June 22, 2025 • 20 mins
Mindy and Randy discuss Ohio AirBNB's with over the phone interviews!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
I have to admit, it is so fun having you
in studio co hosting with me, Randy. It's like, Rady Colin,
I gotta do this. Does it remind you of home
Boston you around?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Absolutely? You know. I was just telling somebody that, you know, Sundays,
I love it, like one thirty to six thirty. It's
me and the dogs at home, just to enjoyin life.
Mama's out of the house, and then she wanted me
to come along.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I'm like, oh, I'm not that bad.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
No, but you know, no, but I heard that. No,
I'm always right with the dogs. They do everything I
want to do. So well.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I'm glad you're here and you and I travel so much,
and we have traveled. My gosh, it seems like since
the kids were eight or nine years old. Because of
travel ball and most of the time we would stay
in hotels. A lot of them were team hotels. You're
staying with parents, but that is changing. The travel industry
is changing. In fact, the last time we stayed with
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teammates and parents of one of the more recent was
Michigan State and we stayed in in Airbnb.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yeah, I was a little concerned about the couple we
were staying. Now, Actually that's who I said it all
the games. But they're a great family. But I really
enjoyed it. Is the first time I've done it. I know.
We came up to the house, We're like, is this
the right house?
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Because it's a different experience. But the bottom line is
airbnbs are growing throughout the state of Ohio. Wait, do
you hear some of these numbers? Matt McLaren with the
Ohio Chamber along with Vincent Frill Is it Frilissi? Is
that right? Vincent? Say your last name for me, that's
Flichi Flechie. That's got to be Italian, right, yeah, a
(01:38):
little bit. Yeah, I'm my mom was one hundred percent Italian,
she was Benedetto, So I thought I could nail it Forlychie.
I like that the way you said it better. And Matt,
you're with us too, correct.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Yeah, Hey, Mandy, it's crazy back on the show.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yeah, you sound great. So first of all, Matt, I'm
going to you, why did you want to because when
we have you in studio, you always talk about different
places and things to do, things to see across the
state of Ohio. Why bring up airbnbs?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Well, Ohio's tourism industry has been growing and it's because
of new options like airbnbs, and they're continued to growth
across the state that we're seeing that growth in our industry.
And I'll tell you what our family is one of
those that's discovered airbnbs is a great way to travel
the state. And whether it's little areas and wineries, lofts
and wineries like we did in Vienton County, or tiny
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cabins like we've done in Dellvue, or full houses like
we need when we have a whole family, it's become
a great option for us and I think you're seeing
that with many, many more travelers.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So, Vincent, what do you do with airbnbs? What's your
exact role in title?
Speaker 4 (02:41):
Well, first of all, thanks for having me on. I
appreciate it. Public policy manager for the Great Lakes Region
and actually I graduated from Michigan State. Great times, great
times in Columbus going to Spartan Buckeye Games. Everyone's been
very welcoming of me and my friends. So that's what
I do, is that I talked to local governments as
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well as governors about our public policy when it comes
to the impacts the short term rentals on the state economy,
and so we're excited to be here to talk about
a report that we did showing the bigger the biggest
income that we've ever excuse me, the impact that we've
ever had in Ohio.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Hey, I got a question for you, either one of
you that what's the difference between Airbnb and a Burbo?
Speaker 4 (03:33):
So the biggest difference I think you know, first of all, Expedia,
which owns Berbo. They were founded maybe ten years before
us in the nineties, So the biggest difference is I
think that they've been around longer than Airbnb. But many
airbnb hosts, of which there are thousands across Ohio, they'll
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list their homes that they're sharing in places mostly without hotels.
They'll list them on Airbnb and on Verbo, so you
can decide where you want to book. There's a lot
of great advantages just the booking with Airbnb, but generally
it's usually the same homes.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
We're going to give away a one hundred dollars gift
certificate to in Airbnb across the state of Ohio. Why
do you think they're growing more now? Like they're getting
more and more popular. These days, especially, it seems like
in smaller cities that don't have the high rise hotels.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Well, what's going on in Ohio is what we're seeing
across the Great Lakes is that people want to visit
different places, and sometimes they want to visit them differently.
So there was over over a billion dollars in GDP
generated into Ohio's economy last year, and the majority of
that are people who are staying in places at that
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hotels and I think you mentioned it earlier. Sometimes it's
with friends, and so they need a bigger place, right right,
Maybe they need a place to go with a tribal
baseball team, and so they need to washer and dryer
between the playoff games to get all those uniforms cleaned,
or to cook everybody a big meal, and then to
go to get a good night's sleep. So it's a
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combination of either the utility of having a space that
can take more people like a home, right or in
a place where there maybe aren't hotels that people want
to visit. And so every nook and corner, cranny and
corner of Ohio now is a place where you can
visit where maybe you couldn't visit it.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Before Matt and I know you being with the Ohio
Chamber and especially with travel and tourism, that's just got
to be music to your ears.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
It absolutely is, and we've seen places across the Ohio
grow tremendously in tourism because of what they've been able
to add. On the short termental to Verbo and Airbnb front.
One of those, there's no surprise Hocking Hills, an area
in Ohio where the cabins, many of them are rented
through Airbnb. Those cabins, the additional builds that you've seen
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more and more people choosing them have made that one
of the most popular destinations in the entire state. But
one thing I want to add, it's not just travelers
coming from other states, which we love, but it's a
majority of Ohioans that stay at airbnbs. When you take
a look at airbnbs that are rented across the state,
majority of the people that stay there are Ohioan. So
it's Ohio Ohioan's traveling across Ohio and ohiolands using Airbnbs.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
So what's the best part of staying in an airbnb
compared to a hotel?
Speaker 5 (06:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Did want that one go ahead.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
I'm sorry, sure, so I grew up in Michigan.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
And sorry about that jacent.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Oh thanks, but the Great Lakes Region as a whole
right hasn't grown economically as fast as other parts of
the country in the last thirty years. And I think
first and foremost the great thing about staying out of the
airbnb is is that because of airbnb hosts in Ohio
res an Ohioland has to share their home, they're going
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to keep about ninety percent of whatever you spend to
stay with them. So, as Matt said, the majority of
people staying in airbnbs are Ohiolands, So these are Ohiolands
making a decision to invest in Ohiolands by keeping the
money local. So I think that's a great first reason
to stay at an airbnb. And then the other one
is that it really supports these local economies. We found
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in our study that the typical airbnb guests will spend
five hundred and eighty three dollars outside of the Airbnb spent,
but they'll spend that five hundred and eighty three dollars
whenever they go stay within irbnbos on the local towns, restaurants,
shopping for groceries, or other businesses. And when when you
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talk about the majority of these people staying in places,
whether they are in hotels or places where maybe they
never would have gone. I mean, that's a real impact
for some really tiny towns that are that are seeing visitors,
you know, spend those dollars.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
You both can ask this question, and Matt, I'll begin
with you, but are you seeing more homeowners in the
state of Ohio turn what they've had for years into
an Airbnb or perhaps buying a second home, third home
and turning that into an ar into an Airbnb? And
also for you, Vincent, how hard and difficult is that process?
Is it easier than people think? So, Matt, why don't
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you start?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Sure? Thanks, Mindy. Yeah, we're seeing some homes being used
as Airbnbs, but we're also seeing people get really creative.
For example, the tiny cabin that my wife and I
stayed in just fIF few months ago that was added
onto the lot someone who owned property and had lots
of acreage and decided to build that tiny specific leader
in it as a short term rental on Airbnb. You're
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also seeing at the linery that we stayed at, the
loss that they had above it that wasn't ever really
suitable to be someone's true home, but it worked out
great for us for the weekend to be an Airbnb.
I think you're seeing people get really creative and turning
some old places into something that's new, unique and fun
to stand. And that's why you're seeing so many new
options that are short termentals like airbnb.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Is it difficult process, Vincent?
Speaker 4 (09:08):
You know, it really depends on where. But let me
answer the other part if I may jump in on
the mac question, which is I couldn't agree more. There
are people that are taking unique spaces and turning into airbnbs.
But the first and foremost, the majority of people in
Ohio who are sharing their homes are sharing just one
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home on our platform. So seventy five percent about only
have one list in, and that means it's their primary
residence that they're sharing, maybe when they're in Florida for
the winner, or maybe they want to go on vacation
themselves and pay for that vacation by letting somebody use
their home when they're gone. And also on the unique front,
I couldn't help it mention this is this amazing space
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in hockey hills, like Matt talked about in dun lap
it's a cave home, and there's there's a there's a
host on the Bryan and Amy who've converted a literal
cave into a place that sweet six.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Oh gosh, that's cool.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
If you just google Dune laugh hollow cave, you can
that's pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
I just put that on my list. By the way,
I'm gonna go check it out.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Yeah, you and me both. I'm going to send my husband, Randy,
just to the cave and then leave him.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Now.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. He's sitting in here
with me today. So let me ask you guys this
because we got to go and I know we're gonna
give one hundred dollars gift certificate to an Airbnb in
the state of Ohio, so we'll have people call in
when we take a break. But Matt, what is the
best way in Vincent you two, for people to get
more information so they know that they don't always have
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to stay at a holiday inn or a Best Western
or where's your favorite hotel, Randy? Best Western? Yeah, I'm
just kidding. So where is the list of stuff that
people can go check out?
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Matt?
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Yeah, Ohio dot org is the state site that has
a lot of great suggestions to go in Ohio the
heart of it all, or you can follow at Ohio
Chamber and social media. And I know Vincent has a
great website. If you're looking for an Airbnb, go ahead, Vincent.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
Yeah, just go to airbnb dot com. We have a
whole bunch of categories and we also just launch experiences
where you can also probably find an amazing person to
show you places that you've never seen while you're there,
maybe around Hockey Hills. So okaybab dot com it is.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
It is such a neat place to stay. It's just
a different option than staying at those hotels. So you, guys,
both of you, thank you. We are going to give
our number for anyone who calls up. Just tell us
your favorite place to travel to in the state of Ohio,
your favorite place to visit at six one four eight
two one nine eight eight six six one four eight
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two one nine eight eighty six, if you could visit
anywhere where would that be in the state of Ohio
and you will win a one hundred dollars give certificate
to stay at an Airbnb. Vincent and Matt thanks so much, guys.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Taking Indy and Randy great back on the show.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
You got it.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Always good to talk to you, Matt. Nice meeting of Vincent.
We'll be right back, everybody. All right, we are back.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
We have one more segment before we do something really
really cool in this studio that we've never ever done before,
so stay tuned for that.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
But right now we're going to go to the phone
lines because we got to find out who wins this
one hundred dollars get certificate to an Airbnb. And we
are in break and Randy, you brought up a really
good point. I'm like, darn, you should have asked Matt
and Vincent that.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Yeah, I was saying that when we went, I enjoyed
it because I like the semi healthy and so we
could take food along and cook in the kitchen versus
you know, we'd always eat out at night, but during
the day I like the eat certain things for breakfast
and dinner, and so that was a great part of
it that I really enjoyed.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Yeah, because in an airbnb, you're staying at somebody's house,
so you have the full kitchen and all amenities. Sometimes
if you're stinging in a hotel, unless you get a suite,
you don't really have that option. So good point, Randy.
You should have said that last segment.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Right, You didn't give me the sign Usually you're telling
me what to say.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
He was like, you didn't give me a chance to talk.
All right, we have Dwayne on the line. Dwayne, what
is your favorite place to travel to across the state
of Ohio.
Speaker 7 (13:23):
Oh that's good.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
I didn't cut me off scarred with that.
Speaker 7 (13:26):
And I thought you met the United States.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
But that's okay. You could do the United States.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
Prefer Diego, San Diego, by far San Diego.
Speaker 7 (13:35):
Why San Diego the temperature and humidity, the lack of it,
I guess. But then again, my second favorite place is
golf Shores and it's full of humidity. So I'm all
over the map, just like everything else in my life.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
So do you travel a lot, Duane?
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (13:55):
Corrido or you guys are big catalists too though, Oh this.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Is your buddy, Dwayne, Randy.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Yeah, what's uh? Good? Good? I enjoyed travel, especially to
travel ball many You'd always be like, you know, it's
a racket, spending all this money to go do that.
I said, you know what, I loved it because I
got to go with one of my two kids and
have a fun weekend watching them play and help them
through the bad games, and then going out and eat.
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So I really enjoy traveling.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
I did think travel always a racket, though I did
it was money boy.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
It is the boy.
Speaker 7 (14:32):
You know, the time you get a spend with your kid,
and a lot of it is one on one because
both parents don't go a lot.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
You know that's true, right, both parents.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
The hard part for our family. Anyway, both kids wanted
to go with me to go with them, so that
is not true.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Maybe Cammy did because Cammy always wanted to be to
the field on time, if not early, and I was
always maybe a little bit late. All right, Dwayne, here's
what you're going to do. You win that one hundred
dollars gift certificate to an Airbnb. All you have to
do is give our producer your name, number and email,
and you got it. We're so glad you called in.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 7 (15:06):
I got my only complaint about Airbnb's the cleaning fees and.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Whatever you do, don't break a coffee pot.
Speaker 7 (15:14):
I did that once. I left it on all night
and day and.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
Maybe two days, and when I.
Speaker 7 (15:18):
Picked it up and touched it it shattered.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
They charged me for that whole coffee pot.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
That's a lot. Well, wherever you go with us one
hundred dollars, give certificate to an airbnb, don't make any coffee.
Speaker 7 (15:31):
Yeah, I'll try not break anything, Dwayne, thanks.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
For calling in, Thanks for listening. So Pete, we see
on the line. But the one hundred dollars gets certificate
was already given away. But we have a question for
you because obviously you may travel across the state because
you wanted this certificate for an airbnb. Randy and I
are just starting the process since now we have so
much more free time on our hands, since we don't
get to watch our daughter play Ohio State softball anymore.
(15:55):
It kills us, right, Rand.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
More mendy than myself.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Yeah, that is true.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Enjoyed it, but I knew four years is all.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
You get, I know, but I wanted like six, seven,
eight years if I could. So we thought, you know what,
let's do something for us. Let's get a little piece
of property, a little lake house somewhere in the state
of Ohio. So we're looking at Indian Lake, We're looking
at Buckeye Lake, We're looking at Candlewood, and also Apple Valley,
because those are the ones that are really around central Ohio.
(16:23):
I put this on my Facebook page, Randy, can you
believe all the responses that people commented on?
Speaker 2 (16:29):
No, but it was really good because when you're tak
looking at the pictures, as we've looked at scheval them already,
they are sometimes a lot different than what the house
actually looks like.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Yeah, that is so true. We go there, we're like, oh,
this doesn't look like that picture at all. We walked
in and walked out, So I guess Pete. My question
to you is wch of those lakes that I mentioned,
the Indian Lake, Buckeye Lake, Apple Valley, and Candlewood, which
do you think is the best?
Speaker 5 (16:56):
Apple Valley is not far from Mount Vernon? Correct?
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Correct?
Speaker 5 (17:02):
Oh, definitely Apple Valley. I was I was going to
say that my favorite place in Ohio is Amish Country.
When I was fifteen, I spent a summer working at
a restaurant there for one of my dad's customers. And
I love going there on vacation because, you know not
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it's you just stepping back into yesteryear. And also the people.
I love the Amish people. They're just so humble and
so you know, just easy to get along with, and
and it's just, you know, just the things that you
can do. You know, take a tour of a farm
and they have really cool Layman's hardware store and just
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all kinds of really neat shops. So I think that's
a no brainer because you're you're not very far from
Amish Country at all.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Yeah, and nothing like the Amish country food. It's awesome, Pete,
thank you. We appreciate it. And really, Randy and I
just wanted to tell everybody who commented on the Facebook
page thank you, because I cannot believe the advice that
we were given in really really good comments from everybody.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
They were And when Minnie says a small little house,
when I look at their price tags, sometimes it doesn't
seem like a small little house he's looking for.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
But you love the water, you grew up going to
Lake Erie with your dad. You love to fish. We
would love something like this absolutely.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
I mean, I I do Hoover Dam in Westville because
that's all we really have. But we were looking at
a pontoon boat and the biggest motor you could get
was like a nine horsepower motor. I'm like, can you
even move?
Speaker 5 (18:37):
With it.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Yeah, I think like five miles per hour on Hoover.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Yeah, and so we wanted something bigger where we could
have a bigger motor and maybe some jetsis and you know,
and have her kids come up. Because you start having
toys like that around, they seem to visit more often.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Yeah, that is for sure, And that's like part of
the lure. If we get a little lake house, we'll
be able to spend a lot more time with Kylon
and Cameron. So the search is on. My good there
are so many out there. I'm giving myself a headache
as I look through all these and I show him
to Randy and You're like, didn't I already see that one? Like,
I don't know, did you? Because there's so many. I've
learned this through this entire process. I'm kind of blown
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away of how many people think like we do, like
they want to live on the water. How many people
in Ohio have a second house or live at these
locations that we talked about. It's crazy, but I understand
people love the magistic sense of being around water.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
That's true. And one of the biggest things for us
that makes a difference is we have four dogs and
they go everywhere with us, you know, they keep us
from being empty nesters.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
So thank goodness.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Yes, every place we've went to, the first thing is
can we have our four dogs here?
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Yeah, we need a fence in yard and.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
That makes it a little difficult.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
But wherever we go to, the neighbors are probably going
to move out once we move in, all right, so
this is fun show. Randy's going to step aside for
the microphone because he's going to give up his seat
to someone who's extremely special to me, someone who I
have known for so many years, because we have a
special guest and story that we cannot wait to share
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with you. It is going to warm your heart, I promise.
So we'll be right back, everybody,
I have to admit, it is so fun having you
in studio co hosting with me, Randy. It's like, Rady Colin,
I gotta do this. Does it remind you of home
Boston you around?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Absolutely? You know. I was just telling somebody that, you know, Sundays,
I love it, like one thirty to six thirty. It's
me and the dogs at home, just to enjoyin life.
Mama's out of the house, and then she wanted me
to come along.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
I'm like, oh, I'm not that bad.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
No, but you know, no, but I heard that. No,
I'm always right with the dogs. They do everything I
want to do. So well.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I'm glad you're here and you and I travel so much,
and we have traveled. My gosh, it seems like since
the kids were eight or nine years old. Because of
travel ball and most of the time we would stay
in hotels. A lot of them were team hotels. You're
staying with parents, but that is changing. The travel industry
is changing. In fact, the last time we stayed with
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teammates and parents of one of the more recent was
Michigan State and we stayed in in Airbnb.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yeah, I was a little concerned about the couple we
were staying. Now, Actually that's who I said it all
the games. But they're a great family. But I really
enjoyed it. Is the first time I've done it. I know.
We came up to the house, We're like, is this
the right house?
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Because it's a different experience. But the bottom line is
airbnbs are growing throughout the state of Ohio. Wait, do
you hear some of these numbers? Matt McLaren with the
Ohio Chamber along with Vincent Frill Is it Frilissi? Is
that right? Vincent? Say your last name for me, that's
Flichi Flechie. That's got to be Italian, right, yeah, a
(01:38):
little bit. Yeah, I'm my mom was one hundred percent Italian,
she was Benedetto, So I thought I could nail it Forlychie.
I like that the way you said it better. And Matt,
you're with us too, correct.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Yeah, Hey, Mandy, it's crazy back on the show.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yeah, you sound great. So first of all, Matt, I'm
going to you, why did you want to because when
we have you in studio, you always talk about different
places and things to do, things to see across the
state of Ohio. Why bring up airbnbs?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Well, Ohio's tourism industry has been growing and it's because
of new options like airbnbs, and they're continued to growth
across the state that we're seeing that growth in our industry.
And I'll tell you what our family is one of
those that's discovered airbnbs is a great way to travel
the state. And whether it's little areas and wineries, lofts
and wineries like we did in Vienton County, or tiny
(02:27):
cabins like we've done in Dellvue, or full houses like
we need when we have a whole family, it's become
a great option for us and I think you're seeing
that with many, many more travelers.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So, Vincent, what do you do with airbnbs? What's your
exact role in title?
Speaker 4 (02:41):
Well, first of all, thanks for having me on. I
appreciate it. Public policy manager for the Great Lakes Region
and actually I graduated from Michigan State. Great times, great
times in Columbus going to Spartan Buckeye Games. Everyone's been
very welcoming of me and my friends. So that's what
I do, is that I talked to local governments as
(03:04):
well as governors about our public policy when it comes
to the impacts the short term rentals on the state economy,
and so we're excited to be here to talk about
a report that we did showing the bigger the biggest
income that we've ever excuse me, the impact that we've
ever had in Ohio.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Hey, I got a question for you, either one of
you that what's the difference between Airbnb and a Burbo?
Speaker 4 (03:33):
So the biggest difference I think you know, first of all, Expedia,
which owns Berbo. They were founded maybe ten years before
us in the nineties, So the biggest difference is I
think that they've been around longer than Airbnb. But many
airbnb hosts, of which there are thousands across Ohio, they'll
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list their homes that they're sharing in places mostly without hotels.
They'll list them on Airbnb and on Verbo, so you
can decide where you want to book. There's a lot
of great advantages just the booking with Airbnb, but generally
it's usually the same homes.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
We're going to give away a one hundred dollars gift
certificate to in Airbnb across the state of Ohio. Why
do you think they're growing more now? Like they're getting
more and more popular. These days, especially, it seems like
in smaller cities that don't have the high rise hotels.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Well, what's going on in Ohio is what we're seeing
across the Great Lakes is that people want to visit
different places, and sometimes they want to visit them differently.
So there was over over a billion dollars in GDP
generated into Ohio's economy last year, and the majority of
that are people who are staying in places at that
(04:50):
hotels and I think you mentioned it earlier. Sometimes it's
with friends, and so they need a bigger place, right right,
Maybe they need a place to go with a tribal
baseball team, and so they need to washer and dryer
between the playoff games to get all those uniforms cleaned,
or to cook everybody a big meal, and then to
go to get a good night's sleep. So it's a
(05:11):
combination of either the utility of having a space that
can take more people like a home, right or in
a place where there maybe aren't hotels that people want
to visit. And so every nook and corner, cranny and
corner of Ohio now is a place where you can
visit where maybe you couldn't visit it.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Before Matt and I know you being with the Ohio
Chamber and especially with travel and tourism, that's just got
to be music to your ears.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
It absolutely is, and we've seen places across the Ohio
grow tremendously in tourism because of what they've been able
to add. On the short termental to Verbo and Airbnb front.
One of those, there's no surprise Hocking Hills, an area
in Ohio where the cabins, many of them are rented
through Airbnb. Those cabins, the additional builds that you've seen
(06:02):
more and more people choosing them have made that one
of the most popular destinations in the entire state. But
one thing I want to add, it's not just travelers
coming from other states, which we love, but it's a
majority of Ohioans that stay at airbnbs. When you take
a look at airbnbs that are rented across the state,
majority of the people that stay there are Ohioan. So
it's Ohio Ohioan's traveling across Ohio and ohiolands using Airbnbs.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
So what's the best part of staying in an airbnb
compared to a hotel?
Speaker 5 (06:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Did want that one go ahead.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
I'm sorry, sure, so I grew up in Michigan.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
And sorry about that jacent.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Oh thanks, but the Great Lakes Region as a whole
right hasn't grown economically as fast as other parts of
the country in the last thirty years. And I think
first and foremost the great thing about staying out of the
airbnb is is that because of airbnb hosts in Ohio
res an Ohioland has to share their home, they're going
(07:02):
to keep about ninety percent of whatever you spend to
stay with them. So, as Matt said, the majority of
people staying in airbnbs are Ohiolands, So these are Ohiolands
making a decision to invest in Ohiolands by keeping the
money local. So I think that's a great first reason
to stay at an airbnb. And then the other one
is that it really supports these local economies. We found
(07:24):
in our study that the typical airbnb guests will spend
five hundred and eighty three dollars outside of the Airbnb spent,
but they'll spend that five hundred and eighty three dollars
whenever they go stay within irbnbos on the local towns, restaurants,
shopping for groceries, or other businesses. And when when you
(07:45):
talk about the majority of these people staying in places,
whether they are in hotels or places where maybe they
never would have gone. I mean, that's a real impact
for some really tiny towns that are that are seeing visitors,
you know, spend those dollars.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
You both can ask this question, and Matt, I'll begin
with you, but are you seeing more homeowners in the
state of Ohio turn what they've had for years into
an Airbnb or perhaps buying a second home, third home
and turning that into an ar into an Airbnb? And
also for you, Vincent, how hard and difficult is that process?
Is it easier than people think? So, Matt, why don't
(08:20):
you start?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Sure? Thanks, Mindy. Yeah, we're seeing some homes being used
as Airbnbs, but we're also seeing people get really creative.
For example, the tiny cabin that my wife and I
stayed in just fIF few months ago that was added
onto the lot someone who owned property and had lots
of acreage and decided to build that tiny specific leader
in it as a short term rental on Airbnb. You're
(08:43):
also seeing at the linery that we stayed at, the
loss that they had above it that wasn't ever really
suitable to be someone's true home, but it worked out
great for us for the weekend to be an Airbnb.
I think you're seeing people get really creative and turning
some old places into something that's new, unique and fun
to stand. And that's why you're seeing so many new
options that are short termentals like airbnb.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Is it difficult process, Vincent?
Speaker 4 (09:08):
You know, it really depends on where. But let me
answer the other part if I may jump in on
the mac question, which is I couldn't agree more. There
are people that are taking unique spaces and turning into airbnbs.
But the first and foremost, the majority of people in
Ohio who are sharing their homes are sharing just one
(09:29):
home on our platform. So seventy five percent about only
have one list in, and that means it's their primary
residence that they're sharing, maybe when they're in Florida for
the winner, or maybe they want to go on vacation
themselves and pay for that vacation by letting somebody use
their home when they're gone. And also on the unique front,
I couldn't help it mention this is this amazing space
(09:53):
in hockey hills, like Matt talked about in dun lap
it's a cave home, and there's there's a there's a
host on the Bryan and Amy who've converted a literal
cave into a place that sweet six.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Oh gosh, that's cool.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
If you just google Dune laugh hollow cave, you can
that's pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
I just put that on my list. By the way,
I'm gonna go check it out.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Yeah, you and me both. I'm going to send my husband, Randy,
just to the cave and then leave him.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Now.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. He's sitting in here
with me today. So let me ask you guys this
because we got to go and I know we're gonna
give one hundred dollars gift certificate to an Airbnb in
the state of Ohio, so we'll have people call in
when we take a break. But Matt, what is the
best way in Vincent you two, for people to get
more information so they know that they don't always have
(10:41):
to stay at a holiday inn or a Best Western
or where's your favorite hotel, Randy? Best Western? Yeah, I'm
just kidding. So where is the list of stuff that
people can go check out?
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Matt?
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Yeah, Ohio dot org is the state site that has
a lot of great suggestions to go in Ohio the
heart of it all, or you can follow at Ohio
Chamber and social media. And I know Vincent has a
great website. If you're looking for an Airbnb, go ahead, Vincent.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
Yeah, just go to airbnb dot com. We have a
whole bunch of categories and we also just launch experiences
where you can also probably find an amazing person to
show you places that you've never seen while you're there,
maybe around Hockey Hills. So okaybab dot com it is.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
It is such a neat place to stay. It's just
a different option than staying at those hotels. So you, guys,
both of you, thank you. We are going to give
our number for anyone who calls up. Just tell us
your favorite place to travel to in the state of Ohio,
your favorite place to visit at six one four eight
two one nine eight eight six six one four eight
(11:45):
two one nine eight eighty six, if you could visit
anywhere where would that be in the state of Ohio
and you will win a one hundred dollars give certificate
to stay at an Airbnb. Vincent and Matt thanks so much, guys.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Taking Indy and Randy great back on the show.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
You got it.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Always good to talk to you, Matt. Nice meeting of Vincent.
We'll be right back, everybody. All right, we are back.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
We have one more segment before we do something really
really cool in this studio that we've never ever done before,
so stay tuned for that.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
But right now we're going to go to the phone
lines because we got to find out who wins this
one hundred dollars get certificate to an Airbnb. And we
are in break and Randy, you brought up a really
good point. I'm like, darn, you should have asked Matt
and Vincent that.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Yeah, I was saying that when we went, I enjoyed
it because I like the semi healthy and so we
could take food along and cook in the kitchen versus
you know, we'd always eat out at night, but during
the day I like the eat certain things for breakfast
and dinner, and so that was a great part of
it that I really enjoyed.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Yeah, because in an airbnb, you're staying at somebody's house,
so you have the full kitchen and all amenities. Sometimes
if you're stinging in a hotel, unless you get a suite,
you don't really have that option. So good point, Randy.
You should have said that last segment.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
Right, You didn't give me the sign Usually you're telling
me what to say.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
He was like, you didn't give me a chance to talk.
All right, we have Dwayne on the line. Dwayne, what
is your favorite place to travel to across the state
of Ohio.
Speaker 7 (13:23):
Oh that's good.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
I didn't cut me off scarred with that.
Speaker 7 (13:26):
And I thought you met the United States.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
But that's okay. You could do the United States.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
Prefer Diego, San Diego, by far San Diego.
Speaker 7 (13:35):
Why San Diego the temperature and humidity, the lack of it,
I guess. But then again, my second favorite place is
golf Shores and it's full of humidity. So I'm all
over the map, just like everything else in my life.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
So do you travel a lot, Duane?
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (13:55):
Corrido or you guys are big catalists too though, Oh this.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Is your buddy, Dwayne, Randy.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Yeah, what's uh? Good? Good? I enjoyed travel, especially to
travel ball many You'd always be like, you know, it's
a racket, spending all this money to go do that.
I said, you know what, I loved it because I
got to go with one of my two kids and
have a fun weekend watching them play and help them
through the bad games, and then going out and eat.
(14:23):
So I really enjoy traveling.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
I did think travel always a racket, though I did
it was money boy.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
It is the boy.
Speaker 7 (14:32):
You know, the time you get a spend with your kid,
and a lot of it is one on one because
both parents don't go a lot.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
You know that's true, right, both parents.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
The hard part for our family. Anyway, both kids wanted
to go with me to go with them, so that
is not true.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Maybe Cammy did because Cammy always wanted to be to
the field on time, if not early, and I was
always maybe a little bit late. All right, Dwayne, here's
what you're going to do. You win that one hundred
dollars gift certificate to an Airbnb. All you have to
do is give our producer your name, number and email,
and you got it. We're so glad you called in.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 7 (15:06):
I got my only complaint about Airbnb's the cleaning fees and.
Speaker 4 (15:11):
Whatever you do, don't break a coffee pot.
Speaker 7 (15:14):
I did that once. I left it on all night
and day and.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
Maybe two days, and when I.
Speaker 7 (15:18):
Picked it up and touched it it shattered.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
They charged me for that whole coffee pot.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
That's a lot. Well, wherever you go with us one
hundred dollars, give certificate to an airbnb, don't make any coffee.
Speaker 7 (15:31):
Yeah, I'll try not break anything, Dwayne, thanks.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
For calling in, Thanks for listening. So Pete, we see
on the line. But the one hundred dollars gets certificate
was already given away. But we have a question for
you because obviously you may travel across the state because
you wanted this certificate for an airbnb. Randy and I
are just starting the process since now we have so
much more free time on our hands, since we don't
get to watch our daughter play Ohio State softball anymore.
(15:55):
It kills us, right, Rand.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
More mendy than myself.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Yeah, that is true.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Enjoyed it, but I knew four years is all.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
You get, I know, but I wanted like six, seven,
eight years if I could. So we thought, you know what,
let's do something for us. Let's get a little piece
of property, a little lake house somewhere in the state
of Ohio. So we're looking at Indian Lake, We're looking
at Buckeye Lake, We're looking at Candlewood, and also Apple Valley,
because those are the ones that are really around central Ohio.
(16:23):
I put this on my Facebook page, Randy, can you
believe all the responses that people commented on?
Speaker 2 (16:29):
No, but it was really good because when you're tak
looking at the pictures, as we've looked at scheval them already,
they are sometimes a lot different than what the house
actually looks like.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Yeah, that is so true. We go there, we're like, oh,
this doesn't look like that picture at all. We walked
in and walked out, So I guess Pete. My question
to you is wch of those lakes that I mentioned,
the Indian Lake, Buckeye Lake, Apple Valley, and Candlewood, which
do you think is the best?
Speaker 5 (16:56):
Apple Valley is not far from Mount Vernon? Correct?
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Correct?
Speaker 5 (17:02):
Oh, definitely Apple Valley. I was I was going to
say that my favorite place in Ohio is Amish Country.
When I was fifteen, I spent a summer working at
a restaurant there for one of my dad's customers. And
I love going there on vacation because, you know not
(17:22):
it's you just stepping back into yesteryear. And also the people.
I love the Amish people. They're just so humble and
so you know, just easy to get along with, and
and it's just, you know, just the things that you
can do. You know, take a tour of a farm
and they have really cool Layman's hardware store and just
(17:44):
all kinds of really neat shops. So I think that's
a no brainer because you're you're not very far from
Amish Country at all.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
Yeah, and nothing like the Amish country food. It's awesome, Pete,
thank you. We appreciate it. And really, Randy and I
just wanted to tell everybody who commented on the Facebook
page thank you, because I cannot believe the advice that
we were given in really really good comments from everybody.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
They were And when Minnie says a small little house,
when I look at their price tags, sometimes it doesn't
seem like a small little house he's looking for.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
But you love the water, you grew up going to
Lake Erie with your dad. You love to fish. We
would love something like this absolutely.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
I mean, I I do Hoover Dam in Westville because
that's all we really have. But we were looking at
a pontoon boat and the biggest motor you could get
was like a nine horsepower motor. I'm like, can you
even move?
Speaker 5 (18:37):
With it.
Speaker 1 (18:37):
Yeah, I think like five miles per hour on Hoover.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Yeah, and so we wanted something bigger where we could
have a bigger motor and maybe some jetsis and you know,
and have her kids come up. Because you start having
toys like that around, they seem to visit more often.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Yeah, that is for sure, And that's like part of
the lure. If we get a little lake house, we'll
be able to spend a lot more time with Kylon
and Cameron. So the search is on. My good there
are so many out there. I'm giving myself a headache
as I look through all these and I show him
to Randy and You're like, didn't I already see that one? Like,
I don't know, did you? Because there's so many. I've
learned this through this entire process. I'm kind of blown
(19:12):
away of how many people think like we do, like
they want to live on the water. How many people
in Ohio have a second house or live at these
locations that we talked about. It's crazy, but I understand
people love the magistic sense of being around water.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
That's true. And one of the biggest things for us
that makes a difference is we have four dogs and
they go everywhere with us, you know, they keep us
from being empty nesters.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
So thank goodness.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Yes, every place we've went to, the first thing is
can we have our four dogs here?
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Yeah, we need a fence in yard and.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
That makes it a little difficult.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
But wherever we go to, the neighbors are probably going
to move out once we move in, all right, so
this is fun show. Randy's going to step aside for
the microphone because he's going to give up his seat
to someone who's extremely special to me, someone who I
have known for so many years, because we have a
special guest and story that we cannot wait to share
(20:09):
with you. It is going to warm your heart, I promise.
So we'll be right back, everybody,
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