Alexa Nota

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.

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  Lessons from the Auto Industry’s History Provide a Road Map for Regulatory Success in Short-Term Rentals

  Growing up, we assumed the automobile has always been considered as American as apple pie. Then we...

  Alexa Nota March 3, 2021
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  Customer Service for Vacation Rental Professionals

  Unlocking Travel for All: How VillaKey is Making Vacations Accessible for Families with Autism

  “I got an opportunity just a couple weeks ago to spend some time with one of our...

  Alexa Nota March 6, 2019
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  Industry News for Vacation Rental Managers

  Embracing the end-to-end guest experience: How Leslie Preston built Bachcare, New Zealand’s largest property management company

  In 2003, Leslie Preston bought a vacation rental home in Hahei, New Zealand, a small beach community...

  Alexa Nota March 4, 2019
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  Carrying the Torch: 5 Generations of Vacation Rental Hospitality

  When Walt Plimpton was 10 years old, his job was to tow a little red wagon from...

  Alexa Nota March 1, 2019
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  The Opportunities In Between: Capturing the Niche Markets Others Don’t

  There’s an old Irish blessing that goes, “May the holes in your net be no larger than...

  Alexa Nota February 27, 2019
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  Industry News for Vacation Rental Managers

  Niche Vacation Rental Listing Sites

  As a landslide of new technology and OTA expansion barrels down the slopes of the vacation rental...

  Alexa Nota February 27, 2019
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  Industry News for Vacation Rental Managers

  Coming to a City near You: As vacation rentals grow in popularity, so do the regulations to stop them

  The 2018 legislation season brought the vacation rental industry some high highs, low lows, and everything in...

  Alexa Nota February 20, 2019
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  In the Eye of the Storm: Lessons Learned in the Wake of Hurricanes Florence, Michael, and Others

  Hurricane Florence Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, on Friday, September 14, then inched its...

  Alexa Nota February 18, 2019
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  Podcast Roundup: VRMs Light Up the Airwaves with Direct Booking Discussions

  Although the Second Annual #BookDirect Guest Education Day is winding to a close, vacation rental managers, homeowners,...

  Alexa Nota February 6, 2019
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  UK Agency Addresses Misleading OTA Sales Tactics

  Updated February 6, 2019 with statements from Expedia and Booking.com. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)...

  Alexa Nota February 6, 2019
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  Property Managers Discuss Their OTA Distribution Strategies

  Strategic distribution has become one of the hottest topics in the vacation rental industry. As the speed...

  Alexa Nota February 4, 2019
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  How Hotels Push Direct Bookings and Seek OTA Independence

  As property managers and homeowners rally to promote direct bookings and build OTA independence, so too are...

  Alexa Nota January 30, 2019
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  Exceptional Stays Drives Direct Bookings with the Human Touch

  “OTA independence is essential to our business strategy,” said Christina Casas, founder and CEO of Exceptional Stays....

  Alexa Nota January 29, 2019
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  Drop the Mic: A look behind the scenes with VRM podcasters Sarah Bradford and Tim Cafferty

  Over the past year and a half, Sarah Bradford and Tim Cafferty have become household names in...

  Alexa Nota January 28, 2019
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  Industry News for Vacation Rental Managers

  Vacation Rental Competition Show Comes to Netflix

  Netflix users in the US can add another vacation rental reality series to their watch list: “Instant...

  Alexa Nota January 18, 2019
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  Emerald Coast by Owner Acquires DestinFlorida.com, Expands Direct Booking Effort

  Emerald Coast by Owner (ECBYO.com) announced yesterday that it has acquired regional site DestinFlorida.com in an equity...

  Alexa Nota January 17, 2019
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  New Orleans City Council Advances Vacation Rental Ban

  Earlier today, the New Orleans city council voted unanimously to advance a proposed ordinance to restrict short-term...

  Alexa Nota January 10, 2019
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  New Orleans Council Set to Step Toward Vacation Rental Ban

  Last month, New Orleans city councilmember Kristin Gisleson Palmer released her proposal to ban non owner-occupied short-term rentals...

  Alexa Nota January 9, 2019
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  Property Manager The Redwoods In Yosemite Helps Keep National Park Clean During Government Shutdown

  As the US government nears a record shutdown, the National Park Service is among the agencies that...

  Alexa Nota January 8, 2019
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  NWVRP Launches CaliStays.com to Promote Direct Booking

  The Northwest Vacation Rental Professionals (NWVRP) announced this week it has launched a new regional listing site:...

  Alexa Nota January 7, 2019
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  Topsail Realty Vacations Acquires Blue Water Realty, OceanBreeze Properties and becomes Carolina Retreats

  Topsail Realty Vacations announced this week it has acquired Blue Water Realty and OceanBreeze Properties, both of...

  Alexa Nota January 4, 2019
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  Airbnb and HomeAway Win Preliminary Injunction Against New York City Law

  A federal judge awarded Airbnb and HomeAway today with a preliminary injunction to stop a New York...

  Alexa Nota January 3, 2019
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  Unlocking Travel for All: How VillaKey is Making Vacations Accessible for Families with Autism

  “I got an opportunity just a couple weeks ago to spend some time with one of our...

  Alexa Nota January 1, 2019
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  Agoda Outside Publishes Vacation Rental Handbook

  Agoda Outside recently released At Home Around the World: The Short-Term Rentals Handbook for Guests, Hosts, Neighbors and...

  Alexa Nota December 27, 2018