The Advice That Made Property Managers Pull Over and Take Notes

Some years in vacation rental management leave you with a notebook full of advice you keep coming back to, and 2025 was one of them. In this special compilation of The Vacation Rental Show, host Lynell Gordon revisits sixteen of the year's most listened-to conversations and pulls out the moments that made operators pull over and take notes. The episode moves through four themes that defined the year: building systems that last, putting the guest experience first, protecting your business from safety and payment risk, and remembering that property management is still a people business. You'll hear from founders, operators, advocates, and technologists across the short-term rental industry, each sharing operator-level advice you can act on. Whether you're new to property management or a decade in, there's something here to challenge you or affirm what you already believed. Listen now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and stay in community with the best in the business.