Share VRS236 – What we learned in San Antonio a Recap of VRSS18 I’m joined by my son, business partner and tireless VRSS18 implementor, Mike Bayer, in an exploration of what we learned in San Antonio this year. PLEASE HELP SUPPORT FUTURE VRSS EVENTS TAKE 2 MINUTES AND COMPLETE THIS SURVEY There was so much good stuff, from keynotes presented by industry leaders such as Matt Landau, Andrew […]
Share VRS180 – Direct from VRSS17 Vacation Rental Sofa Talk From The Goldfish Bowl After a great first day at the Vacation Rental Success Summit, we set up our podcast studio in the ‘goldfish bowl’, a small room off the social centre and bar, and invited whoever wanted to come in to chat, to join us on the sofa. It was so great to have a stream of owners, […]
Share 8 Reasons to Attend the Vacation Rental Success Summit When we were thinking about the why of putting on a face-to-face conference back in early 2016, we brainstormed a ton of reasons people would have to attend. And then I saw this blog post from the founder of the Agents of Change podcast and organizer of the Agents of Change annual conference. It listed […]
Share VRS159 – December Vacation Rental Mashup With Matt Landau Here’s another great conversation with Matt Landau from The Vacation Rental Marketing Blog. In this episode we explore our first experiences with Airbnb – Matt tried it out in a New York apartment, and I have just booked a house in Ottawa for a 3-night stay in February. It’s been a bit of an eye-opener […]
Share VRS147 – From Vacation Rental Rookies to Seasoned Veterans This year has seen an upsurge in new owners coming into the rental market – at least in my neck of the woods. Our rental agency has had the highest rate of new owner inquiries since the business started in 2004, and in talking to them the message we are receiving is loud and clear… […]
Share VRS127 – Takeaways from the Vacation Rental Success Summit 2016 For two days in Toronto, there was a place where everywhere you went the conversation was on the same topic. In the hallways, the social center, the dining room, and even in the fitness center – the talk was vacation rentals. The Vacation Rental Success Summit brought together some of the most interesting, influential and […]