BEHIND THE MIND OF THE BEAR WHISPERER
Written by Elitza Batchiyska Most people know Steve Searles as “The Bear Whisperer”, the man with a special power to communicate with bears and the lifelong goal of learning how we can coexist with them. Searles is a self-proclaimed average joe who feels like his successes are the product of sheer luck, but to everyone…
TOUR & TASTE THE BEST BREWS IN TOWN
Written by Elitza Batchiyska Last summer, Michael King and his wife Sabrina came up with a dream: to open up a tour company that guides visitors through some of the area’s best breweries and brings people together over good food and craft beers. King has been working on establishing Eastern Sierra Brewery Tours since last…
ONE-ON-ONE COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS
Written by Elitza Batchiyska We all know the distant, cold, unreliable feeling we can get from customer service nowadays. Whenever you call a company, there seems to be an overwhelming amount of automated phone messages, lack of follow-up, and sometimes even no ability to call at all – forcing you to submit emails that are…
SECURITY DEPOSIT V. DAMAGE INSURANCE
Written by Destiny Nadeau For the longest time there has been a discrepancy between which is better: a security deposit or damage insurance? While both are there to cover you in the case of any damage done to the property while you’re out on vacation, it is true that one outweighs the other. A security…
MAMMOTH LAKES UP FOR $1 BILLION FACELIFT
Written by Elitza Batchiyska Mammoth Lakes is working on a one billion dollar investment dedicated to developing its already-booming downtown area into a trendy, all-inclusive hub for recreation and entertainment, quickly helping the town evolve into a world-class ski resort. According to a recent article from Mammoth Lakes’ local newspaper, The Sheet, the Mammoth Mountain…
BUSTING THE MYTH ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS
Written by Elitza Batchiyska The battle for short-term rental freedoms has been a long and hard one, with Airbnb at the forefront oftentimes emitting an impression to the world that does not apply to all short-term rental vacation companies. What many lawmakers and locals often forget, however, is that short-term rentals do not always fall…
HYBRID BOOKING & MANAGEMENT: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Written by Elitza Batchiyska Oftentimes, when renters are searching for the right vacation home – dedicating hours to perusing through pages of pristine properties – they don’t always know what they’re getting themselves into. Similarly, when homeowners are looking for the right place to list their property, they don’t always know what they’re signing up…
THE ADVANTAGES OF SMALL-SCALE RENTAL COMPANIES
Written by Elitza Batchiyska Whether you’re a homeowner or a renter, nobody can deny that the vacation experience feels much more secure and personal with a small vacation rental company as opposed to a booking giant. When you sign your property up with a small-scale vacation rental company, you still get the perks of maximum…
MCGEE CREEK HORSEBACK RIDE – FOND MEMORY
My experience with horse back riding in the high Sierras has been McGee Creek. It started off with taking my family on a 6 hour horseback ride. We rode through some beautiful meadows along side a rushing creek that one could easy fish for trout. Stopping to pick huckleberries along the way that were so…
THE TRUTH BEHIND AIRBNB AND OTHER VACATION RENTAL GIANTS
Written by Elitza Batchiyska As vacation rental giants like Airbnb continue to grow in size, they begin to wreak havoc on local rental companies that have dedicated a lifetime’s worth of hard work to being honest, loyal, and cooperative with the towns and areas they represent. Airbnb’s latest controversial move involves using scare tactics to…