How to Save Your Vacation Rental Business

In this grand finale episode of the season, we're pulling back the curtain on our highly anticipated Vacation Rental Advocacy Health Scorecard.  Join us as Jamie Lane helps us dissect the finer points of this tool that's set to revolutionize the way we evaluate our industry.

This isn't just about observing from the sidelines. We're inviting you, our valued listeners, to participate actively.  We want you to download the scorecard, print it, fill it out and share your results with us!

We appreciate you joining us on this journey.  Your feedback and experiences are vital to us, so don't hesitate to reach out.  Let's continue to shape the future of vacation rentals together!

This season is made possible by Minut and TrackHS as well as our thought partner AirDNA.

Download our scorecard in PDF form here: https://f.io/QEXXkQMJ 

Read AirDNA's companion blog post here: airdna.co/blog/using-data-to-advocate-for-your-future-short-term-rental

Send us your completed scorecards at [email protected] 

AirDNA is every vacation rental manager's go-to source for themost accurate property performance, benchmarking, and acquisition insights. Come see why over 2,000 global VRMs trust AirDNA to move their businesses forward. https://www.airdna.co/

Minut monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rental properties, helping hosts care for their homes, guests and community. https://www.minut.com/

Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can transform the way vacation rental advocacy plays out in your region. https://tnsinc.com/hospitality-hub/track/

Join VRMB Communities: https://community.vrmb.com/

Welcome back to the third season of the How to Save Your Vacation Rental Business podcast. After our podcast conversations and a research deep dive, we've developed a comprehensive, printable scorecard which we are excited to share with you.  

In this episode, we are privileged to host Tim Rosolio, the Vice President of Vacation Rental Partnerships at Expedia Group. Tim shared critical insights on our journey so far and guided us in the last phase of our scorecard project.

Moreover, we investigated the role of Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) in supporting and advocating for partners and hosts. From his personal perspective as a vacation rental owner in Lake Travis, Texas, Tim has not only local advocacy knowledge, but a global OTA perspective.

Don't miss our season's finale next week, featuring Jamie Lane of AirDNA where we will critically analyze our final scorecard draft, delve into advanced advocacy issues, and reveal a downloadable version of the scorecard. Stay tuned!

This season is made possible by Minut and TrackHS as well as our thought partner AirDNA.

AirDNA is every vacation rental manager's go-to source for themost accurate property performance, benchmarking, and acquisition insights. Come see why over 2,000 global VRMs trust AirDNA to move their businesses forward. https://www.airdna.co/

Minut monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rental properties, helping hosts care for their homes, guests and community. https://www.minut.com/

Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can transform the way vacation rental advocacy plays out in your region. https://tnsinc.com/hospitality-hub/track/

Join VRMB Communities: https://community.vrmb.com/

You can find the scorecard whiteboard Tim was looking at here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFYru5D1YU/3U5Or6OJUlgCYbwY0dr81A/edit?utm_content=DAFYru5D1YU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

In this episode, we're thrilled to have Vina Rathbone-Falvey, a market research expert, joining us. Throughout the season, we've been exploring ways to quantify the challenging questions surrounding public sentiment and community feelings towards vacation rental regulations for our scorecard.

Vina guides us through the power of market research and polling in understanding and navigating these complex issues. From surveying guests to social listening and more, Vina will share her expertise on how to gain a deeper understanding of public opinion and make data-driven decisions. Additionally, she will also provide insights on how to pair that data with human stories for greater impact on communities and government.

This season is made possible by Minut and TrackHS as well as our thought partner AirDNA.

AirDNA is every vacation rental manager's go-to source for themost accurate property performance, benchmarking, and acquisition insights. Come see why over 2,000 global VRMs trust AirDNA to move their businesses forward. https://www.airdna.co/

Minut monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rental properties, helping hosts care for their homes, guests and community. https://www.minut.com/

Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can transform the way vacation rental advocacy plays out in your region. https://tnsinc.com/hospitality-hub/track/

Join VRMB Communities: https://community.vrmb.com/

Get the VRMB 2023 Trends Report: www.vrmb.com/trends

Visit our Whiteboard to see questions, roadblocks and breakthroughs from this episode in the pursuit of a scorecard here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFYxUNX70s/k_r6qqYr0T6wdDBImVNPWg/view?utm_content=DAFYxUNX70s&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Thank you to our guest this episode:

Vina Rathbone Falvey: https://www.rathbonefalvey.com/

In this episode we dive into the world of advocacy technology and how it's being used to prevent bans and improve regulations.  Our guest is Nils Erik Mattisson, the CEO and co-founder of Minut, a company that specializes in noise monitoring devices. Nils shares his insights on how technology is being used to advocate for vacation rentals and how it's helping to shape the future of the industry.  He also unlocks a key scorecard concept.

This season is made possible by Minut and TrackHS as well as our thought partner AirDNA.

AirDNA is every vacation rental manager's go-to source for themost accurate property performance, benchmarking, and acquisition insights. Come see why over 2,000 global VRMs trust AirDNA to move their businesses forward. https://www.airdna.co/

Minut monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rental properties, helping hosts care for their homes, guests and community. https://www.minut.com/

Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can transform the way vacation rental advocacy plays out in your region. https://tnsinc.com/hospitality-hub/track/

Join VRMB Communities: https://community.vrmb.com/

Visit our Whiteboard to see questions, roadblocks and breakthroughs from each episode in the pursuit of a scorecard here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFQxPwDjMs/IT4FqMQJShiTrcXl3B8VKA/view?utm_content=DAFQxPwDjMs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishpresent

Thank you to our guest this episode:

Nils Erik Mattisson: https://www.minut.com/

Happy 2023, listeners!  This week we're letting Matt Landau's Unlocked podcast takeover our channel and share an interivew with Matt Durrette of Cozi Vacation Rentals. Matt is emblematic of the kind of Homerunner that the Unlocked podcast loves talking to, but he's also been thrown into one of the fastest moving advocacy situations in the country and we think his takeaaways will be invaluable to the How to Save audience.  

This season is made possible by Minut and TrackHS as well as our thought partner AirDNA.

AirDNA is every vacation rental manager's go-to source for themost accurate property performance, benchmarking, and acquisition insights. Come see why over 2,000 global VRMs trust AirDNA to move their businesses forward. https://www.airdna.co/

Minut monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rental properties, helping hosts care for their homes, guests and community. https://www.minut.com/

Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can transform the way vacation rental advocacy plays out in your region. https://tnsinc.com/hospitality-hub/track/

Join VRMB Communities: https://community.vrmb.com/

Airdna Regulation Resources: https://www.airdna.co/blog/how-regulations-can-impact-your-short-term-rental-business

Visit our Whiteboard to see questions, roadblocks and breakthroughs from each episode in the pursuit of a scorecard here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFQxPwDjMs/IT4FqMQJShiTrcXl3B8VKA/view?utm_content=DAFQxPwDjMs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishpresent

Thank you to our guest this episode:

Matt Durrette: https://www.cozivr.com/

Kelly Hill is at the center of a network in McCall, Idaho that has real power against the regulatory tide sweeping our industry.  She's even tackling seemingly unsolveable problems like low-income housing.  Not every owner in her region can keep up with the dizzing pace of change, however.  In this episode we find out what Kelly can teach us about balancing stakeholders and inch closer to an 'enforcement' score for our scorecard.

This season is made possible by Minut and TrackHS as well as our thought partner AirDNA.

AirDNA is every vacation rental manager's go-to source for themost accurate property performance, benchmarking, and acquisition insights. Come see why over 2,000 global VRMs trust AirDNA to move their businesses forward. https://www.airdna.co/

Minut monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rental properties, helping hosts care for their homes, guests and community. https://www.minut.com/

Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can transform the way vacation rental advocacy plays out in your region. https://tnsinc.com/hospitality-hub/track/

Join VRMB Communities: https://community.vrmb.com/

Visit our Whiteboard to see questions, roadblocks and breakthroughs from each episode in the pursuit of a scorecard here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFQxPwDjMs/IT4FqMQJShiTrcXl3B8VKA/view?utm_content=DAFQxPwDjMs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishpresent

Thank you to our guest this episode:

Kelly Hill: https://casago.com/mccall/

In this episode Michael Mori shares his expertise and insight as a vacation rental investor.  His decision-making process and key criteria for evaluating potential markets will vastly improve our scorecard.  Additionally, Michael provides valuable insights on the current state of the market and a key way of looking at community engagement for vacation rental success.

This season is made possible by Minut and TrackHS as well as our thought partner AirDNA.

AirDNA is every vacation rental manager's go-to source for themost accurate property performance, benchmarking, and acquisition insights. Come see why over 2,000 global VRMs trust AirDNA to move their businesses forward. https://www.airdna.co/

Minut monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rental properties, helping hosts care for their homes, guests and community. https://www.minut.com/

Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can transform the way vacation rental advocacy plays out in your region. https://tnsinc.com/hospitality-hub/track/

Join VRMB Communities: https://community.vrmb.com/

Visit our Whiteboard to see questions, roadblocks and breakthroughs from each episode in the pursuit of a scorecard here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFQxPwDjMs/IT4FqMQJShiTrcXl3B8VKA/view?utm_content=DAFQxPwDjMs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishpresent

Thank you to our guest this episode:

Michael Mori: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morisan/

Hilton Head Island was conceived as a vacation destination, and rental homes have been a part of that vision since the beginning. Now, a small minority is reshaping the landscape, and Dru Brown and his colleagues find themselves at the center of a real advocacy fight.  In this episode, we explore how things got out of hand in the land of golf, tennis, and pickleball and how a different kind of scorecard can prevent this sort of thing from happening in the future.  Drew also takes us through how what he's learned on the island can be applied at a national level through the VRMA.

This season is made possible by Minut and TrackHS as well as our thought partner AirDNA.

AirDNA is every vacation rental manager's go-to source for themost accurate property performance, benchmarking, and acquisition insights. Come see why over 2,000 global VRMs trust AirDNA to move their businesses forward. https://www.airdna.co/

Minut monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rental properties, helping hosts care for their homes, guests and community. https://www.minut.com/

Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can transform the way vacation rental advocacy plays out in your region. https://tnsinc.com/hospitality-hub/track/

Join VRMB Communities: https://community.vrmb.com/

Visit our Whiteboard to see questions, roadblocks and breakthroughs from each episode in the pursuit of a scorecard here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFQxPwDjMs/IT4FqMQJShiTrcXl3B8VKA/view?utm_content=DAFQxPwDjMs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishpresent

Thank you to our guest this episode:

Dru Brown: httpshttps://www.islandtimehhi.com/

Shelby Fletcher is the president of the The Dallas Short Term Rental Alliance...a very well organized advocacy group with more than 800 members focused on achieving fair, lasting regualtions in the Dallas area.  They've faced years of delay, tough anti groups and backroom politics but they're making headway and the next step may be to bring in professional political help.  At the same time, efforts are underway to create a statewide premption bill in Texas for Short Term Rentals, which would make Shelby's life a lot easier.  In this episode we take a granular look at the local effort and think about ways to score a destination where the statewide question is still up in the air.  

This season is made possible by Minut and TrackHS as well as our thought partner AirDNA.

AirDNA is every vacation rental manager's go-to source for themost accurate property performance, benchmarking, and acquisition insights. Come see why over 2,000 global VRMs trust AirDNA to move their businesses forward. https://www.airdna.co/

Minut monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rental properties, helping hosts care for their homes, guests and community. https://www.minut.com/

Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can transform the way vacation rental advocacy plays out in your region. https://tnsinc.com/hospitality-hub/track/

Join VRMB Communities: https://community.vrmb.com/

Visit our Whiteboard to see questions, roadblocks and breakthroughs from each episode in the pursuit of a scorecard here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFQxPwDjMs/IT4FqMQJShiTrcXl3B8VKA/view?utm_content=DAFQxPwDjMs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishpresent

Thank you to our guests this episode:

Shelby Fletcher: https://dallasstra.org/

Sharon Walker: https://www.walkervr.com/team-members/sharon-walker

Contact Sharon Walker: [email protected]

Vtrips is one of the fastest growing companies in our industry and its leader, Steve Milo, has advocacy in mind with every aquisiton he makes.  In this episode we dive into his advocacy masterplan, talk about what he looks for in a destination and see how we can apply it to our scorecard.  We also hear from Amy Gaster and Dusty Church who are working with Vtrips on Tybee Island to save vacation rentals there.  Their willingness to engage with community when possible and fight via litigaiton when necessary is emerging as a valuable case study.  

This season is made possible by Minut and TrackHS as well as our thought partner AirDNA.

AirDNA is every vacation rental manager's go-to source for themost accurate property performance, benchmarking, and acquisition insights. Come see why over 2,000 global VRMs trust AirDNA to move their businesses forward. https://www.airdna.co/

Minut monitors noise, occupancy, motion and temperature in rental properties, helping hosts care for their homes, guests and community. https://www.minut.com/

Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can transform the way vacation rental advocacy plays out in your region. https://tnsinc.com/hospitality-hub/track/

Join VRMB Communities: https://community.vrmb.com/

Visit our Whiteboard to see questions, roadblocks and breakthroughs from each episode in the pursuit of a scorecard here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFQxPwDjMs/IT4FqMQJShiTrcXl3B8VKA/view?utm_content=DAFQxPwDjMs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishpresent

Thank you to our guests this episode:

Steve Milo: https://vtrips.com/

Amy Gaster: https://www.tybeealliance.org/

Dusty Church: https://www.tybeealliance.org/