301 Episodes

  1. Hot Takes on Hospitality, New Ideas for STR Entrepreneurs, and The Founding Story of Behind the Stays

    Published: 6/16/2023
  2. She Worked in PR for The Ritz, St. Regis, and Le Méridien — Now She’s Building Her Own Luxury STR Brand

    Published: 6/13/2023
  3. Housekeeping: Exciting Updates from Sponstayneous and Behind the Stays

    Published: 6/9/2023
  4. Why Airbnb Hosts Should Invest Way More in Design — Hot Takes with Hans Lorei

    Published: 6/6/2023
  5. The Story of The Vermont A-Frame: Thoughts on Unique Stays, the Covid Boom, and Properly Leveraging Influencers

    Published: 6/2/2023
  6. How to Make Your Airbnb Go Viral on Social Media

    Published: 5/30/2023
  7. How to Validate Your Idea Before Building an Experiential Hospitality Company

    Published: 5/26/2023
  8. How to Market Your Short-Term Rental Portfolio in 2023

    Published: 5/24/2023
  9. How He Acquired, Designed, and Developed Over 200 Airbnbs in Portland, Oregon — Meet Hayden Laverty

    Published: 5/19/2023
  10. How Much Money Can You Actually Make with Short-Term Rentals?

    Published: 5/18/2023
  11. How to Keep Guests Coming Back — A Conversation on Loyalty Programs, Guest Experience, and Hospitality Branding with Robin Craigen

    Published: 5/16/2023
  12. The Current State of Short-Term Rentals — Insights from 150+ Owners and Operators

    Published: 5/10/2023
  13. How (and Why) He’s Building a Curated Collection of Elevated Cabin Communities — Meet Eric Moeller of Freewyld

    Published: 5/9/2023
  14. How She Built the Instagram-Famous Cliff House Airbnbs in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge — Meet Amy Dourson

    Published: 5/5/2023
  15. How to Build (Truly) One-of-a-Kind Airbnbs — Meet the Founder of Onera

    Published: 5/2/2023
  16. How She Turned Her Side Hustle into a Thriving Hospitality Brand

    Published: 4/28/2023
  17. The Viral Story Behind the Mystery of the Missing Painting — Breaking News from Amy of All Belong Co.

    Published: 4/27/2023
  18. How to Design the Future of Camping — The Next Frontier for Hospitality Entrepreneurs

    Published: 4/25/2023
  19. How She Restored a Cottage — Once Frequented by the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers — into an Alluring Airbnb

    Published: 4/18/2023
  20. How to Build Better STR Technology — And the Powerful Network Effects of Podcasting

    Published: 4/14/2023

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Welcome to Behind the Stays — a podcast that shares the stories behind your favorite boutique hotels, short-term rentals, and hospitality brands and the hosts, operators, and entrepreneurs who’ve brought them to life. Every Tuesday and Friday you’ll meet the military veterans, retired flight attendants, tech entrepreneurs, school teachers, single moms, hoteliers, and real estate investors who are all, in their unique ways, shaping the future of travel and hospitality. Discover how these visionaries — from all over the world — have built stunning landscape hotels in the mountains, designed bohemian bungalows on the beach, erected eclectic off-grid and nature-immersed escapes, and so much more. Behind the Stays is brought to you by Journey — a first-of-its-kind loyalty program that brings together an alliance of the world’s top independently owned and operated stays and allows travelers to earn points and perks on boutique hotels, vacation rentals, treehouses, ski chalets, glamping experiences and so much more. And I’m your host, Zach Busekrus, Head of the Journey Alliance. Alright friends, enjoy the show!