The Secret Sauce Podcast

The Secret Sauce Podcast episodes:

• 03.26.2021

  Secret Sauce of Carolina Retreats - Interview of Mike Harrington

  Vanessa de Souza Lage co-founder and CMO of Rentals United channel manager interviews Mike Harrington of Carolina Retreats, a vacation rental management company in the USA now also scaling through the acquisition and/or operations of motels and ins. We cover...

  
• 03.09.2021

  Secret Sauce of Frontdesk Inc. - Interview of Jesse dePinto

  Vanessa de Souza Lage co-founder and CMO of Rentals United channel manager interviews Jesse dePinto of Frontdesk Inc., an urban short term rental management company in the USA. We cover topics like technology, growth, strategy and distribution.  Frontddesk Inc. has...

  
• 02.23.2021

  Secret Sauce of Taylor Made Deep Creek Vacations - Interview of Jodi Taylor Refosco

  In this episode of the Secret Sauce of Property Managers, Vanessa de Souza Lage co-founder and CMO of rentals united channel manager interviews Jodi Taylor Refosco of Taylor Made Deep Creek Vacations, a family-run property management company based in the...

  
• 02.04.2021

  Secret Sauce of Evolve Vacation Rental - Interview of the CEO

  In this episode of the Secret Sauce of Property Managers, Vanessa de Souza Lage co-founder and CMO of rentals united channel manager interviews the CEO of Evolve Vacation Rental, a large property management company based in the USA. We cover...

  
• 01.19.2021

  The Secret Sauce of Turnkey Vacation Rentals - Interview of T.J. Clark

  In this episode of the Secret Sauce of Property Managers, Vanessa de Souza Lage co-founder and CMO of Rentals United channel manager, interviews the co-founder and president of Turnkey Vacation Rentals, a large property management company based in the USA....

  
• 10.23.2020

  The Secret Sauce of Pillow & Coffee - Interview of Rebecca Slivka

  Interview of Rebecca Slivka from the short term rental property management Pillow & Coffee where she explain how the company had to quickly pivot during the 2020 pandemic to stop the master lease contracts and focus on mid-term rentals.   This...

  
• 09.30.2020

  The Secret Sauce of Cottage Link Rental Management - Interview of Heather Bayer

  Often dubbed the godmother of vacation rentals, Heather Bayer is the CEO of Cottage Link Rental Management with 160 vacation rentals in Ontario Canada. In business for 17 years, the property management company experienced 100% occupancy rate since the beginning of...

  
• 09.16.2020

  The Secret Sauce of Walqinn - Interview of Dino Karic

  Interview of the CEO of Walqinn a property management company based in Switzerland with 150 rentals in 6 markets!  This interview is part of a Podcast, Video and Article Digest series called the "Secret Sauce of Short Term Rental Property Managers"...

  
• 09.09.2020

  The Secret Sauce of Stay Como - Interview of Travers Xanthos

  Travers Xanthos is what you would call an "Airbnb-preneur"! With 30 rentals in Nashville on the master lease model, he's telling us all about his strategies during Covid-19 including renting to construction workers.  This interview is part of a Podcast, Video...

  
• 09.08.2020

  Announcing Season 3

  In Season 3 I interview short term rental property managers of all sizes to discover their Secret Sauce! We start in the next episode! 

  
• 08.13.2020

  The Secret Sauce of Booking.com - Interview of Alessandro Pacilio

  Interview of Alessandro Pacilio, top exec at Booking.com, a large Online Travel Agency (OTA) by Vanessa de Souza Lage, CMO of Rentals United Channel Manager https://rentalsunited.com This interview is part of a Podcast and Video series called the "Secret Sauce of Large...

  
• 07.21.2020

  The Secret Sauce of Expedia - Interview of Lisa Chen

  Interview of Lisa Chen, VP Global Lodging Connectivity and Solutions at Expedia, a large Online Travel Agency (OTA) by Vanessa de Souza Lage, CMO of Rentals United Channel Manager https://rentalsunited.com This interview is part of a Podcast and Video series called...

  
• 07.16.2020

  The Secret Sauce of Agoda - Interview of David Salamon

  Interview of David Salamon, Head of Homes at Agoda, a large Online Travel Agency (OTA) by Vanessa de Souza Lage, CMO of Rentals United Channel Manager https://rentalsunited.com    This interview is part of a Podcast and Video series called the "Secret...

  
• 07.15.2020

  Announcing Season 2

  Announcing season 2 where I interview the top execs of Large OTAs - Agoda, Expedia, Booking.com and Airbnb 

  
• 01.09.2020

  The Secret Sauce of Veeve - Interview of Pierre Hubisz

  Veeve is a luxury short-term property management company company based in London. After finding their "secret sauce" with the urban London market, they quickly opened offices in Paris and Los Angeles. The company has built some of their technology in-house -...

  
• 12.27.2019

  The Secret Sauce of Feriepartner.dk - Interview of Flemming Toft Andersen

  Feriepartner is a chain of 27 independent holiday home rental agencies with 7,000 seaside holiday homes in all of Denmark. As an independent chain, the business is run on democratic principles with a significant level of entrepreneurship. 83% of their bookings...

  
• 12.12.2019

  The Secret Sauce of Smiling House Luxury - Interview of Moriya Rockman

  Smiling House Luxury is a property management company based in Gstaad Switzerland with 1500 luxury homes in 30 locations. In this interview, Moriya Rockman, co-founder and CMO, addresses the most important factors in the luxury travel world, from gaining the...

  
• 11.20.2019

  The Secret Sauce of Happy Holiday Homes - Interview of the CEO

  Happy Holiday Homes based in Lugano Switzerland has grown in many different locations and countries over the last 10 years. The company started off by opening their own offices and building their own technology. Now the CEO is planning to...

  
• 11.02.2019

  The Secret Sauce of VTrips - Interview of the CEO

  VTrips started 10 years ago in Florida and has since grown to 1800 properties in 5 different States in the US. The company has grown via M&A; and with 14 offices the CEO is strong believer in having boots on...

  
• 10.24.2019

  The Secret Sauce of Guest Ready - Interview of the CEO

  In this episode we interview a CEO who grew his property management company from 0 to 2500 short-term rentals in only 3 short years.  Not only that but Alex Limpert's operations span 6 locations and 2 continents.  We covered a wide...

  
• 10.10.2019

  The Secret Sauce of Lavanda - Interview of the CEO

  Lavanda, onces a property management company, realises that the technology they build for themselves could help scale up other companies. They identify that large multi-unit asset owners could improve their yield by entering the short-term rental market and decided to offer...

  
• 10.02.2019

  The Secret Sauce of City Relay - Interview of the CEO

  Interview of Maxime Leufroy-Murat, the Founder & CEO of City Relay, short-let management company in London representing 1000 properties. City Relay’s unique value proposition is to provide outstanding operations & reception spaces to owners and other short-let management companies throughout...

  
• 09.25.2019

  The Secret Sauce of Sykes Holiday Cottages - Interview of the CEO

  Interview of Graham Donoghue, the CEO of Sykes Holiday Cottages, one of the largest property management company in the world, representing over 17,500 short-term rentals across the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. The company has been sustaining an incredible growth...

  
• 09.17.2019

  The Secret Sauce of Altido - Vacation Rental Property Manager Interview

  Interview of the CEO of Altido, Tom Archer. Launched in 2019, Altido is a result of a merger of 4 pan-European short-term rental companies: The London Residents Club (England), BNBbuddy (Scotland), Hintown (Italy) & Rent Experience (Portugal). Altido uses Rentals...

  
• 09.05.2019

  The Secret Sauce of Stay Alfred - Vacation Rental Property Manager Interview

  Stay Alfred is a large vacation rental property management company in the United States.  How did they get to be so large?  How do they deal with operations in 33 locations?  How do they optimize their marketing mix?  These are...