In this episode of Vacation and Short-Term Rental Titans, Leo Walton (co-founder of SUPERHOG) has the pleasure of talking to industry legend Sébastien Grosjean, the CEO and Founder of BookingSync and Smily.

Founded in 2010, BookingSync is a cloud-based vacation rental system that serves as a friend to owners, managers, and agencies during each step of the vacation rental management process.

Smily was created to give the power back to property managers – power they could use to leverage the reach and features of the biggest booking channels while growing their customer base and the number of direct bookings on their own terms. 

In this episode of Vacation and Short-Term Rental Titans, Leo Walton (co-founder of SUPERHOG) has the pleasure of chatting with Thibault Masson, the Founder of Rental-Scale Up.  

Thibault has a wealth of experience, having first got involved in the STR industry 25 years ago. Leo explores the story behind Rental Scale-up and Thibault's thoughts on how STR's will perform this year.

SUPERHOG - The leading digital trust platform for short-term rentals

Rental Scale-up - Online resources for property managers and direct hosts.

In this episode of Vacation and Short-Term Rental Titans, Andrew Boldt (co-founder of SUPERHOG) has the pleasure of speaking with Vanessa de Souza Lage, the CMO of Rentals United and the Founder of VRTechEvents.

Founded in 2015, Rentals United is a rapidly growing distribution platform for vacation rentals, that connects property providers with 60+ niche and global sales channels including Booking.com, Vrbo, and Airbnb.

Also founded in 2015, VRTech is a community that brings together the vacation rental industry to share ideas and visions.

Rentals United (advanced distribution platform for professional short-term rental property managers)

VRTechEvents (a community that brings together the vacation rental industry to share ideas and visions.)

SUPERHOG (trust tech and risk management platform)

In this episode of Vacation and Short-Term Rental Titans, Humphrey Bowles (co-founder of GUARDHOG Technologies) has the pleasure of speaking to Carlos Villa Lassen, the CEO of the Danish Holiday Home Association and the Secretary General of the European Holiday Home Association.

Founded in 2013, the European Holiday Home Association was created to give a voice to the short-term rental industry. The EHHA ranges from national private house owner associations to managers’ associations to platforms.

Representing more than 36,000 holiday homes and creating thousands of jobs, the Danish Holiday Home Association provides political representation, member network and professional knowledge to the holiday home industry.

European Holiday Home Association (voice of the European short-term rental sector)

Danish Holiday Home Association (political representation, member network and professional knowledge to the Danish holiday home industry.)

SUPERHOG (trust tech and risk management platform)

GUARDHOG (insurance for short-term and holiday rentals)

In this episode of Vacation and Short-Term Rental Titans, Andrew Bolt (co-founder of GUARDHOG Technologies) has the privilege of speaking to Karolina Saviova, the COO and co-founder of Altovita.

AltoVita is an end-to-end solution for modern travellers. AltoVita was created by Karolina and her co-founder as they saw complacency and a lack of incentives for innovation in the corporate housing sector.

AltoVita combines data-driven scalable technology and a human-centric approach.

Altovita (corporate rental provider)

SUPERHOG (trust tech and risk management platform)

GUARDHOG (insurance for vacation and short-term rentals)

In this episode of Vacation and Short-Term Rental Titans, Humphrey Bowles (co-founder of GUARDHOG Technologies) has the pleasure of hearing the wisdom and insight of Richard Vaughton, the director and co-founder of Rentivo.

Rentivo is an enterprise solution for vacation rental companies of any size, providing advanced solutions to improve property distribution, data handling, payment solutions and web front marketing platforms.

Rentivo (advanced solutions to improve property distribution, data handling, payment solutions and web front marketing platforms)

SUPERHOG (Trust tech and risk management platform)

GUARDHOG (insurance for short-term and vacation rentals)

In this episode of Vacation and Short-Term Rental Titans, Leo Walton (Growth Director at SUPERHOG) had the pleasure of speaking to Damian Sheridan from The Book Direct Network.

Damian is the founder and director of The Book Direct Network and The Book Direct Show.

The Book Direct Show is the only conference dedicated to short-term rental property managers and direct bookings, and The Book Direct Network is an online community for property managers to learn direct booking strategies.

Damian also has a deep understanding of vacation rental SEO.

The Book Direct Network (online community for property managers to learn direct booking strategies)

SUPERHOG (trust tech and risk management platform)

GUARDHOG (Holiday let and short-term rental insurance)

In this episode of Vacation and Short-Term Rental Titans, Humphrey Bowles (co-founder of GUARDHOG Technologies) has the pleasure of talking to Victoria O'Connell, CEO and co-founder of Golightly.

Golightly is the first invite-only vacation rental and home-sharing marketplace for women, with a mission to form a network of connected, like-minded women and provide them with a safe and trusted place to book accommodations.

Golightly welcomes all travellers to its properties however the trip is always booked through a woman within the network. With safe, secure and comfortable accommodations and all the luxuries of home, Golightly encourages you to leave life's baggage behind you and go lightly.

Golightly - https://www.wegolightly.com/ (Private home-sharing and vacation rental club for women)

SUPERHOG - https://superhog.com/ (Digital guest check-in platform)

GUARDHOG - https://guardhog.com/ (Airbnb and other short-let insurance)

In this episode of Vacation and Short-Term Rental Titans, Leo Walton (co-founder of SUPERHOG) has the pleasure of talking to Dale Smith, founder and director of Host & Stay.

Founded in 2018, Host & Stay are revolutionising the holiday home experience for owners and for guests across North Yorkshire, The Yorkshire Dales, The Lake District, Durham, Newcastle and Northumberland. 

With a focus on the use of technology, Host & Stay are providing better guest experiences and creating more revenue for their holiday homeowners, with less hassle due to their completely hands-free service. 

Host & Stay - https://hostandstay.co.uk/ (Property management)

SUPERHOG - https://superhog.com/ (Digital guest check-in platform)

GUARDHOG - https://guardhog.com/ (Airbnb and other short-let insurance)

In this episode of Vacation and Short-Term Rental Titans, Leo Walton (co-founder of SUPERHOG) has the pleasure of talking to Mateo Bradford, Strategic partnership and business development advisor at At Ease.

Founded in 2018 and based in Texas, At Ease is a JTR-compliant booking-engine that makes it possible for federal employees and active-duty military to find affordable short-term rentals for PCS moves and temporary duty travel. 

At Ease - https://pcsatease.com/ (JTR-compliant booking-engine)

SUPERHOG - https://superhog.com/ (Digital guest check-in platform)

GUARDHOG - https://guardhog.com/ (Airbnb and other short-let insurance)