All Booked

Jack Zoppa, JJ King, Michael Vialpando & Trevor Stout
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  • Entrepreneurship

All Booked is a weekly conversation between vacation-rental operators Jack Zoppa (Haven Vacation Rentals), Michael Vialpando (Renjoy), Trevor Stout, and JJ King (Beachside VR) about running short-term-rental businesses with AI — the real tools, workflows, and numbers behind what's actually working.

Episodes

  1. 4d ago

    EP. 04 - Grokbot for the Whole Team, Agents That Buy Stuff, and the End of OTA Search?

    Give every teammate an AI staff of their own. Nadim Tenous of Traverse Hospitality joins the crew to show how he rolled Grokbot out to a non-technical team, while the hosts trade agents that research leads, call the ISP and order parts on their own. Then the bigger question: if AI agents start booking the stay, do guests still need the OTAs? 00:00 Intro 00:08 Meet Nadim Tenous of Traverse Hospitality 00:44 Rolling Grokbot out to a non-technical team 03:00 Building your AI org chart: CTO, CMO, COO and legal bots 05:06 Why Grokbot sticks with teams (plus a Stripe dispute bot) 06:58 A team Grokbot that onboards new hires itself 08:52 Automatic research on every inbound owner lead 10:10 Pitching a condo HOA with AI research 11:08 Agents with their own email, Amazon and Newegg accounts 11:55 An AI that calls the ISP for you 13:32 Fixing a fridge in five minutes with Grok 15:01 Agent shopping: trusted sites vs. random stores 18:09 Will guests trust a direct-booking site their agent finds? 19:48 Are LLMs the new traffic controllers? 22:43 Why aren’t the OTAs shipping MCPs? 23:48 Airbnb’s host platform and the pro-host dashboard 26:25 Hacking a reMarkable into an always-on to-do list 27:51 NFC tap check-in, TV dongles and StayFi 30:04 Owner contracts, masked guest numbers and damage waivers 32:15 What’s finally easy to build now? Department KPIs 34:54 Ditching pricing software for a homegrown tool 39:15 How do you maintain what you build? A self-fixing ops stack 42:11 Running a PM company like a software company 44:01 “You can just do things” 47:16 What we’re building next Mentioned Traverse Hospitality Grok Bot DumbSlab (free, open-source team wiki with MCP) StayFi reMarkable Paper Pro Conduit Guest Nadim Tenous, Traverse Hospitality Your hosts Jack Zoppa, Haven and Tendwell Michael Vialpando, Renjoy JJ King, Beachside Vacation Rentals Trevor Stout, Simply VRM Be a guest or send us a question at allbookedpodcast.com

    EP. 04 - Grokbot for the Whole Team, Agents That Buy Stuff, and the End of OTA Search?

  2. Oct 29

    EP. 03 - Personal AI Agents, Hacking, Flirty Voice Bots & the Skill Issue.

    Is your AI underperforming, or is it a skill issue? Four vacation-rental operators compare the personal AI agents they actually run on (Instinct, Muse, Grokbot and Claude Duet) and which one belongs in front of your team. Plus why Trevor thinks anything short of 95% guest-message automation is on you. 00:00 Intro 00:07 Personal AI agents: Instinct, Muse, Grokbot, Claude Duet 05:55 Which agent should your team use? 11:36 Running sales and the CRM by voice 13:06 A bilingual Slack agent for cleaner reports 14:16 Coding with agents and cutting CI costs 20:29 Pointing an unrestricted AI at our own websites 26:04 Claude can control your computer now 28:23 Claude Duet first impressions 35:02 Free, local dictation with Handy + Apple Intelligence 39:06 AI voice agents, and telling callers it's AI 42:12 “It's a skill issue”: 95% messaging automation 46:05 An hourly self-learning loop for guest messaging 51:28 What we're building next Mentioned Sol Loop + Full Send skills (tstack): github.com/t3dotgg/tstack Free AI skills for vacation-rental operators: allbookedpodcast.com/skills Handy: handy.computer Conduit: conduit.ai Blacksmith: blacksmith.sh T3 Code: t3.codes Your hosts Jack Zoppa (Haven, Tendwell): havenvacationrentals.com Michael Vialpando (Renjoy): renjoy.com JJ King (Beachside Vacation Rentals): beachsidevr.com Trevor Stout (Simply VRM): simplyvacationrentalmanagement.com Be a guest or send us a question: allbookedpodcast.com Check in. Tune in.

  3. Oct 21

    EP. 02 - Airbnb Changes, AI Agents, and Smarter Vacation Rentals with Trevor

    Trevor joins Jack, Michael, and JJ to discuss Airbnb policy changes, guest portals, and practical AI tools for vacation rentals. We cover custom TV experiences, automated refunds, coding workflows, owner portals, and faster property onboarding. Your hosts Jack Zoppa (Haven, Tendwell): havenvacationrentals.com Michael Vialpando (Renjoy): renjoy.com JJ King (Beachside Vacation Rentals): beachsidevr.com Trevor Stout (Simply VRM): simplyvacationrentalmanagement.com Be a guest or send us a question: allbookedpodcast.com

  4. Oct 14

    EP. 01 - AI Agents at Work: Vacation Rental Operations, Hiring, and Launching a Business

    Jack Zoppa, JJ, and Michael share how they're using AI agents across personal tasks and vacation rental operations — the real tools, workflows, and numbers behind what's actually working. In this episode: - The hosts compare notes from VRMA, where informal hallway conversations proved more valuable than the sessions - Jack explains why Muse feels approachable for people new to AI - Agents handling everyday tasks: booking swim lessons, finding concert tickets, grocery shopping - Michael's fantasy football lineup automation and playful weekly league recaps - Using local Facebook groups as a source of property-management leads - Screening 1,000 job applicants with an MCP to find two strong hires - Cleaner operations workflows: translating updates and routing issues in Slack - Building a local cleaning business website with AI — 7 leads in 48 hours - The risks and potential of agents with computer access Chapters: 00:00 Matching signet rings and the first podcast 00:48 VRMA: why hallway conversations matter 03:29 Jack's first impressions of Muse 05:43 Free AI tools, data, and business models 07:52 Agents handling errands and launching the podcast 11:11 Fantasy football lineups and league recaps 13:33 Workout planning and investment experiments 15:44 Personalized grocery shopping with an agent 18:42 Finding deals and automating Facebook Marketplace sales 21:50 Local Facebook groups as a source of business leads 24:21 Screening applicants with an MCP 27:46 Text-first hiring for housekeeping roles 30:48 A preview of server-side iMessage for guest communication 35:09 Sharing AI use cases to spark new ideas 36:51 Translating cleaner updates and routing issues in Slack 39:33 Turning cleaner reports into better maintenance tasks 42:19 Building and advertising a local cleaning business with AI 48:25 What changes when an agent can use your computer 51:15 Finding hidden business margins and tracking card offers 53:21 Practical tips: task queues and voice-to-agent workflows Your hosts Jack Zoppa (Haven, Tendwell): havenvacationrentals.com Michael Vialpando (Renjoy): renjoy.com JJ King (Beachside Vacation Rentals): beachsidevr.com Be a guest or send us a question: allbookedpodcast.com

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All Booked is a weekly conversation between vacation-rental operators Jack Zoppa (Haven Vacation Rentals), Michael Vialpando (Renjoy), Trevor Stout, and JJ King (Beachside VR) about running short-term-rental businesses with AI — the real tools, workflows, and numbers behind what's actually working.

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  • Creator
    Jack Zoppa, JJ King, Michael Vialpando & Trevor Stout
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Jack Zoppa, JJ King, Michael Vialpando & Trevor Stout
  • Show Website
    All Booked

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