Hospitality Heroe's

08/14/2026

Thinking of our friends and colleagues on Hawaii.🌀 If you have been through a hurricane before you might think a Category 1 is "weak", but they can still bring damage and flooding.

Hoping this one ends up missing the islands and heads back out to sea.

The first U.S. state to take a direct hit from a hurricane this year could be Hawaii!

If Lala, which is forecast to become a hurricane, makes landfall on the Big Island of Hawaii, it would be the island’s first direct hurricane landfall on record.

Hawaii is certainly no stranger to hurricanes, though. Kauaʻi has taken two direct hurricane landfalls in the modern record: Category 4 Hurricane Iniki in 1992 and Category 1 Hurricane Dot in 1959.

Definitely trouble in paradise this weekend!

07/16/2026

Watching the devastating floods in Texas and wildfires all across the US, we want to encourage you to download the app, Watch Duty. They are also a 501(c)(3), nonprofit but offer a real-time active map with alerts. And it’s FREE! Check it out- https://www.watchduty.org/

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05/28/2026

🌪️ Guide #3 of the Preparathon is here: Tornadoes & Severe Storms

Here's a number worth sitting with:
After the December 2023 tornadoes in Nashville, 861 properties were affected. 45 were destroyed. Local, state, and federal disaster declarations were issued, in one of the country's strongest leisure markets, with nearly 17 million visitors a year.

That is not a fringe market. That is a preview.

Tornado warnings don't wait for you to build a plan. They don't wait for you to figure out which room at which property is the safest shelter, or whether your guests saw the alert, or whether your owner heard about the storm from you or from the news.

Our Tornadoes & Severe Storms Preparedness Guide covers what vacation rental and STR property managers specifically need to know:
✅ How to map shelter locations at every property before storm season
✅ The difference between a Watch and a Warning and exactly what to do at each
✅ Pre-written guest communication templates ready to send via your PMS within minutes
✅ Owner notification protocols that belong in your management agreement
✅ Property assessment steps before guests re-occupy after an event
✅ Business interruption insurance claims and connect staff with FEMA resources

This is guide #3 in our Preparathon series, a free resource library built specifically for hospitality operators. Not generic emergency advice. STR and vacation rental, front to back.

Download it free at https://www.hospitalityheroes.org/disaster-preparedness-guides
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Have you managed properties through a tornado warning or another natural disaster? Had guests in a property when a warning dropped? Made real-time calls with incomplete information and figured it out anyway?

Your story belongs in this community and it could be the thing that prepares someone else before their next storm season.

Send us a message or reach out at [email protected]. We're collecting operator stories and would be honored to share yours.

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05/19/2026

Hurricane season starts June 1. That's 14 days away.

For Property and STR property managers, hurricanes aren't just a weather event, they're a full-scale operational test. Guest communications. Owner updates. Property protection. Team safety. Business interruption filings. All happening at once, often with hours of warning.

We just released our second PrepareAthon guide, and this one is for hurricanes.

Built specifically for vacation rental operators, it covers what to do before the storm enters your forecast cone, what to do when it does, and how to lead your recovery after. Including the piece most operators skip until it's too late, owner communication protocols and Business Interruption Insurance information.

One stat that still stops us:
Hurricane Ian hit Sanibel Island in 2022. Within months, the island's STR inventory dropped by 92%. Tourism fell 96% the following year. As of mid-2025, recovery was only 74% complete.

Preparedness doesn't prevent the storm. But it protects the business and the people who depend on it.

🔗 Download the free guide → https://lnkd.in/gM_gBkSS

This is guide #2 in our PrepareAthon series. We're releasing a new disaster specific guide over the next few weeks throughout hurricane season. Tornadoes. Wildfires. Flooding. Extreme heat. Power grid failures. Economic disruptions.

Follow Hospitality Heroes so you don't miss the next one.

04/23/2026

Severe drought is causing so many wildfires to spread across the US quickly. We recommend downloading the Watch Duty App to select any area you want to reciece alerts.

A combination of heat, dry air and strong winds are fueling "extreme" wildfire risks for millions across the middle of the country.

04/07/2026

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03/22/2026

Heavy rain has soaked Hawaii and caused major flooding. We are thinking about all involved. If you know anyone in direct need, please message us directly.

Hawaii has suffered its worst flooding in more than 20 years as heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago.

03/20/2026

After over a year and a half, we are so excited to see this happening. 🙏🩵

02/23/2026

FEMA is ignoring a court order to disburse $200 million in climate resiliency funds to North Carolina, according to the state’s Attorney General Jeff Jackson.

Last week, North Carolina joined 22 other states in filing a motion to enforce a previous order that demanded FEMA release funding for the more than 2,000 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, or BRIC, projects left in limbo nationwide.

FULL STORY IN THE COMMENTS 👇