Vacation Rental Success Heather Bayer aka @CottageGuru
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Heather Bayer, author of Renting Your Recreational Property for Profit, former CEO of a highly successful cottage rental agency, and a popular blogger, hosts the Vacation Rental Success podcast. With many years experience of owning and managing multiple vacation rental properties, Heather brings her knowledge and views on every aspect of the business, together with interviews with vacation homeowners and industry experts. Heather has appeared as a guest on CTV Canada, CBC Radio, Rogers TV, and Chex TV and is frequently interviewed on real estate and travel topics by magazines and daily newspapers.
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VRS552 - Beyond SNL - How Professional Vacation Rental Design Brings A Competitive Edge
A recent SNL skit highlighted the phenomenon termed ‘airspace’ in a 2020 Financial Times article. The generic blend of white walls, grey upholstery, IKEA furniture and HomeGoods artwork, commonly found in Airbnbs across the world, is getting some bad (and funny) press.
Interior designer Jessica Duce is the face of the other side of the ‘Airbnb Design’ business. As a professional designer, who has developed a passion for creating vacation rentals that inspire attention from guests, yet also address sustainability, safety, and community respect, she is not alone in this quest.
In April, hundreds of respected and seasoned professionals will attend the second Vacation Rental Design Summit in High Point, North Carolina, where they will hear from vacation rental experts such as Tyann Marcink Hammond of Touch Stay, and Justin Ford from Breezeway. They are there to learn why this category is growing as an important part of the design world. Property managers and home owners will also be there to pick up tips on creating the type of property space that will stand out from the ‘airspace’ crowd.
In this episode Jess talks about her first foray into vacation rentals and how that kicked-off a new mission to professionalize the business of design and bring some color, interest, and aesthetics back into the space.
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We need your help to prevent STR bans and unreasonable regulations!!!
In an effort to make our voices heard and start the conversation with top level decision makers the CanStays Rental Alliance Conference is happening April 20-22 in Banff Alberta.
We need you to attend, we need you the share this message, we need you to get involved.
Use the coupon VRF100 to save $100 when you BUY YOUR TICKET
Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here:
https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS552 -
VRS551 - How to Maintain Your Property Rights
During our SSTIR Crazy Month Rolf Blizzard from Atlantic Realty in the Outer Banks said…
“If you don’t have regulations in place, or are not currently dealing with regulation issues, know that it is coming to your location”.
For many property managers and owners in British Columbia, the announcement of new rules limiting short-term rentals to primary residences and in communities under 10K people, came as a surprise and had them scrambling to organize a response.
The Property Rights BC Association was formed in October 2023 to advocate for property rights in reaction to the BC Government’s Bill 35 which became the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act on 26th October, 2023. Orion Rodgers, the Owner & Operations Manager at Coast & Host Vacation Rentals is the spokesperson and he joins Heather on this episode alongside Jayne McCaw of Jayne’s Luxury Rentals in Ontario, and the organizer of April’s CanStays Rental Alliance Conference in Banff, Catherine Ratcliffe.
This conversation explores how to take action and engage with stakeholders and offers plenty of advice to anyone, anywhere in the world, who is experiencing the threat of unfair legislation and needs to know how to start tackling it.
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We need your help to prevent STR bans and unreasonable regulations!!!
In an effort to make our voices heard and start the conversation with top level decision makers the CanStays Rental Alliance Conference is happening April 20-22 in Banff Alberta.
We need you to attend, we need you the share this message, we need you to get involved.
Use the coupon VRF100 to save $100 when you BUY YOUR TICKET
Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here:
https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS551 -
VRS550 - The Foundation of Trust: How Beach Getaways Thrives on Core Values with Deb Furlong
Successful companies in the vacation rental business have defined their core values and strive to shape their culture and guide their decision-making processes by them.
In this episode, first in a series of interviews with property managers of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Deb Furlong of Beach Getaways, talks about the crucial role of their core values and how they are integrated into every aspect of the business.
From interactions with owners and guests to team meetings and vendor relationships, Deb emphasizes the significance of trustworthiness, empathy, and servant leadership in fostering a positive work environment and building lasting relationships with stakeholders.
We need your help to prevent STR bans and unreasonable regulations!!!
In an effort to make our voices heard and start the conversation with top level decision makers the CanStays Rental Alliance Conference is happening April 20-22 in Banff Alberta.
We need you to attend, we need you the share this message, we need you to get involved.
Use the coupon VRF100 to save $100 when you BUY YOUR TICKET
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Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here:
https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS550 -
VRS549 - SSTIR Crazy Month: Safety, Sustainability, Trust, Insurance, and Regulations
We’ve just wrapped up SSTIR Crazy Month after 5-weeks of focusing on the core elements of our business that tend to be sidelined in conferences and summits. For the month of February, we talked about Safety, Sustainability, Trust, Insurance and Regulations, with podcast episodes, expert panels, blog posts and social media content.
In this episode, Heather and Mike - co-founders of the Vacation Rental Formula Business School - review the month, pulling out the best bits and key takeaways from each week, and sharing some of the highlights from our expert contributors.
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We need your help to prevent STR bans and unreasonable regulations!!!
In an effort to make our voices heard and start the conversation with top level decision makers the CanStays Rental Alliance Conference is happening April 20-22 in Banff Alberta.
We need you to attend, we need you the share this message, we need you to get involved.
Use the coupon VRF100 to save $100 when you BUY YOUR TICKET
Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here:
https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS549 -
VRS548 - Beyond the Stay: Crafting Sustainable Vacation Experiences with Marc Ribail
Do people really think about their impact on the environment when they go on vacation?
Do they actively seek out locations and properties that clearly state their sustainability features?
Reports and statistics are telling us that Gen Z is the most enlightened generation when it comes to responsible tourism, and we should be hooking into that and making it a part of our marketing and operational strategies for the future.
In today’s episode I am joined by Marc Ribail, the co-founder and Head of Sustainability at Inspired Living Solutions, and founder of QALIA, a sustainability certificate program for the luxury market.
This episode is a part of SSTIR Crazy Month which is sponsored by Proper Insurance
Proper Insurance is committed to providing short-term rental owners with a comprehensive insurance solution.
Call Proper Insurance today at 1-888-631-6680
Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here:
https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS548 -
VRS547 - From Grass Roots to the Corridors of Power - Getting Active in Short-Term Rental Advocacy with Rolf Blizzard
If you don’t already have local or state legislation in place to regulate your short-term rental business, it’s either in progress or it’s coming, because it’s not a matter of if your area gets regulated for short-term rentals. It’s when.
This is the message Rolf Blizzard wants everyone to heed and why you need to be laser focused on your current regulations, or well-prepared for what is in store for you in the future.
The recent outright ban on short-term rentals in the province of British Columbia has galvanized managers and owners and brought them together in coalitions to lobby their government representatives. But is this too late?
In this episode Rolf shares what he calls the "Seven Cs of Advocacy," and breaks down the ways in which stakeholders, i.e. owners and property managers, can set themselves up for greater advocacy success by getting ahead of potential regulatory action.
This episode is a part of SSTIR Crazy Month which is sponsored by Proper Insurance
Proper Insurance is committed to providing short-term rental owners with a comprehensive insurance solution.
Call Proper Insurance today at 1-888-631-6680
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Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here:
https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS547