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Alexa Nota is the co-founder and COO of Rent Responsibly. A journalist and marketer by trade, Alexa has served in many roles in the industry, including marketing director for a property management companies on North Carolina’s Outer Banks and Telluride, CO. She also served as vice president of VRM Intel where she reported on STR regulations around the country. Here she realized the need and passion for engaged local alliances and associations in order to create fair regulations and a secure home for vacation rentals in every destination's tourism economy. Together with David Krauss in 2019, she co-founded Rent Responsibly, a community-building and education platform for local vacation rental alliances. Learn more at RentResponsibly.org.

Hawaii County Passes Strict Short-Term Rental Limits

Last week, the Hawaii County council voted 6–1 to pass short-term rental regulation Bill 108, which blocks new non-owner-occupied short-term rentals, limits where they can operate,...

Vacasa Adds Multifamily and Community Association Management Programs

As Vacasa snaps up property management companies, it’s also creating an ecosystem of secondary service offerings that have come with the acquisitions, most recently...

How Georgia Mountain Cabin Rentals Founder Paul Gribble is Raising the Bar for the Mountains that Raised Him   

The phrase “born and raised” becomes less passive and more active and ongoing for Paul Gribble. Though he was born and raised in the...

HomeAway Announces Virtual Tour Pilot

Last week, HomeAway announced its release of virtual tours for vacation rentals listed on HomeAway and VRBO. Currently being piloted in select markets, the...

DC Council Unanimously Approves Short-Term Rental Bill in Final Vote

The DC city council voted unanimously yesterday to approve a short-term rental bill that limits non-owner occupied rentals to primary residences only and caps them at a maximum...

VR Companies Make Phocuswright’s Hot Startups List

On Monday, Phocuswright released its Hot 25 Startups list for 2019. Created in partnership with Voyager HQ, a club that connects travel startup founders,...

Florida Panhandle Still Struggling One Month After Hurricane Michael

A month after Hurricane Michael made landfall over the Florida Panhandle as one of the strongest storms to hit the US, those left in...
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Vacation Rental Industry Loses Ballot Initiatives Around the Country

On Tuesday, residents in several municipalities cast their votes for or against local short-term rental ballot measures. In South Lake Tahoe and Pacific Grove,...

TurnKey Vacation Rentals Appoints Chris Elam as VP of Guest Experience

TurnKey Vacation Rentals announced today that it has appointed Chris Elam as vice president of guest experience. Elam was previously the vice president of...

Common Threads: How Starr Textile Services’ Ties to the Vacation Rental Industry Helped It Knit Success 

If any company can find opportunities amid challenging circumstances, it’s Starr Textile Services. In 2004, Meyer Vacation Rentals in Gulf Shores, Alabama, was quickly outgrowing the only local...

San Antonio Passes Short-Term Rental Ordinance

On November 1, the San Antonio city council voted 8 – 2 to pass regulations on short-term rentals in the city. The ordinance went...

Baltimore Set to Ban New Short-Term Rentals

Baltimore city council is likely to issue final approval of a short-term rental ordinance to ban new short-term rentals. Bill 18-0189 limits licenses for...

San Diego City Council Rescinds Short-Term Rental Ordinance

San Diego city council voted 8 – 1 today to rescind the short-term rental ordinance passed in July that banned second-home rentals in the...

LiveRez CEO Tracy Lotz Wins Idaho Innovator of the Year Award

Last week, LiveRez CEO Tracy Lotz received the 2018 innovator of the year award from the Idaho Innovation Awards. The award recognizes Idaho professionals who...
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What Recent Hotel Industry Numbers Mean for Vacation Rentals

At Triptease’s Direct Booking Summit for the hotel industry in early October, Isaac Collazo, vice president of competitive intelligence at IHG, shared several largely...

DC Council Delays Final Vote on Short-Term Rental Bill

The DC council moved yesterday to delay its second reading and final vote on a short-term rental bill that includes a ban of second-home...

Hawaii County Advances Short-Term Rental Bill

The Hawaii County council planning committee voted 6–1 in favor of advancing short-term rental regulation Bill 108 to two final council votes. If passed...

Northwest Vacation Rental Professionals Launch NorthwestStays.com

Northwest Vacation Rental Professionals (NWVRP) has partnered with Fetch My Guest to launch NorthwestStays.com, a vacation rental marketplace for NWVRP's 56 member companies to...

Las Vegas Planning Commission Sends Short-Term Rental Ban to City Council

The Las Vegas city planning commission voted 4-3 Tuesday night to approve a ban of short-term rentals. The proposal will now head to the city...

DC Second-Home Rental Ban Passes First Vote Unanimously

Update 10/16/18 at 2:20 p.m.: The bill's second reading and final vote were deferred to the legislative meeting on November 13 at 11 a.m. All...

Are Hotels Obsessed with Direct Bookings?

Hoteliers are debating the amount of focus that should be given to direct bookings. Recent PhocusWire articles, written by reporter Lisa Fox and Duetto's Patrick...
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IHG Reports Strong Hotel Industry Numbers and Outlook

“We are in the best demand market of our lifetimes,” said Isaac Collazo, vice president of competitive intelligence at IHG. Collazo presented hotel industry trends,...

D.C. Council to Vote on Second-Home Rental Ban

On October 2, the Washington, DC council will conduct a first reading and vote on a revised short-term rental bill that eases some restrictions...

HomeAway and Expedia Group Presidents Predict Next 10 Years of Travel and Tech

In a fireside chat at HomeAway’s Rezfest yesterday, HomeAway president John Kim and Expedia Group brand president Aman Bhutani discussed what they see coming in...

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