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Alexa Nota

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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.

NOLA Short-Term Rental Study Proposes Severe Restrictions

Following a New Orleans short-term rental study requested by the city council, the city planning commission published the preliminary report and policy recommendations on...

Streamline Summit 2018 Recap

Last week, Streamline Vacation Rental Software hosted 525 property management professionals and forty-one vendors at its fifth annual Streamline Summit at the Westin Kierland...

Industry Professionals Launch Utah Vacation Rental Managers Association

Utah property managers can now join the recently launched Utah Vacation Rental Managers Association (UVRMA). Founded by vacation rental and real estate professional Brad...

Ocean Reef Vacation Rentals Acquires Rivard of South Walton Rentals

Ocean Reef Vacation Rentals & Real Estate acquired majority ownership stake in Rivard of South Walton Rentals, which manages 100 homes in Grayton Beach and...

HomeAway Launches Pet-Friendly Vacation Rental Collection

HomeAway announced Monday it has launched a new collection of pet-friendly homes on HomeAway.com. For bookings made on hmwy.co/pet-travel between now and December 31,...

Florida Gulf Coast Red Tide Stifles Tourism and Vacation Rentals

Red tides are not uncommon in the Gulf of Mexico, but the tide that started last October is one to be reckoned with. Red...

MyVR’s Series A Funding Brings Randy Sparks Back to the Vacation Rental Industry

MyVR’s $6.1 million Series A funding last December is being deployed in part to grow its first sales department, and its first hire brought...
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Vacation Rental Series “Stay Here” Now Streaming on Netflix

The Netflix original series “Stay Here” debuts today, shining a new spotlight on the vacation rental industry. The show features well-known interior designer and...

Re-Recruiting Marketing Strategies for Owner Retention

It costs, on average, seven times more to sign a new customer than it does to retain one, and this stat rings true for...

VR Mastered Boot Camp Comes to Santa Cruz

The VR Mastered Boot Camp returns this fall to bring the educational series to vacation rental owners and property managers. This year’s event will...

Massachusetts Short-Term Rental Bill Hangs in Limbo

At the end of July, Massachusetts lawmakers approved short-term rental regulations that include registration, tax collection, and a state-wide public registry of licensed rentals....

Albuquerque Eyes Short-Term Rental Regulations

Last week, Albuquerque city council sent a bill to the finance and government operations committee to create a task force to explore options for...

Share San Diego, Airbnb, and HomeAway Launch Referendum Fight Against Short-Term Rental Regulations

Airbnb, HomeAway, and advocacy group Share San Diego announced yesterday a referendum petition to overturn the effective ban on second-home short-term rentals in San...

Summit Mountain Rentals Raises $50,000 Through Homeowner Matching Program

Summit Mountain Rentals (SMR) recently hit a $50,000 fundraising milestone through a creative philanthropic tool: a program in which homeowners can contribute a percentage...
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HomeAway Proposes New Orleans Short-Term Rental Policy Amid Industry’s Uncertain Future in the City

Last week HomeAway submitted a short-term rental policy proposal to the city of New Orleans. Its Whole-Home, Whole-Community Policy Solutions proposal follows a measure passed by...

Anatomy of a Vacation Rental Owner Newsletter

In its blog post, “10 Eye-Opening Email Marketing Stats You Need to Know,” Constant Contact estimates that for every $1 spent on email marketing, companies...

Columbus Set to Tax and Regulate Short-Term Rentals

Columbus city council voted 6 – 0 last week to approve an ordinance regulating short-term rentals in the city. Starting January 1, 2019, short-term...

Lino Maldonado, VP of Wyndham Vacation Rentals, Named Chair of VISIT FLORIDA Board of Directors

Lino Maldonado, vice president of operations, growth, and innovation for Wyndham Vacation Rentals North America, has been named the new chair of the 2018-2019 VISIT...

Vacation Rental Listing Site Launches Crowdfunding Campaign Ahead of ICO

This week vacation rental listing site Vacayrx launched a crowdfunding campaign and plans to use the funds to promote an initial coin offering (ICO) later this...

Honolulu Mayor Proposes Short-Term Rental Regulations

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell submitted a bill last week to regulate short-term rentals on Oahu. The proposal would allow owner-occupied bed-and-breakfasts (B&Bs) to operate...

Chicago Increases Short-Term Rental Tax to 6% to Support Victims of Domestic Violence

Chicago city council voted unanimously last week to increase the surcharge on short-term rental transactions from 4 percent to 6 percent. Proposed by Mayor...
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Baltimore Considers Hotel Tax and Other Regulations for Short-Term Rentals

The Baltimore City Council is considering a bill to impose the hotel tax of 9.5 percent on short-term rentals and require hosts to license...

Guesty Appoints Vered Raviv Schwarz as Chief Operating Officer

All-in-one short-term rental software Guesty welcomes Vered Raviv Schwarz as its new chief operating officer to oversee the company’s global operations from its Tel...

San Diego City Council Bans Second-Home Vacation Rentals

In a 6-3 vote Monday night, the San Diego city council adopted short-term rental regulations allowing a host to be issued one short-term residential...

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