96 episodes

The Heads In Beds Show is your vacation rental & accommodations marketing podcast co-hosted by Conrad O'Connell and Paul Manzey. Learn how to double your direct bookings with search, social & email marketing strategies and tactics.

Heads In Beds Show Conrad O'Connell

    • Business
    • 5.0 • 21 Ratings

The Heads In Beds Show is your vacation rental & accommodations marketing podcast co-hosted by Conrad O'Connell and Paul Manzey. Learn how to double your direct bookings with search, social & email marketing strategies and tactics.

    How To Build The Right Strategic Approach To Your Vacation Rental Marketing

    How To Build The Right Strategic Approach To Your Vacation Rental Marketing

    In this episode Conrad and Paul talk about how you can use the right building blocks in your vacation rental strategy to maximize the growth of your business. They debate tactics vs strategy and why there's a time and place for both. 
    Enjoy!
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes
    Paul Manzey Conrad O'ConnellConrad's Book: Mastering Vacation Rental MarketingConrad's Course: Mastering Vacation Rental Marketing 101

    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings
    WebsiteFacebook PageInstagramTwitter🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 29 min
    How We're Using AI Today (Mid 2024 Update)

    How We're Using AI Today (Mid 2024 Update)

    In this episode Conrad and Paul talk about HOW they're using AI today right now in the middle of 2024 and how 
    Enjoy!
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes
    Paul Manzey Conrad O'ConnellConrad's Book: Mastering Vacation Rental MarketingConrad's Course: Mastering Vacation Rental Marketing 101GeminiChatGPTCustom GPT For Ads AI Overviews: About last weekAdCreative.ai

    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings
    WebsiteFacebook PageInstagramTwitter🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 37 min
    How To Build Your Budget For Vacation Rental Owner And Guest Marketing

    How To Build Your Budget For Vacation Rental Owner And Guest Marketing

    In this episode Conrad and Paul talk about the process of building a budget that spans both guest and homeowner marketing for your vacation rental company. 
    Enjoy!
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes
    Paul Manzey Conrad O'ConnellConrad's Book: Mastering Vacation Rental MarketingConrad's Course: Mastering Vacation Rental Marketing 101
    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings
    WebsiteFacebook PageInstagramTwitter🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 42 min
    What AI Summaries Are Doing To Travel Planning on Google

    What AI Summaries Are Doing To Travel Planning on Google

    In this episode Conrad and Paul break down all of the changes happening to Google now, specifically travel planning topics (and therefore keywords) 
    Enjoy!
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes
    Paul Manzey Conrad O'ConnellConrad's Book: Mastering Vacation Rental MarketingConrad's Course: Mastering Vacation Rental Marketing 101LilyRay on X
    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings
    WebsiteFacebook PageInstagramTwitter🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 30 min
    Conversion Killers That Are Hurting Your Direct Booking Progress

    Conversion Killers That Are Hurting Your Direct Booking Progress

    In this episode Conrad and Paul break down things that many vacation rental managers place in their website and marketing that actually HURT and lower conversion rates. 
    Enjoy!
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes
    Paul Manzey Conrad O'ConnellConrad's Book: Mastering Vacation Rental MarketingConrad's Course: Mastering Vacation Rental Marketing 101
    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings
    WebsiteFacebook PageInstagramTwitter🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 38 min
    Things We Love From The Biggest Brands In Vacation Rentals

    Things We Love From The Biggest Brands In Vacation Rentals

    In this episode Conrad and Paul turn the tables on the large brands that they often love to take shots at.
    What are the BEST parts of Airbnb, Vrbo and Vacasa? 
    Enjoy!
    ⭐️ Links & Show Notes
    Paul Manzey Conrad O'ConnellConrad's Book: Mastering Vacation Rental MarketingConrad's Course: Mastering Vacation Rental Marketing 101Vacasa PM landing page
    🔗 Connect With BuildUp Bookings
    WebsiteFacebook PageInstagramTwitter🚀 About BuildUp Bookings
    BuildUp Bookings is a team of creative, problem solvers made to drive you more traffic, direct bookings and results for your accommodations brand. Reach out to us for help on search, social and email marketing for your vacation rental brand.

    • 34 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
21 Ratings

21 Ratings

SlothLovesChunk ,

The most informative show!

I subscribe to quite a few podcasts, many for my work in short term rentals in real estate, others for other things, but I can say that Heads in Beds is by far the most informative podcast that I subscribe to and that I can probably say I actually profit from listening to.

Mjweslin ,

Extremely informative!

Have been a great resource for marketing information.

Mountain Mama Cabins ,

VR Marketing Gold

I’m a Build Up Bookings client and I listen to this podcast weekly. It’s really helpful to get a regular look behind the curtain to see how these guys are thinking about marketing vacation rentals. Because they work with so many different clients, they have a unique view on what works and what doesn’t. Each episode is packed with insights which any VR pro will find useful.

Top Podcasts In Business

George Kamel
Ramsey Network
The Ramsey Show
Ramsey Network
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Money News Network
REAL AF with Andy Frisella
Andy Frisella #100to0
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Vox Media Podcast Network
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
DOAC

You Might Also Like

the no BS podcast
Mateo Bradford & John Stokinger
Good Morning Hospitality
Good Morning Hospitality
The Art Of Hospitality
The Business Blacksmith
Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast
Wil Slickers - Hospitality.FM
Vacation Rental Success
Heather Bayer aka @CottageGuru
Short Term Rental Secrets Podcast
MICHAEL SJOGREN