Vacation Rental Success
Heather Bayer aka @CottageGuru
Heather Bayer, author of Renting Your Recreational Property for Profit, former CEO of a highly successful cottage rental agency, and a popular blogger, hosts the Vacation Rental Success podcast. With many years experience of owning and managing multiple vacation rental properties, Heather brings her knowledge and views on every aspect of the business, together with interviews with vacation homeowners and industry experts. Heather has appeared as a guest on CTV Canada, CBC Radio, Rogers TV, and...
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Episodes (680)
VRS680 - What Autism Families Actually Look For In Your Listing
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VRS679 - How True Leaders Show Up When It Matters Most
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VRS678 - The Five Levels, and the Wall Most Companies Hit
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VRS677 - Who Decides What Good Looks Like?
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VRS676 - My AI Tool Stack, and What It Actually Costs
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VRS675 - If You Don't Own Your Guest, You Don't Own Your Business
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VRS674 - What Hyperlocal Really Means, and Why the Owner Is the Real Customer
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VRS673 - When the Work Comes First, the Magic Follows
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VRS672 - Direct Bookings, AI Websites, and the Search That's Changing Everything
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VRS671 - 10 Things I'd Do With AI If I Was A Property Manager Again
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VRS670 - When Hospitality Leads and Tech Follows
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VRS669 - Connectors, Skills, and the AI Business Brain - with Jodi Bourne
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VRS668 - Purpose Before Polish: AI in Business and Hospitality
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VRS667 - Two Ways to Make More Money This Year: Private Chef Upsells and Smarter...
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VRS666 - The Seven Deadly Sins of AI in Your STR Business
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VRS665 - Bionic Not Robotic: Steve Schwab on AI, Integration, and Community
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VRS664 - Building Two Businesses With a Small Team and a Smart AI Habit
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VRS663 - Building the Foundations Before the AI Storm Hits
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VRS662 - The Guests You Don't See Coming
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VRS661 - The Year He Stopped Growing and Built Something Better
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VRS660 - Values First: Why What You Stand For Shapes Everything AI Does Next
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VRS659 - AI Safety for Short-Term Rentals
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VRS658 - Who We Are, What We Do, and Where We're Headed
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VRS657 - When the Calendar Looks Full But the Business Is Bleeding with Sarah St...
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VRS656 - How STR Businesses Are Using Claude for Smarter Marketing and Better Wo...
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VRS655 - The Shift from Collecting Prompts to AI That Actually Knows Your Busine...
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VRS654 - VRNation, Education, and the Next Chapter of the Vacation Rental Indust...
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VRS653 - The Authority Shift: What AI Agents Mean for STR Leaders
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VRS652 - Structure Before Speed: The Smarter Way to Bring AI Into Your Business
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VRS651 - Trust, Conversions & The Direct Booking Mindset
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VRS650 - Amber Hurdle – Keeping the Human in the Loop: Building a Strategic AI-D...
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VRS649 - Sewn in Soil and Spirit – Designing Guest Experiences with Heather Dunw...
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VRS648 - Lead Better, Clean Smarter: The Coaches and Consultants Behind Vacation...
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VRS647 - The Missing Piece in STR Training: Why Soft Skills Matter More Than Eve...
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VRS646 - NotebookLM & the New Age of STR Team Training
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VRS645 - Duct Tape Doesn't Scale: Onboarding, Training, and Thriving in 2026
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VRS644 - Forecasting 2026: Tech, Trust, and Transformation in Vacation Rentals w...
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VRS643 – How Voice AI Can Elevate Hospitality Without Losing the Human Touch – w...
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VRS642 - How Stacey St. John Built a High-Performing STR Portfolio From Scratch
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VRS641 - The Insurance Housing Opportunity: What Every STR Operator Should Know...
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VRS640 - Why the FIFA World Cup 2026 Starts NOW for Your Vacation Rental with Ma...
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VRS639 - Optimizing for AI: What Short-Term Rental Brands Need to Know About GEO...
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VRS638 - Democratizing Genius: How Dr. Rachel Gainsbrugh Uses AI to Supercharge...
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VRS637 - AI in Action: What STR Hosts Can Learn from the AI for Business Summit
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VRS636 - Scaling Smart: How to Spot the Owners Who'll Sabotage Your Growth
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VRS635 - From Tinkering to Transformation: Building an AI Adoption Strategy for...
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VRS634 - The Direct Booking Mindset Shift: What Every Host Needs to Hear Right N...
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VRS633 - The Trustology: The Secret to a Successful Direct Booking Strategy with...
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VRS632 - How to Transform Your Short Term Rental Business with Google's Notebook...
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VRS631 - Are You a Digital Sharecropper? Taking Back Control with Humphrey Bowle...
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