A recent SNL skit highlighted the phenomenon termed ‘airspace’ in a 2020 Financial Times article.  The generic blend of white walls, grey upholstery, IKEA furniture and HomeGoods artwork, commonly found in Airbnbs across the world, is getting some bad (and funny) press.

Interior designer Jessica Duce is the face of the other side of the ‘Airbnb Design’ business.  As a professional designer, who has developed a passion for creating vacation rentals that inspire attention from guests, yet also address sustainability, safety, and community respect, she is not alone in this quest.  

In April, hundreds of respected and seasoned professionals will attend the second Vacation Rental Design Summit in High Point, North Carolina, where they will hear from vacation rental experts such as Tyann Marcink Hammond of Touch Stay, and Justin Ford from Breezeway. They are there to learn why this category is growing as an important part of the design world.  Property managers and home owners will also be there to pick up tips on creating the type of property space that will stand out from the ‘airspace’ crowd.

In this episode Jess talks about her first foray into vacation rentals and how that kicked-off a new mission to professionalize the business of design and bring some color, interest, and aesthetics back into the space.

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We need your help to prevent STR bans and unreasonable regulations!!!

In an effort to make our voices heard and start the conversation with top level decision makers the CanStays Rental Alliance Conference is happening April 20-22 in Banff Alberta.

We need you to attend, we need you the share this message, we need you to get involved.

Use the coupon VRF100 to save $100 when you BUY YOUR TICKET

Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here:
https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS552

During our SSTIR Crazy Month Rolf Blizzard from Atlantic Realty in the Outer Banks said…

“If you don’t have regulations in place, or are not currently dealing with regulation issues, know that it is coming to your location”.

For many property managers and owners in British Columbia, the announcement of new rules limiting short-term rentals to primary residences and in communities under 10K people, came as a surprise and had them scrambling to organize a response.

The Property Rights BC Association was formed in October 2023 to advocate for property rights in reaction to the BC Government’s Bill 35 which became the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act on 26th October, 2023.  Orion Rodgers, the Owner & Operations Manager at Coast & Host Vacation Rentals is the spokesperson and he joins Heather on this episode alongside Jayne McCaw of Jayne’s Luxury Rentals in Ontario, and the organizer of April’s CanStays Rental Alliance Conference in Banff, Catherine Ratcliffe.

This conversation explores how to take action and engage with stakeholders and offers plenty of advice to anyone, anywhere in the world, who is experiencing the threat of unfair legislation and needs to know how to start tackling it. 

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We need your help to prevent STR bans and unreasonable regulations!!!

In an effort to make our voices heard and start the conversation with top level decision makers the CanStays Rental Alliance Conference is happening April 20-22 in Banff Alberta.

We need you to attend, we need you the share this message, we need you to get involved.

Use the coupon VRF100 to save $100 when you BUY YOUR TICKET

Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here:
https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS551

We’ve just wrapped up SSTIR Crazy Month after 5-weeks of focusing on the core elements of our business that tend to be sidelined in conferences and summits.  For the month of February, we talked about Safety, Sustainability, Trust, Insurance and Regulations, with podcast episodes, expert panels, blog posts and social media content.

In this episode, Heather and Mike - co-founders of the Vacation Rental Formula Business School - review the month, pulling out the best bits and key takeaways from each week, and sharing some of the highlights from our expert contributors.

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We need your help to prevent STR bans and unreasonable regulations!!!

In an effort to make our voices heard and start the conversation with top level decision makers the CanStays Rental Alliance Conference is happening April 20-22 in Banff Alberta.

We need you to attend, we need you the share this message, we need you to get involved.

Use the coupon VRF100 to save $100 when you BUY YOUR TICKET

Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here:
https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS549