Description

Poconos Association Of Vacation Rental Owners (VRO) in partnership with the PMVB (Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau) and PMAR (Pocono Mountains Association of REALTORS®) is pleased to offer a full-day of programming on the topic of short-term rentals.

The conference is planned to include breakout tracks for the following groups:

• REALTORS® from PMAR and surrounding boards
• Investor-oriented STR Owners and Professional Managers
• Individual owners, Novice Operators
• Local Civic Leaders, Advocates, Concerned Citizens

The conference will feature educational sessions, panel discussions, roundtable gatherings, and plenty of networking opportunities along with an exhibit area in area aside for vendors, and local and national service providers.

Schedule of the Day:

Breakfast with Support Vendors 

8 AM – 9 AM : Mini exhibit hall

Breakfast Buffet with small 4x4 card tables for providers around the perimeter.  Local service providers like cleaners, maintenance people, plumbers, electricians, etc. can purchase a Breakfast only ticket for $25.  

Breakfast is included with price of Full Day Tickets. 

Welcome

9 AM – 9:15 AM : Ballroom

Chris Barrett (PMVB) to offer welcoming remarks and provide some updates as to travel and tourism statistics.

Morning Keynote

9:15 AM – 10:10 AM : Ballroom

Bill Faeth to discuss how to get better performance from your rental investments and where to find opportunities to grow your business by upgrading your property and your operations.  Bill will give some insight into today’s traveler and how to bring more of them to our region along with national trends and how they may affect our region. (Mark Shay to introduce/conclude).

Coffee Break/Mixer

10:10 AM – 10:30 AM

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM : Breakout Sessions

Professionals

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM : Room 1

Bill Faeth to lead a more detailed session, a mini-mastermind followed by Q&A and some possible case studies.

Individual Owners

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM : Room 2

Moderators (Lindsey Rodriguez, + TBC) - A panel of presenters present an introduction to the business perspective including topics like designing effective listings, rate optimization, marketing your property in more than one place, direct bookings, developing a “tech stack” and policies to be a good neighbor.

Realtors

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM : Room 3

Moderator  -  Enhance Your Value Proposition with Vacation Rental Expertise.

Elevate your business and position yourself as the ultimate resource for vacation rental clients. Help to educate them to be good neighbors so their business can thrive as well. Master the unique opportunities and challenges of vacation rental properties in the Poconos. Our panel of experts will provide you with the knowledge to address common buyer concerns and to be able to get the most for your sellers.

Lunch Buffet/Mixer

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

Afternoon Keynote

12:30 PM – 1:40 PM : Ballroom

Matt Curtis – National Public Policy Expert

Ken Bedwell – CEO, STR Insights

Cree Lawson – Futurist, AirDnA

David Krauss - Co-Founder & CEO, Rent Responsibly

Coffee Break/Mixer with the exhibitors

1:40 PM – 2:00 PM

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM : Breakout Sessions

Model Ordinance II 

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Ballroom

Matt Curtis Moderator: Lisa Sanderson, Eric Koopman, Cindy Knecht (PMAR). Panel to discuss modifications to the model ordinance introduced in 2018 by the STR Task Force, collecting public input at the end.

Dr. Rachel Gainsbrugh

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Breakout Room

STR Gems

Women’s empowerment session.

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM :

Exhibit Hall, Sessions & Cocktail Reception