In 2017, there were over 180,000 individual Australian properties listed on Airbnb. Not even taking into account the many other sites and accommodation providers that exist, that's a LOT of people hosting! But is being an STR (short term accommodation) host everything it's cracked up to be and is it REALLY for you? Hosting with Heart is a new podcast for aspiring and existing short-term accommodation hosts and property managers in Australia. Your host (pun intended), short-term accommodation business owner and self-confessed first year hosting apprentice Jen Clark aims to explore every nook and cranny of what it means to be a successful host in Australia in the 2020's and beyond.
Jen has now closed down her last property, The Fox House, Kyneton, due in most to the financial pressure of Melbourne's recent fourth Covid-19 related...
Lucy Scott is nothing short of a modern dynamo. Despite a background in remedial massage therapy, she wanted to try her hand at renovating - potential...
Beth Cooper, along with her partner Rod, owns Silvermere Coastal Retreat in Culburra Beach, New South Wales. Following a number of years successfully ...
ade Just is a highly experienced travel communications and marketing specialist, having spent over 12 years working for an impressive array of employe...
Tara Larnach is the owner and manager of Simpson Cottage in Bundeena, a stunning coastal village approx 1 hour south of Sydney. Having stayed in the c...
Since Melbourne's hard lockdown ended in November, 2020, host Jen Clark's short-term accommodation management business Ranges Escapes has gone on a jo...
Amanda Cochran is a Mum of three and lives in scenic Dunkeld, in Victoria's Grampians region, approx 3 hours west of Melbourne. In 2016, she establish...
Peter Noble is an experienced entrepreneur, innovator, consultant, business and sales leader. Until about four years ago, Peter ran his own highly suc...
Tim Clark is the owner and core practitioner at Time & Space Therapies, a counselling, psychotherapy and remedial massage business based in Melbourne'...
Zoe Martyn is a community artist based in Western Australia and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Visual Arts from Monash University and a Graduate Certifi...