301 Episodes

  1. How a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Inspired Her to Build a Collection of Airbnb Cabins in Colorado

    Published: 1/31/2023
  2. How to Design Truly Unforgettable Airbnbs That Attract International Attention — The Story of Evergreen Cabins

    Published: 1/27/2023
  3. How to Use Universal Design Concepts to Build an Accessible Airbnb — The Story of the Havarti Haus

    Published: 1/24/2023
  4. How to Generate Millions of Views of Your Airbnb on YouTube — Meet Mike Iannetta

    Published: 1/20/2023
  5. How to Verticalize the $100 Billion Short-Term Rental Industry — A Chat with the Founder and CEO of Wander

    Published: 1/17/2023
  6. They Booked an A-Frame They Follow on Instagram — And It Inspired Them to Build Their Own.

    Published: 1/13/2023
  7. How to Build an Off-Grid Airbnb and a Unique Hospitality Brand — The Story of the Ely Cabin Collective

    Published: 1/10/2023
  8. 3 Guys, 2 Acres, 1 Bar, and No Builder — This is The Story of The Chal-A Vermont.

    Published: 1/6/2023
  9. How a Flower Farmer Built Vermont’s Most Wish-Listed Airbnb — The Story of The Tanglebloom Cabin

    Published: 1/3/2023
  10. Confessions of a 25-Year-Old Real Estate Investor and Internet Entrepreneur — Meet Connor Gross

    Published: 12/27/2022
  11. Why Building Your Network as a Hospitality Entrepreneur is So Critical

    Published: 12/20/2022
  12. How an Instagram Post Landed Their Airbnb in Vogue — Meet the Creators of The Kingdom A-Frame

    Published: 12/13/2022
  13. How to Increase Your Airbnb’s Ranking on Google (And Other Musings on Direct Booking Strategies)

    Published: 12/6/2022
  14. How She Built an Insta-Famous Airbnb — The Story Behind the Cozy Rock Cabin.

    Published: 11/29/2022
  15. She Left Her Law Career to Become a Hospitality Entrepreneur — Meet the Creator of Field and Lake

    Published: 11/22/2022
  16. How to Grow Your Airbnb’s Instagram Following — Ideas from Ethan Abitz

    Published: 11/18/2022
  17. They Were Told They’d NEVER Find the Piece of Real Estate They Were Looking For — Here’s the Miraculous Story of How They Did.

    Published: 11/15/2022
  18. How STR Hosts Can Prepare for the Future of the Travel Industry — with Jamie Lane from AirDNA

    Published: 11/11/2022
  19. How to Grow a Short-Term Rental Portfolio — Emir Dukic, CEO of Rabbu

    Published: 11/8/2022
  20. How Vacation Rental Managers Can Leverage AI and Machine Learning Like the Big OTAs Do

    Published: 11/3/2022

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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!