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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 14h

I went to school for Business, and Resort & Hospitality Management: Education matters as much as, if not more than, the physical training.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 14h

This is what happens when (over) development happens w out thinking things through, like, "do we even have access to the quality of staff we need?" The hospitality, resort & lodging industry need a wake up call. They also need to invest in future leaders. E.g. Offer scholarships for industry degrees

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 14h

AI tech can not provide #GuestExperience & Satisfaction. You know what can? Humans. And only humans. Use AI very, very wisely. It's very, very easy to discourage people from (re)booking, and AI (chat bots) is a great way to discourage potential guests. linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #lodging #airbnb

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 15h

Of course! You guys do great work!

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Make sure your (potential) Douglas County guests know about the great festivals happening around your lodging biz! 🤩 #ThingsToDo Guide linktr.ee/InformAndIns... 🛎 #GuestsSatisfactionConsultant 🛎 #GuestExperienceConsultant #guestexperience #guestsatisfaction #lodging #vacationrental #airbnb #vrbo

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Controversial Tip: Allow cannabis use on your property. Doesnt have to be indoors, but allow it. Why? 1) Keep guests who consume cannabis off the roads— help keep roads safer for all. -> Come up w clear rules and share them in your listing info. 2) If needed, it will help increase bookings. #lodging

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tip: Provide guests with info on how to hike safely in Colorado(s high altitude) 😉😊 A few things Inform + Inspire recommends: • Hydrate w electrolytes • Keep blood sugar steady • Take breaks as needed: dont push yourself • Use hiking poles • Dont hike alone • Carry bear spray #Colorado #hiking

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If your lodging/rental property is in Arvada, definitely add this to your Local Things To Do! linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #lodging #hospitality #guestsatisfaction #guestexperience #airbnb #vacationrental #guestexperienceconsultant

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tip Of The Day: If you have the ability to make your property accessible, do so! There are a lot of folks who live w mobility issues that travel, and more so all of the time w the aging demographic. linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #lodging #guestexperience #guestsatisfaction #guestsatisfactionconsultant

Easy things you can do to make your property more accessible:
Stepless entry—if you have steps, you can purchase a ramp (that can be folded up and put away when not in use).
Heavy-duty grab bars
Lever handles
Roll-in shower
Expandable door hinges
Everyday items—like in kitchens and bathrooms—should be at an accessible height for wheelchair users.
Keyless locks at an accessible height for wheelchair users
Keep entryways and hallways clear
Remove rugs before guests with accessibility needs arrive.
Dimmable lighting

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1) Stop taking numbers from Govt sources, esp this Gov. 2) Millions of job listings are ghost listings, which positively skew jobs & business reports. 3) Wage growth & purchasing power is largely flat. 4) The info is biased. 5) Disappointing to see articles like this from an industry news source.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Never mind AI Cameras, that voters have also been fighing. 😒

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Adding to the need for data centers, which Coloradans absolutely do not want, and have been fighting... Government, once again, not listening the voters.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You dont need to be business class or high-end to implement some of the changes international corporations are making to improve your Guest Experience & Satisfaction 🛎 linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #lodging #guestexperience #guestsatisfaction #guestsatisfactionconsultant #guestexperienceconsultant

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The #1 Guest Complaint for Lodging Businesses: Housekeeping. Sanitation.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Are you in/around Beaver Creek? This might be an event you want to highlight for October guests! ⛷️ 💯 linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #colorado #beavercreek #lodging #vacationrental #airbnb #hotel #guestsatisfaction #guestsatisfactionconsultant #guestexperienceconsultant #guestexperience #skivacation

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Keep this in mind: Do your part & be #water smart 💧 Something you can ask of guests 👇 🚽 If it's yellow, let it mellow. 🩵 Explain the dire situation in #Colorado 📝 Make a note in your listing info so guests arent surprised upon arrival. linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #lodging #vacationrentals #airbnb

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Visiting SW Colorado and plan to hop over to Arches National Park? Check out the article below from @frommers.com 🏜 linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #archesnationalpark #colorado #nationalparks #Utah #travel #hiking #roadtrip #lodging #vacation

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Properties willing to offer deals will receive more reservations; additionally, ensure your guest experience is top-notch to promote higher satisfaction, better reviews, and more bookings. linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #lodging #vacationrental #airbnb #vrbo #vacationrental #guestsatisfaction #travel

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It has been a problem for too many lodging businesses this year. Alongside that, fewer travelers hits tourism (reliant) areas hard (economically). The lodging, hospitality, and travel industries need a reality check. 🙃🙂

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The problem is, much of the (American) population does not have the discretionary money to take the vacations of their past. So, people are staying closer to home and/or budgeting, or not vacationing at all.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The 3rd Installment of Things Guests Should Never Find 😉 • Dirty Microwave • Peeling Paint • Door is pretty obvious lol • Dirty Knife Block When guests find issues like this, their experience and satisfaction automatically (and often drastically) lower. 🌟 Inform + Inspire can help you! 🌟 #lodging

Dirty Microwave
Peeling Paint
Door that needs to be replaced
Dirty Knife Block

Inform + Inspire can help you improve the management of your property- whether Traditional Lodging, Rentals, Campgrounds, or AgriTourism: linktr.ee/InformAndInspire
Text 720 560 8170 for emergency property inspections.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make sure to warn your guests that while it is generally milder in Colorado, our summers (into fall) get to be scorching, and are more so every year. 😉 Tip: Fans (and open windows) need to be available if your property does not have AC. linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #lodging #vacationrental #airbnb

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Record diesel prices will negatively impact the prices of many consumer goods necessary for travel—and not only at the pump and grocery store ⛽️🍎 Inform + Inspire can help you increase bookings through improved #GuestExperience: linktr.ee/InformAndIns... #guestsatisfaction #lodging #vacation

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Frommer’s Travel Guides @frommers.com · 08/09/2026

If you have #TSAPreCheck, you can now go past security without a ticket at these 13 airports—but, sorry, it still won't be as easy as in the 'Friends' finale: www.frommers.com/tips/health-...

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If You Have TSA PreCheck, You Can Now Go Past Security Without a…

The new program for gate passes is free, but there are hoops you'll need to jump through.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Looking for a (instant) coffee to offer guests? Inform + Inspire recommends Alpine Start Foods Products. DYK: Alpine Start is based in Boulder, #Colorado linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #lodging #airbnb #rental #guestexperience #guestsatisfaction #guestsatisfactionconsultant #guestexperienceconsultant

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Guests Should Never Find: Stained & Damaged Furniture -> If its stained, clean it. It its damaged, fix. Wont come clean? Cant fix it? Replace it! Not doing so ensuress low reviews, leading to low bookings. Low bookings—esp in #VacationRentals —hurt locals. Tips in ALT text linktr.ee/InformAndInspire

Guests should never find stained and damaged furniture.
Tips:
♡ Utilize (slip) covers.
♡ Wood filler (and stain or paint) for chips/gashes.
♡ Steam clean furniture at least 1 x per quarter.
♡ Find & utilize a local upholstery tailor for (expensive) fabric furniture that is damaged.
♡ Consignment and thrift stores are an amazing source for affordable furniture that is in great to excellent used shape or perfect for rehab.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sorry for typo 🤦‍♀️ -> *If* it can be fixed 🤪😉

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Buyers market even in premium lodging brands? 😬😬😬

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Things Guests Should Never Find 📸 Rules of Thumb: If its broken or damaged, fix it. It it cant be fixed, replace it. If its stained, clean it. If you cant get the stain out, replace it. If it hasnt been checked in a while, check it. linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #lodging #vacationrental #consultant

Photo collage of pictures I have taken at various vacation rentals and hotels/motels.

Unrepaired damage from a show rod coming out of the wall.
Sliding door off its track.
Black mildew/mold, plus paint.
Some kind of bug in the light in the center of the kitchen.
REALLY dirty bathroom vent.
Gash in door.
REALLY dirty fan blades.
Towel rack about to come off wall.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Can you share a list of locations? I am O-, but am down in La Veta. My son is O-, and he's in Boulder.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Or will we continue to see lower #GuestSatisfaction, and in turn, more empty nights than occupied ones? This makes one think about franchise hotel/motel brands and guest satisfaction, and the fact that subpar #lodging businesses are why there's such a demand for #STR. linktr.ee/InformAndInspire

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Why Do Many Franchise Hotels Struggle After the First Few Years? - The Clinton Courier

When you first open or acquire a franchise hotel, things usually feel manageable. The brand gives you confidence, the standards feel clear, and there is a sense that demand will naturally show up beca...

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

May '25, Casago acquired Vacasa. Since, they have been transitioning from corp offices to locally owned franchises— Great for the local franchise owner! But has anything changed? Are the standards higher to ensure higher bookings, to help the local community? linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #hospitality

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Casago - Vacation Rentals and Property Management

Casago vacation rentals and property management. Property management that cares about the homeowner.

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I am at UpTop Ghost Town and Conservation Land on Old La Veta Pass, Colorado: The property is under construction, being rehabbed to its "original" state. Super cool! GC thinks it will be done 2028 🤩😍🤩 >> That main building will have a market, restaurant, and dance hall. 🤩

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hopefully the bears dont get penalized: they are starving and need water!!! This is a year to be extremely mindful, but also be compassionate. ... Colorado was their home before it was humans. See ALT text

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

BUT how about instead of being ok w AI replacing more people, maybe we fight to keep human jobs 🤷‍♀️ (and thats coming from a founder who has not worked for anyone but themselves in 20+ years lol My newest baby is the one attached to this account: Inform + Inspire, but I also have an Outdoor Ind biz).

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South Park: Stan Marsh - They Took Our Jobs!

Alt: South Park: Stan Marsh - They Took Our Jobs!

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Interaction Settings: Some people hate all STRs and are rude, so my interaction settings are: no commenting or quote posts. I hate to do it, but I'm trying to help Colorado communities by helping full-time local Colorado homeowners and Co's be more successful than out-of-state/investment owners 👌🙂

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Cat and Bluesky Butterfly Animation

Alt: Cat and Bluesky Butterfly Animated GIF

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It upsetting when I drive up to visit my son from Southern Colorado, and see lush green yards and gardens (North of Co Springs); folks watering in the rain— wasting water like their southern (and northern) CO neighbors aren't having to buy drinking water and aren't shipping in potable water. 😞

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Boulder has been confusing me... for a supposedly "crunchy" place, the area is far from green, too many are bigots, plus many seemingly favor quite a few right wing beliefs when the area is supposedly deeper blue... (my son lives there, and I have been "watching" Boulder's changes since '98.)

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is an example of what Inform + Inspire wants to help prevent and reverse. How? By lowering the need for short-term rentals via helping lodging businesses improve guest satisfaction -> bookings, as well as full-time #Colorado homeowners (not investment owners). linktr.ee/InformAndInspire #STR

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Inform + Inspire @informandinspire.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

👋😊 Inform + Inspire provides Full-Time #Colorado Homeowners and Small Lodging Businesses with the Information + Inspiration they need to improve ratings to gain more bookings, so they help the local community (rather than hurt it): See ALT text for a more detailed intro 📃 linktr.ee/InformAndInspire

Inform + Inspire provides Full-Time Colorado Homeowners and Small Lodging Businesses with the Information and Inspiration they need to improve their ratings to gain more bookings, so they help the local community (rather than hurt it) via an I + I Inspection and Consult Reporting.

I have a combined 18 Years of Experience: Rental & Property Management, and Rental Owner; Education in Business and Resort Management; Home (re)Design, Remodels, and Landscaping, and over two decades living and working in Summit County, Colorado (the tourism hotspot).

I + I also offers staging, interior and exterior design consultations, listing refresh (rental platforms and socials) consultations, professional photography (in the Boulder-Denver area), housekeeping training (COMING SOON!), and more.

linktr.ee/InformAndInspire

I + I does not work with out of state homeowners or based businesses/business owners: Our specialty is full-time Colorado resident homeowners and business owners.

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