Recounted by RemoteLock Customer Service from a customer, Mike B. We have a vacation cabin in the mountains that’s ideal for skiers and snowmobilers. We’ve been renting it out for the past 16 years to families and groups of all ages. Our old “access” system was to mail a key to the guest. That way,…
If ever there was a vacation rental busy season to reinforce the need for automated access control it was the summer of 2021. Remember the onslaught of reservations, leaving you barely enough time to catch your breath? If you were still using the antiquated process of mechanical locks and physical keys, we know “hectic” doesn’t…
It’s that time again! The turning of the calendar to a new year brings both the opportunity to reflect on the last 12 months and the chance to begin planning for the next dozen. Before you jump to the ol’ stand-bys of “eat healthier” and “spend less time on social media,” we offer this ready-made…
Sergey Shukhat, who runs Zona Capital, LLC, refers to himself as “a stock market refugee.” Growing up in the Bay area, he saw the influx of large corporations and thought he had a future investing in the stock market. But the burst of the dot-com bubble in the mid-90s and the 2007-08 financial crisis made…
If there’s one silver lining from the pandemic, many of us now understand how important it is to be adaptable and flexible. Take a look at these now-familiar coping strategies that helped us adapt to our new normal during lockdown and the months that followed. Property managers, vacation rental owners, and commercial building companies pivoted,…
This post was contributed by Guesty, a short-term rental property management platform that automates and streamlines the daily, complex operations of managing flexible inventory. Last summer may have been hot and sunny, but it certainly didn’t feel like summer…at least not for players within the hospitality industry used to welcoming hoards of travelers into their accommodations…
