301 Episodes

  1. How to Build the Marriott of Vacation Rentals — Meet the Founders of The 100 Collection

    Published: 4/11/2023
  2. How (and Why) He Bought a Roadside Attraction and Transformed it Into a Hospitality Experience

    Published: 4/7/2023
  3. Budgeting for Your A-Frame Airbnb Build: Tips from The Back Country A-Frame Creator

    Published: 4/4/2023
  4. Why The Hospitality Industry Needs More Entrepreneurs — Strategies, Ideas, and Musings with Andrew Kitchell

    Published: 3/31/2023
  5. They Left NYC’s Fashion Industry to Build the Next Great Hospitality Brand — Meet the Creators of Casa Nevana

    Published: 3/28/2023
  6. What Airbnb Hosts Can Learn from an Ex-Hotelier About the Future of Hospitality — Wil Slickers, Hospitality FM

    Published: 3/21/2023
  7. How ”Rich Dad, Poor Dad” and Twitter Help Him Build a Portfolio of Airbnbs Remotely

    Published: 3/14/2023
  8. He’s Building the Ritz-Carlton of Short-Term Rentals — Meet Jonah Hanig, Founder of Rove

    Published: 3/7/2023
  9. Marketing Mondays: 10 Creative(ish) Email Marketing A/B Test Ideas for Airbnb Hosts

    Published: 3/6/2023
  10. How to Get The Industry’s Best Discounts on Everything You Need for Your Short-Term Rental Business

    Published: 3/3/2023
  11. He Spent $500k Building a Massive Airbnb Container Home — Meet The Pacific Bin by Devon Loerop

    Published: 2/28/2023
  12. How WeWork, Jimmy Kimmel, and Instagram Helped Him Build DEN Outdoors

    Published: 2/24/2023
  13. How Teslas and Levi Kelly Helped Them Build an Unforgettable Airbnb in Southern California

    Published: 2/21/2023
  14. Marketing Mondays: SEO Hacks for Airbnb Hosts: How to (Quickly) Increase Your Airbnb’s Ranking on Google

    Published: 2/20/2023
  15. How He Went from 0 to 500 Vacation Rentals in 5 Years

    Published: 2/15/2023
  16. Marketing Mondays: Why You Need a Website for Your Airbnb — Even if You Don’t Have a Direct Booking Site.

    Published: 2/13/2023
  17. How Will Smith’s Son, a Love for Movies, and Dropping Out of College Paved the Way for Levi Kelly to Build an Airbnb Tours YouTube Channel with 80 Millions Views

    Published: 2/10/2023
  18. How to Design an A-Frame on a Budget (That Still Gets Featured by HGTV)

    Published: 2/7/2023
  19. Marketing Mondays: How to Best Leverage Influencers to Promote Your Airbnb (The Do’s and Don’ts)

    Published: 2/6/2023
  20. How They Found, Bought, and Renovated an A-Frame in North Carolina for $250k

    Published: 2/3/2023

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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!