Staying informed in the short-term rental industry can be overwhelming for busy property managers and owners. A variety of resources, such as books, blogs, and podcasts, can help property managers stay up-to-date.
However, time constraints for property managers limit their ability to get all the latest industry insights. This is why vacation rental podcasts are the most popular among all the content out there by people inside the short-term rental world.
Busy vacation rental managers often juggle multiple tasks. Podcasts offer a convenient way to stay updated on industry news. They can gain valuable insights from industry experts in less than an hour a day.
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Why Are Vacation Rental Podcasts So Popular?
Multitasking
We listen to podcasts while we are doing something else. Enjoy these podcasts during your daily routine, whether you’re commuting, working out, or taking care of your rental property. This multitasking feature is a significant time-saver for busy vacation rental managers.
Easy to Access
You can play most podcasts seamlessly on computers, mobile phones, tablets, and smart TVs. Many smartphones come pre-installed with podcast apps. Alternatively, you can download podcasts from popular apps like Spotify, Pocket Casts, and Overcast.
Flexibility
You can download podcasts for offline listening. When you subscribe to your favourite shows, your podcast app will automatically download new episodes to your library. Therefore, there is no need to manually check for new episodes.
Podcast apps are all equipped with playback controls and let the listeners choose their own pace and rewind or fast forward the audio files. As a result, the listeners have no fear of missing a point from their favourite episodes.
Wide Variety
There’s almost a podcast for every vacation rentals’ taste, and you can find any topic of your interest with a quick search. Podcasts offer personalised audio content tailored to individual interests. You can easily pick and listen to exactly what you want and immerse yourself in a vast source of knowledge and entertainment.
Optimise your business for more growth with some new tips and tricks or even get motivated to start a new rental company. There’s a podcast for you to stay on top of vacation rental industry trends. We’ve curated a list of 45 vacation rental podcasts, and we’ll keep updating it with new additions.
1. Vacation Rental Success
Vacation rental success (aka CottageBlogger) is a weekly podcast by Heather Bayer, one of the great experts in the industry, the author of Renting Your Recreational Property for Profit, and the CEO of a highly successful cottage rental agency. In her show, Heather interviews industry pioneers and successful rental business owners.
She fills her podcast with everything from marketing ideas to interior design tips and major industry event reports. She shares her many years of experience in managing multiple vacation rental properties and offers advice on building a successful business strategy.
2. Get Paid for Your Pad
Jasper Ribbers (a seasoned Airbnb Superhost and entrepreneur) hosts Get Paid for Your Pad. He generously shares the lessons he has learnt along the way and Airbnb news stories. He also gives actionable tips on how to make the most income from your Airbnb listings.
3. Unlocked by Matt Landau
You may recognise Matt Landu from the vacation rental television program “Sense of Place.” In his engaging podcast series “Unlocked,” Matt interviews industry experts in the vacation rental sector. He provides his listeners with super helpful hacks and tricks to create a sustainable business model for their businesses.
4. Shampoo and Booze
Ryanne and Jay named their podcast after two common guest-left items found in their Airbnb properties. In the Shampoo and Booze podcast, we will accompany the couple renovating their rentals and hear their super valuable tips based on their own experience. The podcast will tell us everything from renovating a vacation home to converting it into a successful vacation rental.
5. Hosting Your Home
The lovely vacation rental veteran couple and owners of four vacation rentals, Debi and Rob Hertert, explore stories from short term rental hosts and guests in the Hosting Your Home podcast. Hosting Your Home’s mission is to share powerful experiences with the short term rental family around the globe to lower the cultural barriers by developing the simple travel method of vacation rentals.
(Please note that the podcast has not been updated with a new episode.)
6. The Hosting Journey
The Hosting Journey by Evelyn Badia, a 5-star superhost and a coach, recounts the story of her hosting journey in the early years of Airbnb. This podcast details her journey from a spare bedroom to a successful vacation rental business. She makes over 100k every year with just two listings and has travelled a lot, and lives the life she always wanted.
Evelyn has set her heart on helping others gain the same freedom in their life by providing the knowledge and tools they need to simplify the hosting game and succeed with Airbnb. She also invites expert guests to join her show and share their thoughts with her listeners. She releases one episode two times per month.
Property Investment Podcasts
Investing in a buy-to-let property can be challenging as it’s a huge purchase. A solid understanding of real estate and rental business principles is necessary for success. You must educate yourself before popping in by at least getting a good understanding of the industry basics.
Property investment podcasts can pretty much help you with the buying phase of your vacation rentals. They also provide you with valuable sources of information to educate yourself. Learn how to wisely invest and reduce your chances of making a wrong move from these podcasts.
7. The Property Podcast by Rob Bence and Rob Dix
8. BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast by Brandon Turner, David Greene, and Joshua Dorkin
9. Airbnb Investment Properties Podcast by David Leroux
10. The Short Term Rental Profits Show by Jason Hartman
11. Rental Property Owner & Real Estate Investor Podcast by Brian Hamrick
Podcasts for Beginner and Seasoned Vacation Rental Managers
Vacation rental managers new to the industry are the most in need of advice and best practices from their experienced peers. As they have gone through the same processes to set up their rental business, the professional hosts can help beginners avoid costly mistakes in the early stages of their vacation rental journey.
These podcasts aim to help new property managers by providing practical tips from former property managers and industry experts. They are easy to listen to for the amateurs as they define and teach everything from the fundamental level and gradually approach more advanced subjects.
12. Short Term Rental Revenue by Michelle Russell
13. Uplevel by Melissa Froehlich
14. Vacation Rental Insiders – Make Money with Vrbo and AirBnB by Ryan & Lucas
15. Serviced Accommodation Secrets Podcast
16. Short Stay Success by Guestflow
17. The Business of Glamping and Unique Holiday Rentals by Sarah Riley
Podcasts for Professional Vacation Rental Managers
No matter how professional you are in managing your vacation rental business, there’s always something new for you to learn in the rapidly changing hospitality industry. Update your industry knowledge, learn to operate multiple vacation rental properties at a professional level, and scale into a larger business from this group of podcasts.
18. Sarah and T by Sarah Bradford and Tim Cafferty
19. Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast by Wil Slickers
20. How to Save Your Vacation Rental Business by Dana Lubner
21. Vacation Rental Machine by Jon Bell & Julian Sage
Podcasts for Scaling a vacation rental business
You might have established one (or more) prosperous vacation rentals, grasped the general ground rules of the industry, and feel like it is time to take your business to the next level. These podcasts show you how to grow your business, add more listings to your portfolio and generate more income.
22. Zeevou Academy Podcast by Zeevou
23. Vacation Rental Revolution Podcast by Shawn Moore
24. The Accommodations Show by Bart Sobies
25. Short Term Rental Success Stories by Julian Sage
The Latest Travel Industry Trends and Insights
Keeping your vacation rental knowledge fresh is a must for every property owner and manager in the rapidly changing world of vacation rentals. As a result, you need several reliable sources of information to catch up on the latest news and events. Tune to the following podcasts for the latest updates from the industry.
27. The no BS short-term rental podcast by Mateo & John
28. Live Let Thrive by Steve Artis and Myka Suarez
30. Thanks for Visiting by Annette Grant & Sarah Karakaian
Top Marketing Tips
Just running a few listings effectively can’t guarantee your vacation rental business’s success. Besides being a perfect host, you need to be a competent marketing manager to build long-lasting relationships with your guests, maximise your direct bookings and profitability, and promote your brand.
These podcasts from skilled industry leaders can empower both beginner and experienced Airbnb entrepreneurs to make their rental businesses stand out from the competition.
31. Vacation Rental Ninjas: A Marketing Podcast
32. The Boostly Podcast by Mark Simpson
33. Short Term Rental Riches by Tim Hubbard
Advice from Real Property Owners Hosting Real Properties
Listening to vacation rental success podcasts can help property managers get connected with a great community of like-minded hosts and engage in fascinating discussions among them. Listeners to these podcasts will find private spaces to hear from real vacation rental managers with the same challenges and concerns as their own and take a look into the behind-the-scenes of many lucrative short-term rental businesses.
34. The Short Term Show by Avery Carl
35. Into the Airbnb by Jae Seok An
36. Superhost Unveiled by Hannah and Peter Plourde
37. The STRU Podcast by Richard Fertig
38. Real Estate Rockstars by Pat Hiban
39. The Master Passive Income Podcast
Women in Real Estate
This podcast focuses on empowering women in the real estate industry, offering career advice and investment strategies.
40. The Real Estate InvestHER Show
General Property Management
These podcasts focus on operational strategies, tenant management, and overall property management best practices.
41. The Property Management Show
42. The Property Management Mastermind Show
43. The Landlord Studio Podcast
44. The Rental Property Owner and Investor Podcast
45. The Landlord Survival Show
How AI Can Simplify Podcast Creation for Property Managers
Creating engaging content for property managers has never been easier. With the rise of podcasts, property managers now have a unique opportunity to share their expertise and insights, connect with clients, and build a community around their brand. Thanks to AI-powered tools, producing professional-quality podcasts has become more accessible, even for those with little technical experience. Whether you’re discussing industry trends, offering property management tips, or conducting interviews, these AI tools can streamline the process and help you reach your audience effectively. Here are some AI tools that can make podcasting easier for property managers:
- Descript simplifies the podcast editing process by turning audio into text, allowing you to edit podcasts just like a document. It also offers video podcast creation with captions and transcription services.
- Podcastle is an AI-driven platform that helps users record, edit, and distribute podcasts. It offers features like transcription, noise reduction, and background music, making audio production seamless.
- Auphonic automatically improves audio quality by reducing background noise and balancing sound levels, making it easier to produce clear and professional-sounding podcasts.
- Riverside.fm is designed for high-quality remote podcast recording, offering features like automatic transcription, real-time editing, and multi-channel recording.
- Otter.ai transcribes podcasts and meetings in real-time, making it easy to collaborate on and share transcriptions with others.
- Sonix.ai provides automatic transcription and translation services, along with editing tools that allow you to adjust the speed and add timestamps to your content.
- Rephonic helps you find the most relevant podcasts for your niche by analyzing podcast directories and offering insights into audience demographics.
- Headliner lets you create short video and audio clips from your podcast, perfect for promoting your episodes on social media. It also allows you to add captions to your videos, making them more accessible.
- AI Writer (for Podcast Show Notes) generates written content from audio or podcast transcripts, helping you create show notes, episode summaries, and blog posts quickly.
- Trint offers AI-driven transcription and translation, as well as editing tools that help clean up audio content.
Whether you’re a newbie property manager or an experienced host with a substantial portfolio, there are podcasts for you. By incorporating these podcasts into your daily routine, you’ll improve your business practices, stay updated on trends, and enhance your guest experience. So plug in and get to learning!
