Behind the Stays

This episode is brought to you by StayFi!  StayFi makes it easy to collect data from and market to every single person staying in your short-term rental. StayFi lets you create a custom branded WiFi splash page similar to what you might experience when logging onto the WiFi network at your favorite coffee shop.  This means you can collect the name, email address, and phone number  from every guest...

This episode is brought to you by StayFi!  StayFi makes it easy to collect data from and market to every single person staying in your short-term rental. StayFi lets you create a custom branded WiFi splash page similar to what you might experience when logging onto the WiFi network at your favorite coffee shop.  This means you can collect the name, email address, and phone number  from every guest...

This episode is a special one!  Wil Slickers from Slick Talk invited our host, Zach Busekrus, to come and share his story on Wil's top-rated hospitality podcast.  Enjoy this rebroadcasted episode!  Be sure to subscribe to Wil's show here or wherever you get your podcast.  Behind the Stays is brought to you by Sponstayneous — a carefully-curated newsletter that sends subscribers 150 of the best las...

This episode is brought to you by StayFi!  StayFi makes it easy to collect data from and market to every single person staying in your short-term rental. StayFi lets you create a custom branded WiFi splash page similar to what you might experience when logging onto the WiFi network at your favorite coffee shop.  This means you can collect the name, email address, and phone number  from every guest...

So there’s been a LOT happening over the last couple of months and I wanted to give you all a quick update on some exciting happenings at Sponstayneous and Behind the Stays... Say hi to Minoan Sign up for Minoan Subscribe to Behind the Stays on YouTube Follow Behind the Stays on Instagram   Say hi to DEN Outdoors Join the Sponstayneous Host Partner Program Subscribe to Sponstayneous  Say hi to Upl...

This episode is brought to you by our friends at  Minoan .  Minoan provides hosts with a one-stop-shop to get hundreds of discounts on the world’s leading brands, and a system where you can manage all of the ordering, tracking, returns, etc. in one place. Saving you time and money!  Create your free account here  and be sure to tell the team that Zach from Behind the Stays sent you there way! Meet...

This episode is brought to you by our friends at  Minoan .  Minoan provides hosts with a one-stop-shop to get hundreds of discounts on the world’s leading brands, and a system where you can manage all of the ordering, tracking, returns, etc. in one place. Saving you time and money!  Create your free account here  and be sure to tell the team that Zach from Behind the Stays sent you there way! Meet...

This episode is brought to you by our friends at Minoan .  Minoan provides hosts with a one-stop-shop to get hundreds of discounts on the world’s leading brands, and a system where you can manage all of the ordering, tracking, returns, etc. in one place. Saving you time and money!  Create your free account here and be sure to tell the team that Zach from Behind the Stays sent you there way! Meet N...

This episode is brought to you by our friends at Minoan .  Minoan provides hosts with a one-stop-shop to get hundreds of discounts on the world’s leading brands, and a system where you can manage all of the ordering, tracking, returns, etc. in one place. Saving you time and money!  Create your free account here and be sure to tell the team that Zach from Behind the Stays sent you there way! About...

Download the full free report  . Oh, and be sure to start your 14-day free trial of Uplisting at  at https://www.uplisting.io/bts-podcast and, once you’ve fallen in love with all that this platform has to offer, get 20% off of your first year of Uplisting when you use the code BTS20 at checkout.  Welcome to Episode 3 of a special 3-part podcast series on The State of the Short-Term Rental Industry...

Meet Hayden Laverty , Founder of CHJ Development , a real-estate developer in Portland, Oregon focused on acquiring, designing, and constructing the city’s most significant short-term-rental residences. Hayden learned pretty early on in life that he wasn’t cut out for the traditional 9 - 5. After working at two internships during his junior and senior years of college at Intel and Price Water Coop...

Download the full free report  . Oh, and be sure to start your 14-day free trial of Uplisting at  at https://www.uplisting.io/bts-podcast and, once you’ve fallen in love with all that this platform has to offer, get 20% off of your first year of Uplisting when you use the code BTS20 at checkout.  Welcome to Episode 2 of a special 3-part podcast series on The State of the Short-Term Rental Industry...

Meet Robin Craigen, Co-Founder and CEO of Moving Mountains —a luxury collection of lodging properties in Steamboat Springs, Beaver Creek, Vail, and Breckenridge, Colorado. Robin began his hospitality entrepreneurship journey alongside his wife Heather at sea. Yes, you heard that right, the Craigens ran a luxury yacht charter business around the British Virgin Islands. And while sailing the stunnin...

Download the full free report  . Oh, and be sure to start your 14-day free trial of Uplisting at  at https://www.uplisting.io/bts-podcast and, once you’ve fallen in love with all that this platform has to offer, get 20% off of your first year of Uplisting when you use the code BTS20 at checkout.  Welcome to a special 3-part podcast series on The State of the Short-Term Rental Industry brought to y...

Meer Eric Moeller, Founder + CEO of Freewyld — a curated collection of properties designed to inspire awe and bring people together launching this summer in Idyllwild, California. Eric is no stranger to hospitality entrepreneurship. He is the co-founder of Overnight Success which is the engine behind short-term rental educational brands like Legends X 90-Day STR Accelerator, STR Legends Mastermind...

Meet Amy Dourson from Red River Gorgeous , a collection of unique cabins, treehouses, and instagram-famous cliff houses in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge.  Growing up,  Amy wanted to be a doctor.  So, she spent a lot of her time studying as she was determined to go to medical school. But, after a series of adventurous and serendipitous events, Amy fell in love with carpentry and decided to exchange he...

Meet Ben Wolff — Founder and Creator of Onera — a truly one-of-a-kind collection of unique escapes in the Texas Hill Country.  Ben is no stranger to hospitality entrepreneurship. Prior to starting Onera, Ben founded and grew ProTripper, a property management services platform, and Blink Hospitality, a data-driven, vacation rental company with hundreds of properties across the US.  But then somethi...

Meet Chelsea Dunckley  — the Founder of Digs Co , a hospitality company that specializes in creating elevated vacation rentals in Central Washington and the Greater Phoenix area.  Chelsea and her husband Luke have always loved real estate.  After getting married, you’d often find the couple working on nights and weekends flipping homes while discussing the latest trends in design, real estate, and...

In this special episode, Zach sits down with Amy from Allbelongco to discuss the viral story behind her missing painting.  One of Amy's recent Airbnb guests stole a painting and then REPLACED it with one of his own.  Amy posted about this on Instagram and TikTok...and it went viral! Tune into the riveting, somewhat unbelievable story behind this mystery unfolding (in real time) in Lynchburg, Virgi...

Meet Jacob Halverson , the General Manager of Mendocino Grove — a luxury glamping resort on 32 wooded acres in Mendocino County, California.  After studying hospitality management at Lakeland University, Jacob started his career as a front desk manager at Custer State Park Resort in South Dakota. Since then, he’s helped launch luxury boutique hotels, started his own hospitality consultancy, and, c...

Meet Jenny Power, the creator of  The Cornerstone Cottage, a carefully restored historic home near Acadia National Park in Lamoine, Maine.  Jenny wasn’t looking for a vacation rental — and while she enjoys hosting at her home in Houston, Texas the idea of becoming a short-term-rental host wasn’t remotely on her mind. Jenny’s family are long-time Mainers and she grew up spending lots of time in The...

Meet John Stokinger — Co-Host of the No BS Short-Term Rental Podcast and the Director of Sales at Direct, a SaaS platform for short-term rental property and reservation management. In this wide-ranging conversation, John and I talk about his time at the popular start-up, Hopper, how to build better technology platforms for short-term rental hosts, the pros and cons of industry events, and the powe...

Meet Travis Wilburn and Rebecca Lombardo — the founders of The 100 Collection , a curation of the best properties from trusted vacation rental brands on a mission to set the gold standard for hospitality. Travis has built and run companies in travel and hospitality for well over a decade. His working knowledge spans every level of his organizations, from operations to business development, to main...

In just a moment you’ll meet Doug Heestand, the owner of the Desert of Maine, a unique and intriguing roadside attraction located in Freeport, Maine.  In this podcast interview, Doug shares his journey of transforming the Desert of Maine from a simple tourist attraction to a thriving hospitality company. We explore the origins of the Desert of Maine, its unique geological features, and the challen...

Meet Janice Stitzer, the creator of The Back Country A-Frame in Kremmling, Colorado.  One afternoon Janice was flipping through a Dwell magazine when she stumbled upon a piece about a new start-up called DEN , which was selling plans for some of the most beautiful cabins she had ever seen.   Janice was so impressed by the gorgeous  DEN designs, particularly their designs for A-Frames, that right t...