by Rent Responsibly Team | Oct 1, 2020 | Newsletters
Welcome For many folks, October is usually the shoulder season, a time to reset for a winter unlike any we’ve seen before, or a slow wind down to close up shop until the spring.At Rent Responsibly, it’s a different kind of shoulder season. Advocacy and ordinance...
by Jennifer Sokolowsky | Sep 22, 2020 | Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Campanilla Compound has long invited visitors to “live like a local” in Santa Fe, New Mexico, decades before Airbnb was created. “We had that niche in Santa Fe for a while, for people to rent a home in a residential area, when no one else was really doing that,” said...
by Alexa Nota | Sep 18, 2020 | Humans of Short-Term Rentals
Editor’s Update 2023: Logan is now also the founder and president of Arkansas Short-Term Rental Alliance. Learn more about the organization here, or browse our complete alliance directory and resource center here. What is the purpose of life? It’s a heavy question,...
by Alexa Nota | Jul 31, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Supporting Local Businesses
Three years ago, Domenica Mastroianni found herself needing a vacation from vacation planning. She realized there was a gap between travelers increasingly turning to short-term rentals and the lack of concierge-type services available to them, so she started Stock the...
by Alexa Nota | Jul 21, 2020 | Downloads
The short-term rental industry has rapidly responded to one of the most pressing needs amidst the Covid-19 pandemic: keeping guests and our communities safe. Many of the leading STR platforms and organizations have released industry-wide cleaning protocols guided by...
by Amber Friel | Jul 20, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Social Responsibility & Giving Back, Supporting Local Businesses
If you had asked Amy and Scott Grant 20 years ago if they thought they would be running a vacation rental business on Kauai, they might have thought you were joking. At the time, the couple was running a catering business in Lake Tahoe after having met in culinary...
by Allyn Haynes | Jun 29, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
On March 13, Utah’s Park City Lodging temporarily ceased operations as Covid-19 spurred a wave of shutdowns across the country. The vacation rental company quickly saw an exodus of guests and found themselves with none of their usual late ski season business. “We...
by Alexa Nota | Jun 15, 2020 | Humans of Short-Term Rentals
“For years my wife and I followed the blueprint that so many of us were given,” Michael Sjogren said. “Go to school, get good grades, get a good job, go back to school, work really hard and save your money in a 401(k).” But when their son, Caiden, was born with...
by Cielo Vida | Jun 11, 2020 | #FindtheHelpers, Humans of Short-Term Rentals
True North Property Management in Traverse City, Michigan is one of the brightest stars pointing the way towards opportunity in the vacation rental industry amidst the global pandemic; offering not only an alternative perspective, but also kindness and compassion....
by Alexa Nota | Jun 6, 2020 | Humans of Short-Term Rentals, Responsible Renting, Supporting Local Businesses
This story was captured in late 2019. Since Covid-19 upended the tourism industry in 2020, Maureen and Stock the House have found new ways to support local businesses, keep teammates employed, and foster meaningful relationships with their clients. Read Next: Local as...
