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Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast

04/21/21

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47m

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Anthony Gantt is the founder and CEO of At Ease Rentals, a corporation dedicated to connecting vacation rental hosts to federal and military members and military families during official travel, liberty, and leave.

In this episode, he talks about how At Ease came to be, the company’s vision, and how they’re making it happen. Joining Anthony is Mateo Bradford who has been a trusted advisor with At Ease since the beginning of it all and brings a wealth of experience and industry knowledge.

This episode is sponsored by our friends at Safely! If you’re a professional property manager then you need to get Safely in your tool belt so you can focus on operating and growing your business. Go to Safely.com and let them know Wil sent you!

In this episode, we explore:

03:50 - Background of Anthony Gantt, founder of At Ease

10:16 - At Ease company was the solution

15:41 - Returning Receipts and Vouchers

21:25 - What is At Ease

24:30 - Pricing structure for At Ease

24:57 - Getting an Inventory from PMS

33:37 - Privacy Aspect

37:27 - Tasks at hand for At Ease

Connecting with the Guest:

Twitter https://twitter.com/At_Ease_Rentals

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ATEASERentals/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/40730274

Instagram https://instagram.com/stories/at_ease_rentals/

Website https://pcsatease.com

Email info@pcsatease.com

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Previous Episode

Simplifying Revenue Management in Short-Term Rentals

April 14, 2021

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33m

On today’s episode, we are joined by Tim From Buoy, Co-Founder/Head of Product at Buoy, a dynamic pricing platform for vacation rentals. Prior to founding the company he was an independent revenue manager, and spent 2016-2018 with Oasis Collections.

This episode is sponsored by my friends at Hostfully! Use my code SLICKTALK20 and get $100 off their property management platform or two months free of their premium digital guidebooks!

In this episode, we explore:

02:37 - Background of Tim Speicher + How he started Airbnb hosting

05:39 - What is Buoy?

08:26 - How to determine your booking rate?

10:41 - Implementing better revenue strategies

14:21 - Why was Buoy created?

18:22 - How Buoy can help with dynamic pricing suggestions

19:22 - Construal Distance - bridging the gap between abstract and concrete idea

22:28 - Complete aggregated data vs Non-aggregated data

29:12 - Buoy’s company goal
Connecting with the Guest:

Website: https://buoy.us/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyspeicher/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buoy.us/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tim_speicher?lang=en

Slick Talk Website & Socials: https://linktr.ee/Slicktalk

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Next Episode

Created By Hosts For Hosts

April 28, 2021

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61m

In this episode, Washbnb CEO Daniel Cruz talks about the incredible story of how the company started, and what it took for them to get to where they are today. Being a host himself, Washbnb was founded after he saw the great need for laundry service in the rental industry.

Daniel Cruz and the Washbnb team are dedicated to providing the best level of hospitality to their clients. Washbnb prides itself on being a company that is created by hosts, for hosts.

This episode is sponsored by our friends at Safely & NoiseAware! If you’re a professional property manager then you need to get both Safely & NoiseAware in your tool belt so you can focus on operating and growing your business. Go to Safely.com and let them know Wil sent you and use SLICKTALK20 to get 20% off your noise devices with NoiseAware!

In this episode, we explore:

03:37 - Getting into Airbnb

10:20 - When the side hustle turns into a full-time job

17:41 - The beginning of Washbnb

20:52 - Pushing through setbacks

24:55 - The high demand for laundry services in rentals

27:46 - The company’s values

31:27 - What hospitality really means

33:36 - The white linen analogy

39:23 - Washbnb after a year

45:36 - Marketing through Clubhouse

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