The STR Sisterhood Podcast
If you’re an ambitious woman who’s looking to have a 5-star STR business on your hands without having to sacrifice the things you love, then tune in today for all the goodness!
The STR Sisterhood
Whether you’re brand new to Airbnb or an experienced Superhost, you’re giving yourself the gift of financial freedom and FUN when you’re in the short-term rental space. On this show, it’s all about you and your short-term rental journey. You’ll hear actionable advice from industry experts as well as stories from real women about their experiences, achievements, frustrations, and challenges…and how they’ve managed to turn their short-term rental business dreams into reality.
Recent Episodes
#209 Airbnb Design Lessons From April Williams’ Blue Ridge Treehouse Cabin
November 03, 2026 #209 Airbnb Design Lessons From April Williams’ Blue Ridge Treehouse CabinApril Williams and her husband questioned every dollar of the custom treehouse they built at The Ridgeline, their cabin in Blue Ridge, Georgia. Now roughly 90% of the families...
#208 What Your Airbnb Cleaner Wishes You Knew: Lessons From Britt Greenwood
October 27, 2026 #208 What Your Airbnb Cleaner Wishes You Knew: Lessons From Britt GreenwoodDo you really know who’s behind the reservation? Ela Mezhiborsky, co-founder of AutoHost and Checktiv, found out on Christmas Eve, when a Toronto police deputy called asking...
#207 Know Who’s Walking Through the Door: Smarter Guest Screening for Safer Short-Term Rentals with Ela Mezhiborsky
October 20, 2026 #207 Know Who’s Walking Through the Door: Smarter Guest Screening for Safer Short-Term Rentals with Ela MezhiborskyDo you really know who’s behind the reservation? Ela Mezhiborsky, co-founder of AutoHost and Checktiv, found out on Christmas Eve, when...
#206 AI for Airbnb Hosts: How Ana Shapiro Multiplies Herself at Chillin Away
October 13, 2026 #206 AI for Airbnb Hosts: How Ana Shapiro Multiplies Herself at Chillin Away "It's passive income until the cleaner is running late, until the guest is checking in early, and until the hot tub has decided to act up." That's how Ana Shapiro, founder...
#205 Start Before You’re Ready: Laura Sides on Building a Short-Term Rental Lifestyle Around the Life You Want
October 06, 2026 #205 Start Before You’re Ready: Laura Sides on Building a Short-Term Rental Lifestyle Around the Life You Want Laura Sides was sitting on a Florida beach in the early days of the pandemic, reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad, when it clicked that she didn’t...
#204 The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Hospitality with Daniella Morganelli
September 29, 2026 #204 The Power of Emotional Intelligence in Hospitality with Daniella Morganelli A guest at one of Daniella Morganelli’s rentals couldn’t get the gas grill working and mentioned they had charcoal, so Daniella ordered a charcoal grill from Walmart...
#203 Off-Grid Short-Term Rental Lessons From Kristen Sluiter, Host of Pole Bridge Penny
September 22, 2026 #203 Off-Grid Short-Term Rental Lessons From Kristen Sluiter, Host of Pole Bridge PennyKristen Sluiter runs an off-grid short-term rental forty miles from the nearest power line, and she found the tiny house that started it all on Facebook...
#202 Stop Waiting for Perfect: Ramya Mehta on Building a Short-Term Rental Design Business
September 15, 2026 #202 Stop Waiting for Perfect: Ramya Mehta on Building a Short-Term Rental Design BusinessRamya Mehta had her logo, her color palette, and her Instagram grid sitting on a to-do list before she’d let herself call Yellow Tulip Designs a real...
#201 Airbnb Business Systems: The One Thing Your PMS Was Never Built to Do
September 08, 2026 #201 Airbnb Business Systems: The One Thing Your PMS Was Never Built to DoA family spent an entire week of their Myrtle Beach vacation parking two miles from the condo they’d booked. In this solo episode of The STR Sisterhood, Stacey St. John...
#200 Episodes Later: The Biggest Lessons About Short-Term Rental Success with Stacey St. John
September 01, 2026 #200 Episodes Later: The Biggest Lessons About Short-Term Rental Success with Stacey St. JohnEpisode 200 of the STR Sisterhood landed on my birthday, and I consider it a gift to have had 200 conversations about short-term rental success with...
#199 Short-term rental hospitality: what actually makes a great host, with Jodie Odlin
August 25, 2026 #199 Short-Term Rental Hospitality: What Actually Makes a Great Host, with Jodie OdlinJodie Odlin manages quintessential little cottages in the Cotswolds — the same English village where King Charles lives — from her home in Australia, and we...
#198 How Traci Capraro Built a Short-Term Rental Portfolio From One Tax Appointment
August 18, 2026 #198 How Traci Capraro Built a Short-Term Rental Portfolio From One Tax AppointmentTraci Capraro was sitting in her CPA’s office doing her annual taxes when she heard the sentence that changed her life: “Oh boy, you’re going to owe a lot of money...
YOUR HOST
Stacey St. John
“It’s my mission to help women worldwide to turn their real estate dreams into reality and start living a life they love.”
If you let her, Stacey is going to help you turn your short-term rental goals into reality without having to sacrifice your family, your free time, or your sanity!
In a nutshell: Wherever you are in your journey…whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, whether you’re stuck, or whether you’re simply looking to scale your already-successful short-term rental business, Stacey will help you move your STR dreams forward, upwards, and beyond anything you can imagine!
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