No Vacancy The Podcast with Natalie Palmer

This week I talk with founders and owners of The Hideaways, Mike Sebastian & Jordan Holmes. Mike & Jordan have built a truly unique portfolio across Red River Gorge, KY, and their properties feature hot tubs built on boulders, A-frames carved into caves, and cliff-side and riverfront views galore.

In this conversation, they share about:

working as partners and defining roles

raising capital and working with investors who see the vision

the marketing secret sauce that grew their socials over 100k followers

tricks to capturing content that converts

how they've achieved over 80% direct bookings

Mike & Jordan dropped so many nuggets of wisdom and perspective shifts that I couldn't write down fast enough, so have your notebooks ready for this one!

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This week we welcome hospitality guru, Moira Sedgwick to the show! Moira is a total hospitality badass, and has an incredible resume of working with some of the top hospitality brands, graduating from the CIA (Culinary Institute of America), and producing large scale events in the food and wine space. 

After years of cultivating her experience, she took the leap into short-term rentals and built A Chalet Collective, a boutique collection of properties in the Poconos that she manages and cohosts.

If you're a hospitality nerd, you will love this episode that reveals what takes a short-term rental from a listing, to a memorable experience that your guests will be raving about long after the check-out.

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Today on the podcast you’ll get to hear from the cofounders of Bellhopt, Alexander Ali and Milad Ghods. Bellhopt is a technology platform that’s bridging the gap between hotel-worthy concierge services and short-term rentals. After today’s conversation, you’ll be convinced your guests need this. Dare I say, you might even realize you need to become a Bellhopt vendor?!Alex and Milad were avid travelers who predominantly chose short-term rentals, but soon found themselves gravitating towards hotels more often. They loved Airbnb, but missed the concierge services and consistency of hotels, and just like that, Bellhopt was born. I can’t wait for you to hear how Bellhopt can elevate your guest’s experience (and help you earn more money 🤑). Make sure to say hi to the Bellhopt team at Level Up Your Listing next week! 🛎️ levelupyourlistingsummit.com

Get on the Bellhopt Pre-App Launch Waitlist:https://bellhopt.com/concierge

How It Works:https://bellhopt.com/how-it-works

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This week we get to hear from Dawn Asher again, who you'll remember from episode 150. Dawn is the Founder & Creative Director of The Olive Jar, a vacation rental Experiential Marketing studio that helps hosts re-envision their turnkey properties. We had to catch up for a second episode together because she is now officially an investor herself and is pouring her years of expertise into her own property!

Dawn didn’t just buy a turnkey vacation rental—she is transforming it through strategic positioning, story-driven design, amenities, and media.Dawn shares with us the realities of buying a "turnkey" property, and why turnkey might actually be a myth?! Today's episode is a realistic look into what you still need to budget for (with both time and money) when moving forward with a turnkey investment.

Check out Dawn's links below to learn more!

- MAIN LISTING

- CHILD LISTING (couples & solo travelers)

- WANT TO WORK WITH DAWN? Start by taking The Olive Jar Hosting Quiz

- IG @the_ellijayolive DIRECT BOOKING (LODGIFY) www.theellijayolive.com

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This week we bring back Matt Sanderson, who you'll remember from episodes 99 and 152. Matt is the CEO and cofounder of strIQ, which was created to help investors filter through properties actively for sale in seconds. 

Think *Zillow meets Tinder* for short-term rental investors! Just put in your budget, desired cash-on-cash return, and strIQ instantly removes all the properties that don't fit that criteria. 

Today Matt is back to talk about the exciting changes coming to strIQ 2.0, including a FREE tier to make strIQ more accessible, and AI features that will help you make sense of the data, suggest amenities you can add, and how to take your property from average to a top 1% listing.

Special thank you to strIQ for being one of our premier sponsors at this year's Level Up Your Listing Summit! We have less than 30 tickets left so grab yours here.

Join the strIQ community here.

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