Host Nation

A wonderful conversation with Louise Warren from Mt Hay Retreat. This covers all the 'how and why' of running a holiday property successfully. Louise touches on her award wins, her gems across surprising her guests across their stays and we chat about the importance of brand voice and AI moving forward.

Michelle Bishop from Bangalay Villas and Restaurant in the coastal town of Shoalhaven Heads shares her journey as an unexpected host from concept to a successful business within our tourism space. Sharing tips and information across the business model, its a great episode and sharing the lessons along the way.

Join us to hear all the great information Felicity Stevens has on her journey as a sustainable host, the knowledge she has across this has made her an expert in the particular area of hosting. Its a great episode with so much information on the whys and hows of sustainability hosting.

A wonderful episode chatting with Jodie Odlin. A host, storyteller and the founder of The Global Hospitality Collective, a community to boost standards in hosting. This grew out of the Hospitable Hosts book project, now into its fifth edition as she was fascinated by the stories behind the hosts. She herself hosts 15 properties in the England’s Cotswolds where she was based for many years, and now...

An interesting and important episode for every host with leading expert in Australiasia, Eacham Curry from Expedia. We go from state to state with mentions of New Zealand and how regulations are managed across each region. With regulations and codes of conduct being a hot topic, this episode is packed with the latest updates and importantly, how to be a voice across this important part of your bus...

Such an interesting episode with Karly from Wandering Escapes. A high end property management business for holiday homes, Karly also works as a consultant in the setup and design of a property before handing it back to the owner, ready to run with success.

As Australia’s representative on the international Airbnb Host Board, Geoff Gedge trouble shoots issues on all hosts’ behalf. In today’s podcast we talk to Geoff about how he makes co-hosting work, what may happen with the fallout from rising fuel costs and working with his new best friend, Claude the AI bot. Suggested replySend feedback

We wanted to introduce ourselves. How we got to a place of starting this podcast and community and our work background that led us to this point. We look forward to hearing from you with ideas and education topics for us to focus on.

A fabulous episode with property owner of the stunning Acre of Roses in Trentham, Victoria. Sandy McKinlay shares her story on how she has had to pivot her business model across hosting and how utilising her marketing skills has found success. So many great tips and ideas across wellness, intimate events and branding that any host will find valuable.

A wonderful chat with Bede Hunt and Rob Glenn from Supercalla Private Properties. They began as hosts to one property on the NSW South Coast which has now grown into a successful award winning property management business.