The Secret Sauce Podcast

Vanessa de Souza Lage co-founder and CMO of Rentals United channel manager interviews Mike Harrington of Carolina Retreats, a vacation rental management company in the USA now also scaling through the acquisition and/or operations of motels and ins. We cover topics like technology, growth, strategy and distribution.  Carolina Retreats has 300 rentals and they get 60% repeat business, and 90% direct bookings! This interview is part of a Podcast, Video and Article Digest series called the "Secret Sauce of Property Managers" for the vacation rental industry. We have many interviews in our Secret Sauce Youtube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhEO96O3Bqhhh1Yoba6sI8KoyZKkUJ8xC ----------- Rentals United is a Vacation Rental Channel Manager. ------------------- Rentals United connects 60+listing sites, as well as 100+ technology providers. Thanks to our reliable two-way sync and Open API, our trusted partners include leading vacation rental sites, OTAs, travel metasearch engines, wholesalers, Property Management Systems and Tech Service Providers.  If you like to know more about how Rentals United could connect to your Vacation Rental properties to 60+ channels and show it to 100+ Million travellers every month. Book a Demo on the Rentals United Website: https://rentalsunited.com/   ------------------------------ Check out the Carolina Retreats Website https://www.carolinaretreats.com/

Vanessa de Souza Lage co-founder and CMO of Rentals United channel manager interviews Jesse dePinto of Frontdesk Inc., an urban short term rental management company in the USA. We cover topics like technology, growth, strategy and distribution.  Frontddesk Inc. has 600 rentals in 32 US cities.   This interview is part of a Podcast, Video and Article Digest series called the "Secret Sauce of Property Managers" for the vacation rental industry. We have many interviews in our Secret Sauce Youtube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhEO96O3Bqhhh1Yoba6sI8KoyZKkUJ8xC  ----------- Rentals United is a Vacation Rental Channel Manager. -------------------  Rentals United connects 60+listing sites, as well as 100+ technology providers. Thanks to our reliable two-way sync and Open API, our trusted partners include leading vacation rental sites, OTAs, travel metasearch engines, wholesalers, Property Management Systems and Tech Service Providers.  If you like to know more about how Rentals United could connect to your Vacation Rental properties to 60+ channels and show it to 100+ Million travellers every month. Book a Demo on the Rentals United Website: https://rentalsunited.com/ ------------------------------  Check out the FrontDesk Website https://www.stayfrontdesk.com/

In this episode of the Secret Sauce of Property Managers, Vanessa de Souza Lage co-founder and CMO of rentals united channel manager interviews Jodi Taylor Refosco of Taylor Made Deep Creek Vacations, a family-run property management company based in the USA. We cover topics like technology, growth, strategy and distribution. Taylor Made Deep Creek Vacations has 450 rentals and 230 employees.  This interview is part of a Podcast, Video and Article Digest series called the "Secret Sauce of Property Managers" for the vacation rental industry. We have many interviews in our Secret Sauce Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhEO96O3Bqhi51i09yCMZ4yl2d3ZlrvAs ----------- Rentals United is a Vacation Rental Channel Manager. ------------------- Rentals United connects 60+listing sites, as well as 100+ technology providers. Thanks to our reliable two-way sync and Open API, our trusted partners include leading vacation rental sites, OTAs, travel metasearch engines, wholesalers, Property Management Systems and Tech Service Providers.  If you like to know more about how Rentals United could connect to your Vacation Rental properties to 60+ channels and show it to 100+ Million travellers every month. Book a Demo on the Rentals United Website: https://rentalsunited.com/ ------------------------------ Check out the Taylor Made Deep Creek Vacations Website https://www.deepcreekvacations.com/

In this episode of the Secret Sauce of Property Managers, Vanessa de Souza Lage co-founder and CMO of rentals united channel manager interviews the CEO of Evolve Vacation Rental, a large property management company based in the USA. We cover topics like technology, growth, strategy and distribution. Evolve Vacation Rental is ranked 6 in the Top 50 Property Managers in the World. GET THE TOP 50 LIST OF THE LARGEST PROPERTY MANAGERS IN THE WORLD: https://info.rentalsunited.com/world-top-50-property-managers-list-2021 This interview is part of a Podcast, Video and Article Digest series called the "Secret Sauce of Property Managers" for the vacation rental industry. We have many interviews in our Secret Sauce Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhEO96O3Bqhi51i09yCMZ4yl2d3ZlrvAs ----------- Rentals United is a Vacation Rental Channel Manager. ------------------- Rentals United connects 60+listing sites, as well as 100+ technology providers. Thanks to our reliable two-way sync and Open API, our trusted partners include leading vacation rental sites, OTAs, travel metasearch engines, wholesalers, Property Management Systems and Tech Service Providers.  If you like to know more about how Rentals United could connect to your Vacation Rental properties to 60+ channels and show it to 100+ Million travellers every month. Book a Demo on the Rentals United Website: https://rentalsunited.com/ ------------------------------ Check out the Evolve Website https://evolvevacationrental.com/

In this episode of the Secret Sauce of Property Managers, Vanessa de Souza Lage co-founder and CMO of Rentals United channel manager, interviews the co-founder and president of Turnkey Vacation Rentals, a large property management company based in the USA. We cover topics like technology, growth, strategy and distribution.  Turnkey Vacation Rentals is ranked 12 in the Top 50 Property Managers in the World 2021.   GET THE TOP 50 LIST OF THE LARGEST PROPERTY MANAGERS IN THE WORLD:  https://info.rentalsunited.com/world-top-50-property-managers-list-2021 This interview is part of a Podcast, Video and Article Digest series called the "Secret Sauce of Property Managers" for the vacation rental industry. We have many interviews in our Secret Sauce Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhEO96O3Bqhi51i09yCMZ4yl2d3ZlrvAs ----------- Rentals United is a Vacation Rental Channel Manager. ------------------- Rentals United connects 60+listing sites, as well as 100+ technology providers. Thanks to our reliable two-way sync and Open API, our trusted partners include leading vacation rental sites, OTAs, travel metasearch engines, wholesalers, Property Management Systems and Tech Service Providers.   If you like to know more about how Rentals United could connect to your Vacation Rental properties to 60+ channels and show it to 100+ Million travellers every month. Book a Demo on the Rentals United Website: https://rentalsunited.com/ ------------------------------ Check out the Turnkey Website https://www.turnkeyvr.com/ 

Interview of Rebecca Slivka from the short term rental property management Pillow & Coffee where she explain how the company had to quickly pivot during the 2020 pandemic to stop the master lease contracts and focus on mid-term rentals.   This interview is part of a Podcast, Video and Article Digest series called the "Secret Sauce of Short Term Rental Property Managers" with exclusive interviews of property managers of all sizes and from all over the world. It is hosted by Rentals United Channel Manager . You can also watch the interviews in our Secret Sauce Youtube Playlist! ------------------------------ Rentals United is the market-leading enterprise channel management solution in the short-term rental industry.  By providing efficient and reliable tools, data and expertise, short-term rental managers can optimize their business model and power growth.  Through the Rentals United network consisting of all the big OTAs as well as top-performing niche sites, higher quality connections will produce better conversions and automation - thus driving new business opportunities and allowing time to focus on what matters.  Rentals United is The Channel Manager, charging growth. Book a Demo on the Rentals United Website: https://rentalsunited.com/ ------------------------------

Often dubbed the godmother of vacation rentals, Heather Bayer is the CEO of Cottage Link Rental Management with 160 vacation rentals in Ontario Canada. In business for 17 years, the property management company experienced 100% occupancy rate since the beginning of June 2020 and 100% direct bookings. Pre-booking for 2021 increased by 100% from last year. Apart from revealing the secrets behind these amazing stats we also talk cleaning procedures, marketing b2b to real estate agents, and the waitlist they put in place which gathered 1000 new leads!    This interview is part of a Podcast, Video and Article Digest series called the "Secret Sauce of Short Term Rental Property Managers" with exclusive interviews of property managers of all sizes and from all over the world. It is hosted by Rentals United Channel Manager . You can also watch the interviews in our Secret Sauce Youtube Playlist! ------------------------------ Rentals United is the market-leading enterprise channel management solution in the short-term rental industry.  By providing efficient and reliable tools, data and expertise, short-term rental managers can optimize their business model and power growth.  Through the Rentals United network consisting of all the big OTAs as well as top-performing niche sites, higher quality connections will produce better conversions and automation - thus driving new business opportunities and allowing time to focus on what matters.  Rentals United is The Channel Manager, charging growth. Book a Demo on the Rentals United Website: https://rentalsunited.com/ ------------------------------

Interview of the CEO of Walqinn a property management company based in Switzerland with 150 rentals in 6 markets!  This interview is part of a Podcast, Video and Article Digest series called the "Secret Sauce of Short Term Rental Property Managers" with exclusive interviews of property managers of all sizes and from all over the world. You can also watch the interviews in our Secret Sauce Youtube Playlist! ------------------------------ Rentals United is the market-leading enterprise channel management solution in the short-term rental industry.  By providing efficient and reliable tools, data and expertise, short-term rental managers can optimize their business model and power growth.  Through the Rentals United network consisting of all the big OTAs as well as top-performing niche sites, higher quality connections will produce better conversions and automation - thus driving new business opportunities and allowing time to focus on what matters.  Rentals United is The Channel Manager, charging growth. Book a Demo on the Rentals United Website: https://rentalsunited.com/ ------------------------------ Check out Walqinn website: https://www.walqinn.com/

Travers Xanthos is what you would call an "Airbnb-preneur"! With 30 rentals in Nashville on the master lease model, he's telling us all about his strategies during Covid-19 including renting to construction workers.  This interview is part of a Podcast, Video and Article Digest series called the "Secret Sauce of Short Term Rental Property Managers" with exclusive interviews of property managers of all sizes and from all over the world. You can also watch the interviews in our Secret Sauce Youtube Playlist! ------------------------------ Rentals United is the market-leading enterprise channel management solution in the short-term rental industry.  By providing efficient and reliable tools, data and expertise, short-term rental managers can optimize their business model and power growth.  Through the Rentals United network consisting of all the big OTAs as well as top-performing niche sites, higher quality connections will produce better conversions and automation - thus driving new business opportunities and allowing time to focus on what matters.  Rentals United is The Channel Manager, charging growth.  Book a Demo on the Rentals United Website: https://rentalsunited.com/ ------------------------------ Check out Travers' website: https://www.thestrmethod.com/str-sales-page 

In Season 3 I interview short term rental property managers of all sizes to discover their Secret Sauce! We start in the next episode!