301 Episodes

  1. How to Design Highly-Experiential Stays for the Next Generation of Travelers

    Published: 7/13/2022
  2. Is Home Swapping the Future of Travel? Justine Palefsky Thinks So. Meet the Co-Founder of Kindred.

    Published: 7/5/2022
  3. She Designed the First Eco-Luxe Vacation Rental in Hocking Hills in Honor of Her Father — Meet the Creator of The Carpenter’s Cabin

    Published: 6/28/2022
  4. He’s a Serial Entrepreneur And His Latest Venture is an Off-Grid Housing Technology Company — Meet Jeff Wilson, Founder of Jupe

    Published: 6/22/2022
  5. He’s a Doctor by Day, a Twin Girl Dad at Night, and an STR Entrepreneur In-Between

    Published: 6/14/2022
  6. 314,000 People Applied for Airbnb’s Live Anywhere Contest — And They Won. Meet the Family Traveling the World and Living Full-Time on Airbnb.

    Published: 6/7/2022
  7. He’s An Accountant, Artist, and Airbnb Superhost — Meet Isaac French the Creator of Live Oak Lake

    Published: 6/3/2022
  8. He Lost His Job During COVID — So He Watched 200 Hours of YouTube Videos And Then Went All in on STRs (And Twitter)

    Published: 5/31/2022
  9. Why These Mission-Driven Entrepreneurs Built an Airbnb in Virginia Wine Country

    Published: 5/24/2022
  10. How They Used Human-Centered Design to Build a Scandinavian Villa in Asheville

    Published: 5/17/2022
  11. How They Knew It Was Time to Go All In — And Just Get The Lake House

    Published: 5/14/2022
  12. He’s An Actor By Day and Super Airbnb Host by Night — Meet the Creator of Airstream Island

    Published: 4/14/2022
  13. He’s Worked at Fairmont, Sonder, and Airbnb — Now He’s Pioneering The Next Big Thing in Hospitality

    Published: 4/7/2022
  14. They Left It All Behind to Build a Luxury Micro-Resort in Highlands, North Carolina: The Story of Flat Mountain Farm

    Published: 3/30/2022
  15. Meet the Founder of BnB Buyer — A Curated Newsletter Featuring the Best Airbnb Investment Properties

    Published: 3/18/2022
  16. He Built a Story in the Form of a House — Meet the Creator of The Nook, a Hyperlocal Airbnb in Asheville

    Published: 3/12/2022
  17. How He Built One of San Diego’s Most Artistic Escapes — The Story of Shelltown Sanctuary

    Published: 3/1/2022
  18. How They Built a Top-Rated Collection of Airbnbs in Southern California — The Story of Arrivls

    Published: 2/24/2022
  19. They Left Campus Ministry for a New Calling — How the Corbett’s Built a Collective of Airbnbs Where All Belong.

    Published: 2/9/2022
  20. How (and Why) a Tech Entrepreneur Built an Off Grid Eco-Hotel: The Story of Safa Farms

    Published: 2/2/2022

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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!