July 13, 2022
Steve Milo: We've Got Questions, He's Got Answers - Q&A with VTrips CEO
Steve Milo joins us today for a candid Q&A you DON’T want to miss! As founder and CEO of Vtrips, Steve has grown the company from a handful of vacation rentals in 2006 to nearly 7,000, acquiring 10 companies just in the past…
July 6, 2022
Unlocking $4.9 BILLION Dollars in Military Travel to the Vacation Rental Industry, with Anthony Gantt
Anthony Gantt, entrepreneur and recently retired Officer for the United States Marine Corps after 22 years, joins us today to tell a tale of what it truly means to build a purpose-built startup. During his service, Anthony w…
June 1, 2022
It’s the 1st of the Month! Bonus Episode - June 2022
It's the 1st of the Month! Tune in for our short and SUITE bonus episode series where we discuss news, upcoming events. trends, and anything of interest in the world of vacation and short term rentals. We're at the VRMA Exec…
May 25, 2022
How Planting Seeds Turns into ROL (Return on Luck), with Hostaway CEO Marcus Räder
In this insightful and candid interview with Hostaway CEO, Marcus Räder takes us on an eye-opening journey of what companies really learn as they attempt to grow with investment capital. Marcus joins us today as another memb…
May 11, 2022
99 STR Problems, But Airbnb Ain’t One: The Direct Booking Playbook with Boostly CEO Mark Simpson
Tune in for today's episode with Boostly CEO Mark Simpson, joining us from across the pond to chat about the importance of building a book direct strategy. The Pandemic showed the short term rental industry how dangerous it …
May 4, 2022
Creating a Sustainable Competitive Edge, with Ed St. Onge, President of Flip.to
Tune in for Part 2 of our episode with Ed St. Onge, President of Flip.to and Founder of the first ever channel management software for hotels, EZ Yield. On last week's episode, Ed took us through the early days of channel an…
April 27, 2022
The Early Days of Travel Disruption with The OG of Channel Management, Ed St.Onge
This is Part 1 of a special 2 part series with Ed St. Onge, President of Flip.to (and the OG of Channel Management). Why are there 2 episodes? Because 1 just wasn't enough! Ed takes us on a journey that is nothing short of a…
April 20, 2022
VRMA Spring Forum Recap: All In On Advocacy, with President Miller Hawkins
Tune in for this special episode where we speak with VRMA President, Miller Hawkins, about the recent Spring Forum in Chicago. Advocacy was top of mind at this event, as vacation rental managers came together to find a way t…
April 1, 2022
It’s the 1st of the Month! Bonus Episode - April 2022
Tune in on the 1st of the month for this short and SUITE bonus episode series! In this month's episode we discuss: Changes to booking pace - what happened in March? Annie's trip to Myrtle Beach and HSMAI Event Is Annie reall…
March 31, 2022
Fishing for Growth: Entrepreneurship, Networking & NFTs with Greg Fisher
As one of Greg Fisher’s partners recently said, “There’s a difference between an Owner and a Founder; and Greg is a Founder.” Greg joins us today to share his entrepreneurial journey and how he grew TripShock into one of the…
March 16, 2022
Top 5 Things Vacation Rentals Can Learn from Hotels, with Pete DiMaio
Today we are joined by Pete DiMaio for a very special episode! Pete is Vice President of Travel Boom Marketing, the hotel industry's leading marketing agency and on this episode he joins us to share the Top 5 Things Vacation…
Feb. 23, 2022
Meet Whimstay, the Hotel Tonight of Vacation Rentals with CEO Ben Jamshahi
As CEO Ben Jamshahi tells us, Whimstay is the Hotel Tonight of vacation rentals, on a mission to help professionally managed vacation rental companies fill last minute or unused inventory. Ben entered Stanford University at …
Feb. 2, 2022
Finding National Success through Local Operations, with iTrip CEO Steve Caron
In this episode we are joined by iTrip CEO Steve Caron, an industry veteran whose tour of duty began in the Air Force as a special operations night instructor. When Steve departed the service, he went on to use his computer …
Feb. 1, 2022
It’s the 1st of the Month! Bonus Episode - February 2022
Wake up, wake up, wake up... it's the 1st of the Month! On this new bonus series, we'll look back on the previous month and look ahead to the next, examining booking trends, pacing and anything timely and newsworthy within t…
Jan. 26, 2022
Building a Million Dollar Business on AirBnB with Julie George
On today's episode we're joined by Julie George, author of the best selling book Million Dollar Host and a renowned leader, speaker and consultant on how to build a business on the backbone of the sharing economy. Recognized…