Advocacy can be easy to push aside when the day-to-day work of running a vacation rental business already demands so much attention.

That changed for Tyann Marcink Hammond when one of her properties was reclassified from residential to commercial, increasing the tax bill from $4,000 to $10,000.

In our latest episode, Tyann shares how that experience led her deeper into vacation rental advocacy and showed her why operators need to get involved before policy decisions are finalized.

We discuss:

→ Why vacation rental operators need to pay attention to local policy
→ How property tax changes affected Missouri vacation rentals
→ Why relationships are essential to effective advocacy
→ How operators can get involved in shaping local regulations
→ What Kansas City’s World Cup preparations can teach other destinations
→ How last-minute bookings are changing operational planning
→ Why human connection still plays an important role in vacation rental marketing

If you want to better understand how local decisions are made and how operators can have a meaningful voice in the process, this episode is for you.

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