advocacy led to popular short-term rental podcast Thanks for Visiting
Like many in the short-term rental advocacy sphere, proposed regulations at the local City Council brought hosts Annette Grant and Sarah Karakaian together. Both had come to speak at the Columbus City Council meeting in spring 2018 to oppose a proposal that would have...
Lindsey Montoya: The face behind sought-after Rent Responsibly events
Feature photo: Lindsey Montoya (fourth from right) with team Rent Responsibly at a team retreat in Chicago in April 2022. In 2022, Rent Responsibly hosted 42 virtual events for members of the short-term rental community. Most of those events were educational webinars...
One for All: How Mateo Bradford-Vazquez Lifts Communities Up
Like most hosts and advocates, Mateo Bradford-Vazquez didn’t set out to have a career in short-term rentals. Originally, he thought he was going to become a lawyer. Then, one of his high school mentors invited him to be a founding staff member of a school in the...
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