Welcome back to the Booskey podcast. This is the podcast that gives host the tools, the tactics,

the training, and most of all the confidence. So you can go out there and get yourselves more direct

bookings. We do a spotlight series where we look at services, businesses and things you just need

to know about as a hospitality member and as a host out there. So today, I'm joined by a special

guest. We've got Eric, who is the founder and CEO of Savvy.

It's a platform which is really shaking things up, helping guests book vacation rentals, but without those fees.

So this is really good for our listeners, for Boostery listeners in general, we're going to dive into what that means

and how it can help you as a host. So welcome along, Eric. Thank you for joining me today.

Glad to be here. Thanks for having me. So the golden question, let's start with a quick intro.

For anyone who hasn't come across savvy yet, what is savvy and what makes it different from the

usual platforms out there?

And if you give yourself an introduction to Eric.

Great.

So why don't I start with the introduction on me because that's what sort of helped us see the

opportunity with Savvy and the need for such a product.

My history started a company called bed and breakfast.com back like in the early days of the internet.

We were the largest website in the world for information on bed and breakfast.

We had the first central reservation system that we distributed to Expedia and Travelocity and all the big players for innkeepers.

We also had the leading property management software

system. Sold that 2010 to Home Away. They got acquired by Expedia 2015. In 2013, I co-founded a company

called Turnkey Vacation Rennels. We were a technology-enabled national branded property management company.

We built it to be number two in North America and we sold it to Vicasa in 2021.

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