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🗓️ 2 June 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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🎙 Welcome back to the Episode 781 of Boostly Podcast! 🎙
In today’s Spotlight Series, we’re diving into one of the most unique and memorable guest experiences out there—stargazing. But not just any stargazing… we’re talking about star bathing with a guided audio experience designed to turn your remote property into a destination that guests will never forget.Joining us is Etta Dunman, lighting designer and founder of Visit Dark Skies. She’s on a mission to help hosts create magical, immersive experiences by using the natural beauty of the night sky—something guests crave, but most hosts overlook.We explore how light pollution is making dark sky locations more valuable than ever, how a simple 30-minute activity can create lifetime memories, and how you can implement this at your property in just two hours—no astronomy skills required.
If your rental is in a remote location or you’re looking for an easy way to boost bookings and reviews through experience-led hosting, this episode is for you.Let’s jump in.https://www.visitdarkskies.com/sky
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0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Boostley podcast. This is the podcast that gives hosts the tools, the tactics, the training, most of all the confidence so you can go out there and get direct bookings. We're shining the Boostley spotlight on a service that you need to know about and something which is quite different in all the years that I've been on the Boosley podcast. I've not met as guest like our guest today and I hadn't even crossed my mind. |
0:24.6 | So this is going to be super exciting for you to dive into. |
0:27.6 | Today I'm joined by Etta Deneman. |
0:30.6 | She's the founder of Visit Dark Skies. |
0:34.6 | She helps remote hosts create unforgettable experiences using the natural light of the |
0:41.4 | sky. We're going to explore how you can turn stargazing into a unique selling point why guests |
0:47.0 | are craving these experiences and how you can easily offer them at your property if it's the right |
0:53.0 | kind of property. So I'm excited to get started. |
0:55.7 | Welcome along, Etta. |
0:56.7 | Hi. Yeah, excited to be on the podcast. |
0:59.0 | Hi. |
1:01.8 | So Etta, thank you for joining me. |
1:03.9 | What do you want the listener today to learn and take away from this podcast? |
1:09.8 | Yeah, the eye can greatly adapt to darkness, |
1:12.6 | but this process takes 30 minutes, |
1:15.6 | and most people do not know about this, |
1:18.6 | and I think they miss an incredibly powerful experience |
1:21.6 | being in the outdoors, |
1:23.6 | and yeah, actually there's a huge opportunity |
1:26.6 | for hosts in remote regions to set the sky |
1:31.1 | and scene and that's what we're doing at the river skies guys nice well why is this |
1:38.5 | business in particular important to you tell me the story of how this all came |
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