Alexa Nota comes from a 10-year marketing and journalism background in travel, including three years as a vacation rental marketing manager in NC’s Outer Banks. She is also the co-founder and editor of a travel wellness magazine and the marketing consultant and founder of Canary Design. She currently calls Chapel Hill, NC home.
Here are my most recent posts
“I got an opportunity just a couple weeks ago to spend some time with one of our...
In 2003, Leslie Preston bought a vacation rental home in Hahei, New Zealand, a small beach community...
When Walt Plimpton was 10 years old, his job was to tow a little red wagon from...
There’s an old Irish blessing that goes, “May the holes in your net be no larger than...
As a landslide of new technology and OTA expansion barrels down the slopes of the vacation rental...
The 2018 legislation season brought the vacation rental industry some high highs, low lows, and everything in...
Hurricane Florence Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, on Friday, September 14, then inched its...
Although the Second Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day is winding to a close, vacation rental managers, homeowners,...
Updated February 6, 2019 with statements from Expedia and Booking.com. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)...
Strategic distribution has become one of the hottest topics in the vacation rental industry. As the speed...
As property managers and homeowners rally to promote direct bookings and build OTA independence, so too are...
“OTA independence is essential to our business strategy,” said Christina Casas, founder and CEO of Exceptional Stays....
Over the past year and a half, Sarah Bradford and Tim Cafferty have become household names in...
Netflix users in the US can add another vacation rental reality series to their watch list: “Instant...
Emerald Coast by Owner (ECBYO.com) announced yesterday that it has acquired regional site DestinFlorida.com in an equity...
Earlier today, the New Orleans city council voted unanimously to advance a proposed ordinance to restrict short-term...
Last month, New Orleans city councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer released her proposal to ban non owner-occupied short-term rentals...
As the US government nears a record shutdown, the National Park Service is among the agencies that...
The Northwest Vacation Rental Professionals (NWVRP) announced this week it has launched a new regional listing site:...
Topsail Realty Vacations announced this week it has acquired Blue Water Realty and OceanBreeze Properties, both of...
A federal judge awarded Airbnb and HomeAway today with a preliminary injunction to stop a New York...
Agoda Outside recently released At Home Around the World: The Short-Term Rentals Handbook for Guests, Hosts, Neighbors and...
Yesterday, Massachusetts lawmakers agreed on amendments to Bill H.4841 regulating short-term rentals throughout the state. If signed...
Update 12/24/18: El Dorado County superior court judge Thomas A. Smith issued a temporary restraining order to prohibit...
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