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The Art Of HospitalityBreaking Down The Current Status Of Regulations In Our Industry (With Dana Lubner)In this episode, we check-in with Dana Lubner at Rent Responsibly. She's the Director of Community Development and has 8+ years of experience in the STR/Vacation Rental industry at both property management and in her current focus on regulation, community engagement, impact research and a LOT more. We cover a wide range of topics including local vs state groups (which one is better and why), the current state of regulations and Dana's background and wins. Enjoy!⭐️ Links & Show NotesAdam NorkoConrad O'Connell Dana LubnerRent Responsibly
2026-01-2853 min
Vacation Rental SuccessVRS599 - The Compliance Challenge: Strategies for Navigating New RegulationsWe've arrived at Week 4 of SSTIR Crazy 2025, and this might be the most critical challenge yet! Regulations Week is here, and the stakes have never been higher for StayWise Rentals. This episode of the podcast and SSTIR Crazy Month is sponsored by Guesty your all-in-one platform for hospitality businesses to automate and optimize every aspect of your operations. ***Use code SSTIRCRAZY for 50% off your first annual plan*** >> Discover more about Guesty in the Virtual Vendor Showcase >> Register today to attend SSTIR Crazy Month 2025 This week, we tac...
2025-02-1947 min
Direct Booking Success PodcastShort-term Rental Alliance Building 101: Getting a Seat at the Regulatory Table with Dana LubnerHere's a little secret you might not expect: Short-term rental regulations are shaping up to be the next big battleground for hosts and policymakers. But don't worry, there's a way to navigate this challenging landscape and advocate for fair regulations that protect your business. You won't believe the strategies and resources available to host communities worldwide. Ready to uncover the surprising world of short-term rental advocacy and regulations? Stay tuned to find out how you can be part of this game-changing movement.You have to be proactive or you become inactive. The best way to protect the...
2024-05-0629 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessSeason Finale Scorecard Reveal with Jamie LaneIn 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...
2023-06-0756 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessNavigating Vacation Rental Advocacy and Partnerships with Tim Rosolio of Expedia GroupWelcome 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 a...
2023-05-1657 min
Alex and Annie: The Real Women of Vacation RentalsSpecial Episode: How to Build a Sustainable Brand, Live from RR Summit 2023 with Stuart Butler and Pete DiMaioSend us a message!Today's episode is a very special one, as we bring you a recent panel discussion we hosted at Rent Responsibly's 2023 Sustainability Summit. What does sustainability have to do with branding and company culture, and why is it more important than ever to focus on this way of thinking? Tune in to find out! Tune in as we dive into this topic with two of the smartest minds in hospitality marketing, Stuart Butler and Pete DiMaio. You do NOT want to miss this one!About the Guests:
2023-05-1044 min
Alex and Annie: The Real Women of Vacation RentalsAdvocating for Short Term Rentals with Dana LubnerSend us a message!This is a must-see episode: Today, we are joined by Dana Lubner, Director of Community Development at Rent Responsibly and host of the podcast "How to Save Your Vacation Rental Business." With a background in marketing and advertising, Dana fell in love with the short-term rental industry while working with her brother's company, Effortless Rental Group. However, her real passion emerged when she witnessed the industry's need for advocacy and education. As a founding member of Mile High Hosts, Denver's short-term rental community, Dana has organized events such as the Good Neighbor Summit...
2023-05-0339 min
Get Paid For Your Pad | Airbnb Hosting | Vacation Rentals | STR Revenue ManagementBenefits of starting your own local STR alliance The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted how we live and work, and one of the most significant changes has been the rise in remote work. This has resulted in increased travel by digital nomads who can work from anywhere, increasing the popularity of short-term rentals.This shift has also brought attention to the affordable housing crisis, leading to stricter regulations on short-term rentals by local, state, and global authorities.But advocates and local alliances are deploying more strategic strategies, with fewer groups passively accepting potentially illegal regulations.So how can s...
2023-02-0632 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessUnlocking the Power of Market Research and Polling for Vacation RentalsIn 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...
2023-01-2651 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessThe Tech Revolution in Vacation Rental AdvocacyIn 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 re...
2023-01-1859 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessUnlocked Crossover Episode with Matt Durrette of Cozi Vacation RentalsHappy 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 ac...
2023-01-041h 09How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessBig Changes, Small Towns, Strong NetworksKelly 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 sou...
2022-12-291h 01How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessInsights from a Pro: The Investor PerspectiveIn 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 Ai...
2022-12-2152 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessThe Low Country PickleHilton 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...
2022-12-1457 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessDon't Mess with TexasShelby 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...
2022-12-0754 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessThe Advocacy MasterplanVtrips 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 seas...
2022-11-301h 00How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessTough Questions with Dana and MattIn this episode Dana and Matt discuss our progress so far this season and talk about what the scorecard really means. Matt shares audience questions on how the scorecard will be used, we dive into some lessons from the first three episodes and talk about what is to come as we look ahead to bill creation, lawsuits, measuring public sentiment and how to keep score. 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 pe...
2022-11-2353 min
Slick Talk: The Hospitality PodcastHow To Boost The Hospitality Community with Mark SimpsonMark Simpson joins me on Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast to uncover his journey within the Hospitality industry and how he came about to creating what Boostly is today.In this interview, I ask more intentional questions around Mark's early days to see how it really shaped him and why those moments were so important in his journey as an entrepreneur.Guests Social Media Links:instagram.com/boostlyukboostly.co.ukMentioned in this episode:
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2022-11-161h 04How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessLet Perseverance be Your Engine and Hope Your FuelOur quest to quantify vacation rental advocacy health continues in Episode 3 with Robin Craigen of Steamboat Springs and John An of Oahu. The mountains of Colorado and islands of Hawaii are facing some of the toughest regulatory fights in the country. Even if managers manage to stay afloat or win a battle, they're seeing underhanded tactics from local governments and punitive economic measures. We think digging into these struggles will help us calibrate our scorecard, but moreover the common threads of hope we're finding may just hold the key to saving your vacation rental business in tough reg...
2022-11-1645 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessThe Goldilocks DestinationOur quest to quantify vacation rental advocacy health continues in Episode 2 with Linda Curry of Arizonans for Responsible Tourism! Arizona is as good of an environment for short term rentals right now as any we've seen in the United States. (Though, as Matt cautions, we shouldn't assume the score of a destination before really digging into our research.) If we can pinpoint what is working in Arizona, we'll start to know what a high score looks like and be able to pass on some ideas for those struggling in more difficult regulatory environments. Linda Curry wen...
2022-11-0947 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessThe Data is in the Details with Jamie Lane of AirDNAIn the first episode of Season 3, Dana sets off on a journey with Matt Landau and Jamie Lane to find the questions that will define our advocacy scorecard and shape our advocacy efforts moving forward. From housing data to OTA scraping to quantifying the unquanitifiable...we go deep with one of the best data minds in the business. 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 g...
2022-11-0241 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessThe Live Las Vegas Advocacy RoundtableWelcome back to the How to Save Your Vacation Rental Business show! To tease the impending launch of Season 3 and to get a sense of the state of advocacy right now, Dana and Matt sat down with a panel from across the industry for a live recording session on where we are and whats coming in Season 3. This was recorded a few hours ago as the 2022 VRMA International Conference came to a close. The first episode of Season 3 drops on Tuesday, November 1st. Upcoming guests include Jamie Lane of AirDNA, Robin Craigen in Steamboat Springs, Dru...
2022-10-261h 09
the no BS podcastFire Fighting with Data with Dana Lubner
Today we sit with Dana Lubner, the Head of Leadership Development at Rent Responsibly. Dana's sales story is unique and she chats up her breaking into sales.Moving forward in her timeline Dana finds herself in a passionless position where she eventually reached out to her little brother and joined his team which gained her access to the vacation rental industry.Our space is up against it constantly battling regulations and rule changes. We talk about how individual property managers can help collaborate as an industry to tackle the pushback the short-term rental movement is...
2022-08-0449 min
Vacation Rental SuccessVRS424 – The Best Productivity Hacks for a Busy STR Professional with Dana LubnerGet access to the best education for your short-term rental business! Enrol in The Vacation Rental Formula Business School today and start seeing results tomorrow. Discover more about the VRF B-School: https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/business-school/ This episode is sponsored by the Virtual Vendor Showcase. You can discover more about the Virtual Vendor Showcase here: https://vacationrentalformula.com/vvs Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here: https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS424
2022-01-1251 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessIs Professional Our Solution?In this episode we unpack Dana's final takeaway of the season, that professional operators have a huge chance to differentiate themselves from the casual Airbnbers that often come to the table with us. And that strict and complicated laws may end up stifling the path to professionalism. Ryan Dame of Casago joins to give us the perspective of a large manager dealing with regulatory issues across the country. This season is brought to you by Track Hospitality Software and NoiseAware. Track Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions transforms your vacation rental company so you can...
2022-01-0649 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessMeet the Academic of Fair RegulationIn this episode we talk with Davide Proserpio, an Assistant Professor of Marketing at University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. David studies problems related to digital markets and has spent years analyzing the sharing economy. It all started with a research paper showing a positive correlation between Airbnb and housing rent and prices: a paper that was used by plenty of anti-STR groups. But the data does not stop there... Davide followed-up with a recent Harvard Business Review article, which found that restricting STRs in a neighborhood can reduce residential development. We wanted to...
2021-12-2938 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessTaxes and the Path to LegitimacyIn this episode Pam Knudsen, Senior Director of Compliance Services at Avalara, gives us perspective on advocacy efforts across the country through the lens of lodging tax data. We've been hearing a lot this season about outright bans and a curious reluctance by cities to take the economic impact of vacation rentals into account when creating regulation. Pam shares a more nuanced, hopeful outlook as well as best practices for combining your economic contributions with good neighbor habits and turning them into real political leverage. This season is brought to you by Track Ho...
2021-12-2238 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessThe Curious Politics of Statewide PreemptionIn this episode we take a deeper look at statewide preemption with Tiffany Edwards of the VRMA Advocacy Fund and Right to Rent. We're very much about local community interaction on this podcast and nothing in this episode changes that, but sometimes going to a higher power might be the only tool left to save your business. Tiffany helps us understand the nuance of these issues, where they've worked, and how local engagement is required no matter what. Sean Walsh and Jarrett Skorup join for context and Tiffany also gets into her data gathering and fundraising efforts on...
2021-12-1553 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessTip of the SpearIn this episode we dive into a case study on Santa Barbara and Theo Kracke, the man who sued his hometown and won. We dedicate a lot of time on this podcast to finding compromise and working with local government, but in the face of outright bans it doesn't always work. Theo's solution took a great deal of time, energy and resources, but his victory has ripple effects for vacation rental regulation across California and the country. This kind of effort requires someone to spearhead it, and as you listen you must ask yourself, are you capable of...
2021-12-0746 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessMarijuana, Electric Scooters, and Sacred Local ControlIn this episode we dive into a Denver case study with Erica Rogers, an assistant City Attorney for the city of Denver, who is able to share some powerful parallels with other emerging industries such as marijuana and electric scooters. We discuss what regulation and enforcement look like from the government's perspective, and Dana provides context from the host side as she was on the front lines of countering some of the more draconian regulatory proposals there in addition to hosting a Good Neighbor Summit and developing new licensing classifications. This season is brought to yo...
2021-12-0148 min
Thanks For VisitingRenting Responsibly: Playing a Role in Your Local RegulationWe’re continuing to bring our favorite speakers from the VRMA onto the show! This time, we’re joined by the wonderful Dana Lubner. As Head of Leadership Development at Rent Responsibly, Dana works closely with alliance leadership teams to build united voices at the local level. She also serves on Denver’s short-term rental advisory committee alongside members of the city council. In Fall of 2020, Dana and VRMB’s Matt Landau launched a 10-part educational podcast titled “How to Save Your Vacation Rental Business,” with a second season in the works bravely tackling the difficult question of “What is f...
2021-11-2549 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessBecoming Part of the SolutionIn this episode we dig into the issues and possibilities involved with zoning laws as they pertain to short term rentals. We're joined again by Jarret Skorup of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and by Alex Haler, a host that stopped renting in Denver due to harsh regulations and has since joined his local planning commission in Leadville, CO. By engaging with policy at the planning commission level, getting in front of issues like affordable housing, and joining the conversation even to the point of getting a job with local city government, we begin to see a...
2021-11-2446 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessReaching Across the AisleIn this episode we discuss the case for stronger vacation rental regulation with Jessica Black of Moms Against STRs. We also get perspective on these arguments from our industry experts and talk about the troubles with 'character of the neighborhood' kinds of conversations when trying to enact fair public policy. We'll also hear from Jarrett Skorup of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and begin to look at ways at leaving more emotional debates behind and focusing on the areas that all sides of short term rental regulatory issues can actually sink their teeth into and use to...
2021-11-1751 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessThe Technicians of Fair RegulationThis episode is about the non-host, non-manager professionals that are critical to the pursuit of fair regulation for our industry. We're talking about lobbyists and government affairs folks, here. You've probably heard about lobbyists in national politics, and most likely it wasn't always in a positive light. It turns out, though, that the most effective way of engaging all stakeholders and crafting public policy at a local level is best achieved with the help of these professionals that are trained in the workings of government. In this episode, you'll learn how to find and...
2021-11-1041 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessIt Could Never Happen HereWelcome to Season Two of the How to Save Your Vacation Rental Show! In this season we will focus on Fair Regulation: what defines it, why we need to be proactive about it, how to engage with stakeholders on all sides and how to get it written into law. Along the way, we'll be diving into case studies and talking with experts from both inside and outside the vacation rental industry. Sarah Bradford of Steamboat Lodging Company once famously expressed to a packed room at a VRMIntel Conference that she wouldn't have to worry about advocacy in he...
2021-11-0349 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessAnnouncing Season 2: Fair RegulationSeason Two of the How to Save Your Vacation Rental Show will focus on Fair Regulation...what defines it, why we need to be proactive about it, how to engage with stakeholders on all sides and how to get it written into law. Along the way, we'll be diving into case studies and talking with experts from both inside and outside the vacation rental industry. Episode 1 drops November 2nd. This season is brought to you by Track and NoiseAware.
2021-08-2703 min
Short Term Rental Success StoriesHow to Market and Grow a Short Term Rental Management Company w/ Dana LubnerIn this episode I had the special honor of speaking with Dana Lubner. Dana helped scale her families Colorado based short term rental management company Effortless Rental Group as the director of sales and people ops. Dana has a lot of experience in marketing and branding and helped to take Effortless Rental past 100 properties under management. Dana is now working with Rent Responsibly a short term rental advocacy group. In this episode, Dana shares her experience of joining a growing management company during a booming time in Colorado, how she was able to speed past the competition...
2020-12-171h 06
Slick Talk: The Hospitality PodcastDana Lubner: Leading The Way of Advocacy in Short Term Rentals with Rent ResponsiblyIt's one thing to have a seat at the table but it's completely another thing to always be dragging your chair around with you to put at the table when the time comes. Do you have your chair? You should because you don't want to miss this episode as Dana Lubner, Head of Advocacy at Rent Responsibly, sits down to talk with me about the importance of advocacy in the short term rental industry and what it looks like to be actively living it out!
I also want to give a big thank you and shoutout to...
2020-12-0940 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessWhere Do We Go From Here?Welcome to How to Save Your Vacation Rental, a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach you how to solve your business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this episode, we take a look back at the season and provide our 'super-takeaways' from this journey through community-based advocacy. Our voices from around the industry also share their thoughts and ideas for the future of professional vacation rental businesses. This episode is brought to you by TRACK powered by TravelNet Solutions, providing integrated solu...
2020-12-0858 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessBig IdeasWelcome to How to Save Your Vacation Rental, a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach you how to solve your business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this episode, we explore big ideas driving advocacy and the industry forward. We dive into regulation, taxation, OTAs, and antis. Dana also walks us through her new licensing initiative in Denver and her process for coming up with big ideas. This episode is brought to you by TRACK powered by TravelNet Solutions, providing integrated solut...
2020-12-0155 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessWhen It All Goes WrongWelcome to How to Save Your Vacation Rental, a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach you how to solve your business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this episode, we share some harsh realities you'll face in vacation rental advocacy. Together with voices from around the industry, we'll also take a look at the way forward when faced with this kind of adversity. This episode is brought to you by TRACK powered by TravelNet Solutions, providing integrated solutions to transform the way v...
2020-11-2455 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessTell Your StoryWelcome to How to Save Your Vacation Rental, a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach you how to solve your business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this episode, you'll get an absolute masterclass on how to work with the media from Dana's secret weapon: Alex Lawson of Social Security Works. Dana, Alex and more industry voices also explore how telling your story can go beyond the media and have a direct effect on your relationships with government and community groups. This...
2020-11-1045 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessWe need to talkWelcome to How to Save Your Vacation Rental, a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach you how to solve your business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this episode, you'll learn the critical importance of host group communications to the advocacy effort and the challenges we all face in bettering them. You'll learn how to improve existing efforts, and how emerging virtual community platforms fit into the Covid-19 age and beyond. This episode is brought to you by TRACK powered by Travel...
2020-11-0357 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessMoneyWelcome to How to Save Your Vacation Rental, a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach you how to solve your business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this episode Dana accepts a challenge from Matt to put Mile High Hosts on firm financial footing. Together, they explore key ideas around generating revenue that host groups need for community and advocacy efforts. This episode is brought to you by TRACK powered by TravelNet Solutions, providing integrated solutions to transform the way vacation ren...
2020-10-2737 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessThe Big DayWelcome to How to Save Your Vacation Rental, a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach you how to solve your business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this episode, you'll learn step by step how Dana and her group created the Good Neighbor Summit and learn why a similar event could be critical for your community building and advocacy efforts. You'll also hear from voices around the industry that have bootstrapped their own events and conferences. This episode is brought to you...
2020-10-2049 min
Unlocked by Matt LandauOur Wakeup Call with Dana LubnerIn this special edition of Unlocked, we're airing the first episode of the How to Save Your Vacation Rental Business podcast and kicking it off with an exclusive intro from Matt and Dana. This new podcast is produced by VRMB Communities, hosted by Dana and something Matt's been passionate about for sometime, now. Vacation rental professionals can no longer afford to ignore community based advocacy. In this episode you'll meet Dana and hear from voices around the industry about the scope of the problem and how the pandemic has made regulation an even more volatile issue. We'll exp...
2020-10-1459 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessGo TogetherWelcome to How to Save Your Vacation Rental, a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach you how to solve your business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this episode, you'll hear why we go farther when we go together. You'll also learn key steps and techniques for starting and running a sustainable host group and how to build relationships once you've got it going. This episode is brought to you by TRACK powered by TravelNet Solutions, providing integrated solutions to transform the...
2020-10-1349 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessJourney into AdvocacyWelcome to How to Save Your Vacation Rental, a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach you how to solve your business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this episode, you'll hear how Dana got into advocacy, and how she's been able to take it farther than she ever thought possible. As we explore Dana's journey, we'll hear from industry voices that ended up on similar paths despite starting from radically different backgrounds. You'll learn how to start your own journey or inspire others to st...
2020-10-0644 minHow to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessThe Wake-up CallWelcome to How to Save Your Vacation Rental, a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach you how to solve your business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this Episode, The Wake-up Call, you’ll meet Dana and hear from voices around the industry about the scope of the problem and how the pandemic has made regulation an even more volatile issue. We’ll explore the concept of advocacy and community and hear four key takeaways that are critical for your business right now. Th...
2020-09-2955 min
Vacation Rental SuccessVRS355 - A Short-Term Rental Advocacy Masterclass with Dana LubnerGet access to the best education for your short-term rental business! Enrol in The Vacation Rental Formula Business School today and start seeing results tomorrow. Discover more about the VRF B-School: https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/business-school/ Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here: http://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS355
2020-09-1649 min
How to Save Your Vacation Rental BusinessNew Podcast Series To Address Vacation Rental Industry’s Greatest Threat‘How To Save Your Vacation Rental Business’ is a 10-part educational podcast series hosted by vacation rental advocate Dana Lubner that will teach vacation rental managers how to solve their business’ greatest looming threat -- unfair regulation -- from the ground up. In this teaser clip, meet Dana, say hello to Matt, and get a listen to some of the industry voices that will be helping us explore just how to save your vacation rental business. This show would not be possible without our sponsor, TRACK Hospitality Software powered by TravelNet Solutions. “As a supporte...
2020-08-2604 min
Unlocked by Matt LandauDana Lubner of Effortless RentalsIn Dana's relatively short time in the vacation rental industry, she has emerged as an advocate and leader for responsible, professional rentals in a tough market. By pioneering 'The Good Neighbor Summit' in Denver, Dana learned how getting public and private stakeholders together can change the narrative about the industry and generate positive press. In our first season 5 episode, she sits down with Matt remotely to talk about the summit and what it has meant for her business, as well as dogs, quarantine zoom dance parties and what the future holds. Please visit our sponsors, whi...
2020-05-2055 min