Behind the Stays
A podcast by Zach Busekrus
301 Episodes
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How to Build the Marriott of Vacation Rentals — Meet the Founders of The 100 Collection
Published: 4/11/2023 -
How (and Why) He Bought a Roadside Attraction and Transformed it Into a Hospitality Experience
Published: 4/7/2023 -
Budgeting for Your A-Frame Airbnb Build: Tips from The Back Country A-Frame Creator
Published: 4/4/2023 -
Why The Hospitality Industry Needs More Entrepreneurs — Strategies, Ideas, and Musings with Andrew Kitchell
Published: 3/31/2023 -
They Left NYC’s Fashion Industry to Build the Next Great Hospitality Brand — Meet the Creators of Casa Nevana
Published: 3/28/2023 -
What Airbnb Hosts Can Learn from an Ex-Hotelier About the Future of Hospitality — Wil Slickers, Hospitality FM
Published: 3/21/2023 -
How ”Rich Dad, Poor Dad” and Twitter Help Him Build a Portfolio of Airbnbs Remotely
Published: 3/14/2023 -
He’s Building the Ritz-Carlton of Short-Term Rentals — Meet Jonah Hanig, Founder of Rove
Published: 3/7/2023 -
Marketing Mondays: 10 Creative(ish) Email Marketing A/B Test Ideas for Airbnb Hosts
Published: 3/6/2023 -
How to Get The Industry’s Best Discounts on Everything You Need for Your Short-Term Rental Business
Published: 3/3/2023 -
He Spent $500k Building a Massive Airbnb Container Home — Meet The Pacific Bin by Devon Loerop
Published: 2/28/2023 -
How WeWork, Jimmy Kimmel, and Instagram Helped Him Build DEN Outdoors
Published: 2/24/2023 -
How Teslas and Levi Kelly Helped Them Build an Unforgettable Airbnb in Southern California
Published: 2/21/2023 -
Marketing Mondays: SEO Hacks for Airbnb Hosts: How to (Quickly) Increase Your Airbnb’s Ranking on Google
Published: 2/20/2023 -
How He Went from 0 to 500 Vacation Rentals in 5 Years
Published: 2/15/2023 -
Marketing Mondays: Why You Need a Website for Your Airbnb — Even if You Don’t Have a Direct Booking Site.
Published: 2/13/2023 -
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 -
How to Design an A-Frame on a Budget (That Still Gets Featured by HGTV)
Published: 2/7/2023 -
Marketing Mondays: How to Best Leverage Influencers to Promote Your Airbnb (The Do’s and Don’ts)
Published: 2/6/2023 -
How They Found, Bought, and Renovated an A-Frame in North Carolina for $250k
Published: 2/3/2023
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!