Hear Here - Short Term Rentals in a Resort Town

CATSKILLS REGION — The Hear Here Podcast was joined by Brian Christman and Eric Goettsche to discuss managing family owned resorts in Windham, the continuous daily work load requirements, adapting to the changes in the industry as well as in the town, the advent of online marketing and reservation systems, and comparing the regulation requirements for resort owners in comparison to short term rentals. 

Both took over family resort businesses at a very interesting time in history with accessibility to the mountain top region transitioning drastically by the improvement of roads, the ski resort development, and technology entering daily usage in the industry. In resorts with such a long family legacy the technologies go so far back as wash basins to indoor plumbing, ice boxes to refrigerators, gas lights to electric, and hundreds of phone calls each day to online reservations. This timeline becomes very intriguing when it can be put in to perspective how quickly and recently some of the changes happened. 

Brian and Eric discussed the State regulation, inspection, documentation, and insurance requirements for their businesses as the hosts read the requirements for short term rentals that up until recently may have had zero oversight from the state, county or town. The saturation of the short term rental market also affects the businesses ability to retain staffing as housing becomes limited or out of reach for employees. This issue extends out to individuals and families looking to put down permanent roots in the area. A discussion we loved having and will definitely be circling back to in the future! Search Hear Here Short Term Rentals in a Resort Town