HYH-52 “The Airbnb Way” with author Joseph Michelli
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
Release Date: 11/01/2019
Synta Keeling (under-represented host series)
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
Debi Hertert of Hosting Your Home podcast interviews Synta Keeling, Washington DC superhost. Synta deals with issues of racial bias as part of her hosting and shares her insights with Debi. This interview took place two days after the Capitol building insurrection. Synta has previously been interviewed by the NPR Hidden Brain podcast discussing bias as it exists within Airbnb travel, for guests and hosts.
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At Ease Rentals with Anthony Gantt (under-represented hosts series)
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
Anthony Gantt, US Marine Corps officer, created At Ease Rentals, a rental platform for Short Term Rentals accessible by government travelers. He was inspired by an experience of not being reimbursed for housing after a military chang in station and staying at an Airbnb. At Ease Rentals hopes to be the go-to platform for military and government workers who opt not to use hotels.
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C L Reed (under-represented hosts series)
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
Debi interviews C L Reed, a black host who explains some of the issues we can learn from, having to do with discrimination, fear, and lack of knowledge.
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Kevin Rhea (under-represented hosts series)
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
Debi interviews Kevin Rhea, a black host who explains some of the issues we can learn from, having to do with discrimination, fear, and lack of knowledge.
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Debi and Rob vs the Pandemic
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
Debi and Rob talk about the pandemic and how it has affected their lives.
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FabStayz and Drag Queen take over Portland!
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
We had an AWESOME photo shoot in Portland, Oregon directed by FabStayz founder Robert Geller, featuring airline flight attendant Danny Lee Cabrero as drag queen “Liquor Mini”, named after the little booze bottles on planes. It could not have been more fun! Robert was working on a publicity campaign for FabStayz and wanted it to be fun and attention getting. It worked! Danny visited 10 locations dressed in flight attendant drag, and photographer Carlos Camarena caught it all. The greater Portland area, with its supportive trade organization Host2Host, is the principal launch city for...
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HYH-52 “The Airbnb Way” with author Joseph Michelli
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
What company comes to an author’s mind after writing bestsellers about Starbucks, Zappos, Mercedes and Ritz-Carlton? Airbnb! Joseph Michelli became highly interested in the company and authored a book "The Airbnb Way". Joseph identifies the ways in which Airbnb engages with customers and builds brand loyalty. He includes both the view from inside the company and the view from the individual hosts who provide hospitality to millions of travelers each year. “The Airbnb Way” is a unique publication that is overdue - few businesses have been as disruptive as Airbnb and much...
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STR Advocacy Done Well - with Mark Rockwell
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
STR (Short Term Rental) Advocacy interview.
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FabStayz LGBTQ listing site, with Robert Geller
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
Debi Hertert of the Hosting Your Home podcast talks with FabStayz LGBTQ Listing Site founder Robert Geller, about his exciting, new STR platform. Robert has 10 years of experience with his gay travel company "Outings and Adventures". Through his personal Airbnb hosting experience and Airbnb travel, he saw a real need for a travel platform that would be respectful and safe specifically for LGBTQ travelers. He's inviting hosts to register, with the agreement that those hosts will be allies of LGBTQ travelers and make them feel welcome. Robert listed some impressive statistics...
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HYH-49 Meet Tyann Marcink!
Hosting Your Home - Airbnb host stories
Debi Hertert talks with her friend and colleague Tyann Marcink about how Tyann got started in the vacation rental hospitality business, and the many hats that Tyann wears. The two spoke in October, 2018 when Tyann participated in the . So listeners will find a wealth of information about vacation rentals, coming from a person who has now spent 10 years in the business and who teaches it in bootcamp workshops. Tyann is also the Community Ambassador for the TouchStay Digital Guidebook product for short-term rentals. Right after this interview, Tyann...
info_outlineWhat company comes to an author’s mind after writing bestsellers about Starbucks, Zappos, Mercedes and Ritz-Carlton? Airbnb! Joseph Michelli became highly interested in the company and authored a book "The Airbnb Way". Joseph identifies the ways in which Airbnb engages with customers and builds brand loyalty. He includes both the view from inside the company and the view from the individual hosts who provide hospitality to millions of travelers each year.
“The Airbnb Way” is a unique publication that is overdue - few businesses have been as disruptive as Airbnb and much of their positive impact has been under-reported. Debi Hertert met Joseph virtually in 2018 as Joseph began work on his book. She introduced him to many highly experienced Airbnb hosts, some of whom are included in “The Airbnb Way”.
Joseph reciprocated a year later, when the book was finished, by coming to Portland as the featured speaker at the Host2Host event “HostFest 2019”. In addition to being an author, Joseph is a TEDx speaker. A hundred hosts got to enjoy his presentation, and you can get a sense of his thoughtful voice in this podcast interview that took place the day before the event. Host2Host is a non-profit trade association based in Portland, Oregon. It serves the short-term rental hosting community with a goal of speaking with one voice for the community of hosts.
Several hosts who are mentioned in the book also appear in HostingYourHome podcasts. One of these is April Brenneman who is featured in one of the very first episodes of the HostingYourHome podcast, "Josh's House in the Trees"
You can check out the links below, including one for a trip giveaway to San Francisco that is good through December 16, 2019
Joseph’s business website: www.josephmichelli.com
Book contest through December 16, 2019: This is a trip giveaway to San Francisco, no purchase necessary, at https://www.airbnbway.com
Host2Host "The Voice of the Host" short-term rental website: Host2Host.org