Hosted by Lucas Miller & Tyler Kostich · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 40 episodes
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The Peak Season Podcast is where hospitality, entrepreneurship, and real estate intersect. Each episode dives into the strategies that drive high-performing short-term rentals — from pricing and guest experience to design, marketing, and leadership. Whether you’re managing properties, growing an STR portfolio, or exploring what it takes to build a truly exceptional hospitality brand, you’ll find real conversations, practical insights, and lessons learned from the field. Tune in to level up your business and see what it really takes to thrive in the peak season — and beyond.
Lucas Miller & Tyler Kostich hosts The Peak Season, a business show with 40 episodes published.
Mike O'Connell built Happy Guest because the slick guest portals big property managers had weren't accessible to everyday hosts. He breaks down the full platform, why calling guests after they book is one of the highest-
PC built Hospitable into the only PMS processing $60M+ in direct booking payments, and now he's giving the software away for free. He explains why, and walks through four moves reshaping how STR operators run their busin
Brandon Pottebaum left college athletics after 10 years to go full-time in STRs, running 14 doors with one VA and a freelance revenue manager. No employees, no overhead, just a lean system built on smart tools and clear
Your calendar is your inventory. When a guest cancels a premium week, how you respond affects your rebooking odds, your Airbnb ranking, and sometimes your review score. Luke and Tyler break down every cancellation scenar
Big news for STR hosts — Hospitable just launched a full API integration with VRBO, and it changes everything. Luke and Tyler break down what the old (broken) connection looked like, what the new integration actually del
🎙️ Peak Season Podcast Show Notes DIY Design Mistakes Short-Term Rental Hosts Are Making (with Andrea Moxham) Guest: Andrea Moxham, Founder of Moxie & Co. | Hosts: Luke Miller & Tyler K. Interior designer Andrea Moxham
Your guidebook is one of the most powerful tools you have for delivering a 5-star guest experience. In this episode, Luke and Tyler break down what to put in it, how to deliver it, and which platform makes the most sense
Luke and Tyler take listeners behind the scenes as they run the full pro forma on the Kentucky bourbon‑trail property introduced in the previous episode. This is where the deal gets real — revenue assumptions, expense mo
🌄 Episode Overview Luke and Tyler take you inside their underwriting process as they break down a promising short‑term rental opportunity in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky —right in the heart of bourbon country. They dig into m
In this episode, Luke and Tyler break down a real-world case study from a luxury short-term rental on 30A in Florida. What started as a casual conversation at cheer practice turned into a full revenue turnaround. The pro
Episode Summary In this episode, Luke and Tyler unpack a real-world lesson from two newly launched Northern Michigan properties. When you’re scaling short-term rentals — especially from a distance — your cleaning crew ca
Luke and Tyler reunite and hit record while reviewing a real short-term rental listing in Northwest Michigan: a vintage chalet inside a resort community with beach access, five bedrooms, two baths, and a 4.79 rating. The
Episode Description Renovating a short-term rental is hard. Renovating one six states away while working full-time, raising kids, and protecting family life? That’s a different level. In this solo episode, Luke breaks do
Episode Summary In this episode of The Peak Season Podcast , Luke and Tyler break down real-world, low-effort strategies that directly increase short-term rental profit. Using recent bookings at White Birch Cabin as a ca
🎙️ Episode Show Notes Episode Title: Evaluating a New STR Market from 30,000 Feet: The Bourbon Trail (Part 1) --- ### Episode Description In this episode of the Peak Season Podcast , Luke and Tyler step outside their us
Show Notes In this episode of The Peak Season Podcast , Luke and Tyler return to PriceLabs for a hands-on walkthrough of one of the most underused (and misunderstood) features in the platform: Neighborhood Data and Marke
📝 Episode Summary In this episode of the Peak Season Podcast, Tyler and Lucas unpack one of the most debated levers in vacation‑rental strategy: Should you hold firm to a seven‑night minimum during peak season, or open
The Peak Season Podcast – Part 2 with Brandon Wood In Part Two of our conversation, Brandon Wood goes deep on what actually powers a scalable short-term rental operation—without burning out or over-engineering too early.
📄 Episode Summary In this episode of The Peak Season Podcast , Luke and Tyler sit down with Brandon Wood , founder of Adventure Nest, for a candid conversation about what it actually looks like to scale a short-term ren
🎙️ Peak Season Podcast The AirDNA 2026 Outlook: Why the Next STR Buying Window Might Be Closer Than You Think In this episode, Luke Miller and Tyler K break down the latest AirDNA 2026 Outlook and what it means for shor
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The Peak Season is hosted by Lucas Miller & Tyler Kostich. The show is categorised under business (marketing) and has published 40 episodes.
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