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In this episode of Tech Nest, Jeremy Gall, Co-founder and CEO of Breezeway, joins us to discuss short-term rentals. Jeremy kicks us off with detailing what owners need to know in order to operate a successful vacation rental. I had to get Jeremy to comment on topics such as if there's going to be an Airbnb crash and flood of residential properties hitting the for sale market (hint: neither of us believe that's likely to happen). Of course, we get into the nitty-gritty as to how Breezeway is creating a web-based software for vacation rental managers to be more successful in their operations, need for integrations (such as Breezeway's latest with Airbnb), and future potentials of AI in the STR and hospitality industry. This one is a doozie—listen in!

More about Jeremy and Breezeway
Breezeway, a platform for managing all the work of maintaining and cleaning short-term rental homes, has helped thousands of hosts and property managers deliver the highest quality hospitality experiences for millions of guests across over 250,000 homes in 80 countries. 

From cleaning and quality assurance to supply restocking, linens, routine maintenance, upkeep, property safety, and helping the guest enjoy all the amenities of the short-term rental, there is a tremendous amount of work behind the scenes to create a great guest experience. Breezeway automates these workflows and reduces errors, to help hosts and property managers meet guest expectations every single time.

Jeremy Gall is CEO & Co-Founder of property operations and experience platform Breezeway. Prior to founding Breezeway, Jeremy co-founded FlipKey and grew the platform into one of the world’s largest vacation rental businesses before TripAdvisor's acquisition in 2013. Jeremy founded Breezeway in 2017 with the aim of creating a comprehensive platform to help property and hospitality managers improve their operations and deliver exceptional guest experiences.

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There are not many startups that manage to sign a partnership agreement with a big brand before they even launch.

And there are perhaps even fewer new businesses that get details written into the same deal that include how an exit via an acquisition might look.

But that's what happened to Boston, U.S.-based FlipKey, when it secured a partnership with Tripadvisor to help get the vacation rental marketplace off the ground in 2007.

This wasn't because it was the wild west of private accommodation at the time (although for many other reasons, this was the state of the rental nation during that period), but because the then-senior vice president of corporate development at Expedia Group, Mark Okerstrom, structured the agreement and understood what might emerge.

Jeremy Gall, a former lawyer, was one of the co-founders of FlipKey and knows how important that first signing was for the company.

Tripadvisor eventually separated from Expedia Group (Okerstrom went on to become CEO from 2017 to 2019) and made good on the terms of the deal to buy FlipKey in 2012.

Gall, like his fellow co-founders, stayed on for around a year after the deal and has since launched and heads another startup in the shape of rental tech and services platform Breezeway.

He joins us as the latest guest on How I Got Here.

HIGH is a weekly show produced by PhocusWire and Mozio, aimed at getting the inside stories behind startups and innovation in travel and transportation.

It's hosted by PhocusWire's editor in chief, Kevin May, and Mozio co-founder and CEO David Litwak.

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In this episode of Sarah and T - The professional Vacation Rental Manager's Podcast our hosts interview Justin Ford with Breezeway.  He is a Safety expert and he brings us all sorts of great tips to pass along to our staff and property owners about how to keep our guests safe during their stay.  It is one of the hot topics in our industry and we have it covered this week.   In the news segment Sarah and T talk about Vacation Rental Week sponsored by VRMA (March 9th through 13th).

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