Vacation Rental Success

Heather Bayer aka @CottageGuru
Vacation Rental Success

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.

  1. JUL 9

    VRS619 - Making AI Work for You: Insights, Use Cases, and a New Industry Survey with Fred Bassili of Hostfully

    In this episode of the Vacation Rental Success Podcast, host Heather Bayer sits down with Fred Bassili from Hostfully to discuss the evolving role of AI in vacation rental businesses and how short-term rental managers can use AI tools and workflows to scale operations, improve guest communication, and boost owner acquisition. Fred Bassili, a seasoned content and marketing strategist at Hostfully, brings a wealth of experience from both sides of the vacation rental industry - as a former host and now a driving force behind tech adoption and education. With a background in content development and a passion for simplifying complex technologies, Fred is on a mission to help property managers use AI in practical, hospitality-centered ways. His insights come not only from his work at Hostfully, but from years of observing the shift in industry sophistication and tech stack growth among property managers worldwide. Make sure you complete The Strategic Ai Adoption Survey >> https://www.hostfully.com/survey You will get the chance to win an iPad and get access to '24 Use Case For AI In Short-Term Rental Properties'. Revolutionize Your Employee Onboarding with THRIVE Essentials: Faster Training, Stronger Teams, Better Results! Discover how THRIVE Essentials accelerates onboarding for new property management staff, boosting performance and reducing turnover. >> THRIVE Essentials Are you listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here: https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS619

    51 min
4.7
out of 5
210 Ratings

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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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