Behind the Stays
A podcast by Zach Busekrus
301 Episodes
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How They’re Building Canada’s Premier Luxury Treehouse Company
Published: 11/1/2022 -
How to Inspire the Next Generation of Real Estate Investors — Meet Ali Nichols, Co-Founder of Getaway
Published: 10/25/2022 -
How a Single Mom Built One of Vermont’s Most Popular Airbnbs — The Story of the Stone City Treehouse
Published: 10/21/2022 -
The Top Airbnb Secrets and Strategies from a Former Airbnb Employee
Published: 10/18/2022 -
Hot Takes on the Future of Travel and Hospitality with Nate Ritter, Co-Founder of Room Steals
Published: 10/11/2022 -
How to Go from Zero to One as an STR Entrepreneur
Published: 10/5/2022 -
How to Make Your Airbnb Instaworthy — Ideas from an Award-Winning STR Photographer
Published: 9/30/2022 -
How He Discovered, Bought, and Scaled an RV Membership Program — Meet Joel Holland, CEO of Harvest Hosts
Published: 9/27/2022 -
She Bought a Bank in the Ozarks and Transformed it into an Airbnb — How Tyann Marcink Builds Regional Vacation Rental Brands.
Published: 9/20/2022 -
He Dreamed of Being a Pilot, But Was Destined to be an Entrepreneur — Meet Marcus Rader, Founder of Hostaway
Published: 9/16/2022 -
How to Transform Your Airbnb into a Native Shopping Experience
Published: 9/13/2022 -
How to Create a Unique Story and Brand for Your Airbnb
Published: 9/9/2022 -
He Won “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” in Ireland at Age 13. Today, He’s Building Uplisting — A Leading Short-Term Rental Software Company.
Published: 9/7/2022 -
How to Build an Independent Vacation Rental Brand — Musings from Arthur Colker, Founder of StayFi
Published: 8/30/2022 -
He Sold His Cannabis Dispensary to Become an STR Entrepreneur — Meet Jason Neil
Published: 8/24/2022 -
Meet Chad Ludeman — The Engineer Turned Entrepreneur Building Design-Driven Hotels and STRs
Published: 8/17/2022 -
How to Build a Bespoke Hotel Brand and Management Company in 2022
Published: 8/9/2022 -
How to Market Your Airbnb Like a Pro
Published: 8/3/2022 -
How to Build a Short-Term Rental Business — And Also Change the World.
Published: 7/26/2022 -
How to Upsell Amenities at Your Airbnb — Ideas from Madison Rifkin, Founder of Mount
Published: 7/19/2022
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!