the professional vacation rental manager's podcast

Sarah and T put a wrap on season 3 of their podcast by reviewing the top 10 episodes of the past year.   The list, made up of the top listened to episodes, is a great cross section of our industry with a great mix.    If you are an avid listener you will enjoy revisiting some of these episodes, and if you are new to the podcast this is a great guide of which episodes you should go back and listen to.
Sarah and T also review their big predictions for 2019 and see how their guesses came out for this year and they make some bold assertions for 2020.

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In this week's episode Sarah and T speak to Vince Perez of Santa Cruz, California who has gone from 100% dependence on OTA's to 0%.  He did it by purposefully working on building his brand.   
Listen to Vince's strategic execution of a plan that gave him complete independence from 3rd party sites.
In the news segment we speak about two initial public stock offerings, and HomeAway announcing they will be sunsetting their software produce V.12

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This week's episode of Sarah and T is a monumental edition.   It is episode #50!  This week the tables have been turned so that a couple of key staff members are interviewed so our hosts can see what they see in what it takes to run a successful vacation rental business.  Take a listen and get some great tips from folks on the front line.   Amy Raegner and Sarah Moss are the two stars on this edition!  
In the news segment the group talks about the importance to be kind and supportive of each other during the height of the season.

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In this episode our professional vacation rental managers dive head first into an area many of us would like to ignore - why owners may leave you.   Yes, it is a sad fact that some of our property owners are not always happy with our services.  Sarah and T outline 10 areas that may be hot points for owners, but by the end of the podcast they come up with an 11th reason.   This is a good listen.
In the news segment they talk about two upcoming professional development seminars that you will want to look into.

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In this episode of Sarah and T our two hosts interview Sharon Walker of Walker Luxury Vacation Rentals in Austin, Texas.    You may remember Sharon from the VRMA Takeaways episode when she played "Rapid Fire" with us and she was quite entertaining.  In this episode Sarah and Tim find out more about the "city" vacation rentals, and what it takes to deliver luxury to discerning guests.   Sharon also plays rapid fire with us again in her unique and entertaining style, and in the news segment, we hear about Marriott's entry into Vacation Rentals.

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In this episode of Sarah and T our two experience filled rental managers talk about  four aspects of dealing with your guests and ask "Would you do that to your mother?!"   We all get busy in this business and we don't always think about how our processes and policies may negatively effect your guests.   This episode focuses on four very important touch points you have with your guests and we hold up the mirror about what we are really saying to our guests.  Great content and great takeaways abound in this episode.   In the news segment Sarah and T discuss the rumor that Wyndham is about to sell their North American Vacation Rental division and the continuing discussion of Vacasa moving to a public company.

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Sarah and T take on another guest that is famous for wearing red shoes this week - Simon Lehman, former President of Phocuswright (leading travel research firm), and currently serves on the board of directors of Booking Pal, Rented.com, Properly, Vacasa Europe.   He also was formerly on the board of directors of HomeAway, Inntopia, and was the CEO of Interhome - the largest vacation rental organization in the world (at the time).   
More recently he is the founder of AJL Consulting (find out why it is named that on this episode) where he helps firms buy, sell and get funding to grow their businesses.   A sought after speaker on the Vacation Rental business all over the world Simon joins Sarah and T and tells us why the red shoes, what he thinks about the Super Bowl, and of course gives his take on the state of the vacation rental industry.

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Sarah and T start a new chapter in their podcast today as they begin the 2019 podcasting season.   The professional vacation rental manager's podcast will be having some changes coming your way this year, but you need to listen all the way to the end to find out what the big news is!
In this episode Sarah and T review 2018's predictions to see how they did, discuss the 25 episodes that they published in the past year, and then boldly make predictions for what will happen in the vacation rental business in 2019.
You don't want to miss this one!

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Sojo www.getsojo.com