Welcome to the first podcast focusing solely on the professional vacation rental manager. Brought to you by Tim Cafferty of OuterBanks Blue and Sandbridge Blue and Sarah Bradford, former owner of Winter Park Lodging Company and Steamboat Lodging Company.
SEASON 6: Year 2022!
Episode #1 (114): How To Rollout New Ideas at Your Company
Episode #2 (115): Jeff Hurst on Sarah & T: Trends and More!
Episode #3 (116): How To Lose Key Employees Without Even Trying
Episode #4 (117): TTT: Time Tested Tactics to Keep Your Employees
Episode #5 (118): Kumbaya: How To Make Your Company Retreat Rock!
Episode #6 (119): Lorraine Woodward: Tips to Creating Accessible-Friendly VRs
Episode #7 (120): VR Website Pet Peeves Revisited
Episode #8 (121): It’s As If You Were There (Spring Conference Recap)
Episode #9 (122): Sibylle Kim: An RBO We Can Learn From
Episode #10 (123): 12 (or 16?)Tips on How To Sell to Homeowners
Episode #11 (124): Big News: Sarah & Chris Sold Their VR Companies!
Episode #12 (125): Explore 22: Expedia Has Big Goals
Episode #13: (126): Learn, Earn, Return with John Suzuki
Episode #14 (127): Greg Lindsay: Orthogonal Ideas for the VR Industry
Episode #15 (128): Parenting in the VR Business
Episode #16 (129): The King of Data, Jason Sprenkle
Episode #17 (130): How to Win…Or Lose…Property Owners
Episode #18 (131): GOSsiP: 4 Measures of VR Company Health
Episode #19 (132): Our Listeners’ Questions Asked and Answered
Episode #20 (133): Sarah and T’s ‘Don’t Miss’ VRMA Int’l Sessions
Episode #21 (134): Eight VR industry players pitch their VRMA session to us
Episode #22 (135): VRMA Takeaways From 32 Attendees
Episode #23 (136): PM Roundtable Questions Asked & Answered
SEASON 5: Year 2021!
Episode #1 (88): Data to Take Your Company to New Heights
Episode #2 (89): A Baker’s Dozen (Questions Owners Should Ask)
Episode #3 (90): A Talk with Property Owners in our Program
Episode #4 (91): VRM Intel: Myth Busters +++
Episode #5: (92): You Never Get a 2nd Chance to Make a 1st Impression
Episode #6: (93): The Elevate Conference Wrap Up
Episode #7 (94): VR Website Pet Peeves
Episode #8 (95): What you SHOULD do on your website
Episode #9 (96): CEO of Vrbo Talks All Things VR
Episode #10 (97): Photography Makes or Breaks a Listing
Episode #10 (98): Kevin Locraft of vrbo/expedia Interviewed
Episode #11 (99): Top of Bed: A Recommended Approach
Episode #12 (100!!): Our 100th Episode: A Celebration
Episode #13 (101): When Busy, Still Do These Things
Episode #14 (102): Overview of DARM conference with A. Hinote
Episode #15 (103): Switch! We air Matt Landau’s Unlocked Podcast with Alex Cruz
Episode #16 (104): Travis, CJ and Kent – Three Guys’ Takeaways from DARM
Episode #17 (105): Shaun Stewart Interview at DARM
Episode #18 (106): Not In My Backyard: 8 Ways to Approach Gov’t Regs
Episode #19 (107): How Was YOUR Season? Best Idea? Regret?
Episode #20 (108): A Little Help From Our Friends: VRMA 2021 Takeaways
Episode #21 (109): Tiffany Edwards Talks STR Advocacy Approach
Episode #22 (110): Hottest VR Property Amenities in 2021
Episode #23 (111): How to Create, Deliver, & Integrate Your Company Mission
Episode #24 (112): Exclusive! An Interview with Amber Hurdle, Keynote at VRWS
Episode #25 (113): A Look Back at 2021 and 2022 Predictions
SEASON 4b: THE MINI SEMINAR SERIES
Episode #1 (80): Sarah and T Talk About What’s Hot
Episode #2 (81): Audrey Miller’s Maine Thing
Episode #3 (82): Danielle Johnson’s Ice Cream & Cheese
Episode #4 (83): Beverly Serral Meets the Flockers
Episode #5 (84): Aaron Linfoot of Meredith Lodging
Episode #6 (84): Matthew Tesdall of Family Time Vacation Rentals
Episode #7 (85): Brian Moffatt of Royal Destinations
Episode #8 (86): Review of 2020 and Predictions for 2021, Plus Most Listened to Episodes
SEASON 4: 2020!
Episode #1 (63): 4 Ways to Fend off Owner Drama
Episode #2 (64): An Interview with Airbnb’s Clara Liang
Episode #3 (65): Safety Dance with Justin Ford
Episode #4 (66): Our Biggest Fails…Revealed
Episode #5 (67): Andrew McConnell chats about Google VR, Book Direct & Covid 19
Episode #6 (68): Amy Hinote Interviewed about Covid-19 & some OTA banter
Episode #7: (69): Sarah and Tim Share Lots of Ideas to Survive Covid-19
Episode #8: (70): Silver Linings with Sharon Keefe & Matt Landau
Episode #9: (71): Michelle Williams talks VRHP’s new Covid cleaning standards
Episode (73): How is Business? Sixteen VR company owners chime in.
Episode (74): John Ruhlin: Doctor of Gift Giving
Episode (75): Our Biggest Fails, Part Two
Episode (76): Top 10 Pressing Issues Found on VR Forums
Episode (77): Sue Jones of HRVR Discusses Employee Topics in a Covid World
Episode (78): Ali Cammelletti Talks Leadership, Organization and Self-Care
Episode (79): Dear Property Owner
Episode (80): Creating An Emergency Plan (where’s your football?)
SEASON 3:
Episode #1: A Look Back, Predictions & An Announcement.
Episode #2: Netflix Famous
Episode #3: Onboarding Your Owners Properly!
Episode #4: Would You Do That To Your Mother?
Episode #5: Mr. Clean, An Interview with Durk Johnson
Episode #6: Durk Again! This time, Laundry.
Episode #7: The One & Only…Matt Landau!
Episode #8: Sharon Walker, Interviewed.
Episode #9: Creating an Effective Partnership with REALTORS
Episode #10: 10…No 11 Reasons Why Owners Will Leave You
Episode #11: Our 50th Episode! An Interview with Front Line Employees
Episode #12: A Chat with Vince Perez
Episode #13: A Recap & Commentary on the VRM Intel Revenue Conference
Episode #14: Tackling Tech: Tips, Tricks to Evaluate Current and Potential Software
Episode #15: C.J. Stamm, The Blue Ridge BBQ Master
Episode #16: Travis Wilburn, Stay Charlottesville
Episode #17: Angela Leone of Coconut Condos in Maui or ‘The Giving Back’ Episode
Episode #18: The One Thing That Paid For The Trip: VRMA 2019 Episode
Episode #19: Ben Edwards: Are You Making Meaningful Profit in Your VR Biz?
Episode #20: Carl Shepherd: The Father of OTA’s
Episode #21: Planning for 2020 – Setting Goals, Budgets & Personal Ones too!
Episode #22: Top 10 Episodes of 2019
Episode #23: Jeff Hurst – Head Coach at “verrrbo”
SEASON 2:
Episode #1: She Said Whaaaat? The Secret Shopper Episode.
Episode #2: The Decor Episode: Part 1
Episode #3: The Decor Episode: Part 2
Episode #4: Hiring Winners Not Whiners
Episode #5: The Blogging Episode!
Episode #6: Fueling the Engine that Runs Your Company – Reservations!
Episode #7: Squeezing 10% More Profit By Watching Expenses
Episode #8: Squeezing 10% More Profit from Your Company’s Income
Episode #9: The Fiscal Four
Changing it Up – Interviewing Other VR Owners & Operators:
Episode #10: Interview with Book My Vacay
Episode #11: Interview with Clark Twiddy of Twiddy & Co
Episode #12: Interview with Michelle Hodges of Meyer Vacation Rentals
Episode #13: Interview with Miller Hawkins of Booe Realty
Episode #14: Interview with Claire Reiswerg of Sand & Sea in Galveston
Episode #15: The Rapid Fire Episode
Episode #15: Oh Canada! Interview with Tavata Chalets
Episode #16: Touch vs. Tech: An interview with Toby Babich in Breckenridge
Episode #17: The Refund Wars
Episode #18: Talking Reservations with Doug Kennedy
Episode #19: John DiJulius: Delivering World Class Customer Service
Episode #20: 2018 VRMA/VRHP Takeaways: Recorded live at the conference!
Episode #21: Amy Hinote of VRM Intel Shares Strengths & Weaknesses of our Industry
Episode #22: The Watchdog of the Industry: Steve Milo (aka “Trying to Get Milo to Laugh”)
SEASON 1:
Episode #2: 10 Reasons Why Owners Need YOU
Episode #3: 4 Strategies to OTA Independence
Episode #4: 11 Ways to Keep Owners (very) Happy
Episode #5: 7 Ways to Know The Face of Your Company is Who You Want it to Be
Episode #6: Making Lemonades out of Lemons at the VRMA conference
Episode #7: Your Key Takeaways from VRMA Conference
Episode #8: 10 Keys to Housekeeping AKA The Uber Episode
Episode #9: How to Wow
Episode #10: Sold! How Not to Be Left out in the Cold
Episode #11: What Gets Measured, Gets Treasured
Episode #12: The Crystal Ball Episode: Predictions for 2018
Sarah and T 