Are you still trying to do it all yourself in your short-term rental business? If you’re afraid to be away from your phone even for a few minutes or worried that you forgot to follow up with a guest, it’s time to consider hiring a virtual assistant or two—before you burn out!
So, what do you need to know about hiring VAs? How can they help you scale your STR hosting business?
Kim Herrlein is the founder of Purveyors of Leisure, a short-term rental management company headquartered in the Coachella Valley of California. Kim’s team focuses on large group travel, combining the comfort of a vacation rental with the luxury of resort-style concierge services.
On this episode of Get Paid for Your Pad, Kim joins me to explain how hiring virtual assistants has been a game changer for her Airbnb business, describing what her VA team does and how she trained them.
We discuss the common misconceptions around hiring Filipino VAs, and Kim describes the advantages of hiring virtual assistants through an agency like Sphere Rocket or Virtual Staff Finder.
Listen in to understand how hiring VAs has helped Kim transition from Hectic Host to Rising Star and find out how YOU might benefit from adding the services of a virtual assistant to your STR team.
How Purveyors of Leisure caters to large group travel
Why Kim hesitated to hire a VA for her STR business
The benefits Kim sees from hiring a team of VAs
Kim’s unique approach to training her virtual assistants
What Kim is focusing on now that she’s built a VA team
Why Kim recommends hiring VAs through an agency
The projects Kim’s VAs are leading in her STR business
The most common misconceptions about hiring Filipino VAs
Kim’s advice to hosts on working with virtual assistants
Sphere Rocket Virtual Assistants
Legends X Short-Term Rental Accelerator
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Email jasper@getpaidforyourpad.com
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