How Wil Slickers got started in Hospitality

So next up, we have got a podcast host. He is a host himself and he has come from the world of hotels into property management. And his brand is fast becoming one of the fastest growing in this industry. And it has been amazing to see Mr. Will slickers. He has got Slick Talk. He has an award called the Destination Air Award, which is awesome. And as well he does good morning hospitality as well as many other things. He's a very, very busy individual. And we were able to get Will to spend some time in our clubhouse room. And the video and the audio you're going to listen to is how Will got started in hospitality. He's definitely one to go and check out his podcast. He's interviewed some of the big, big, big, big names in this industry on his podcasts. Go to Slick Talk. Just Google Slick Talk. It'll be in there. So this, this is a little segment of a 24 hour clubhouse room that we put together in 2021. Like I said, this is one of my highlights of this year, doing these free clubhouse room, free 24 hour clubhouse rooms. This is a small little segment. So please do listen and find out how Will, Mr. Will Slickers got started in hospitality.

I got started on accident. Kind of like everybody, it's the unconventional but conventional way to get into hospitality. I had a show for an event company in 2019, or not 2019, sorry, when I was 19, almost 20 and then I lost it because of Uber is really hard to compete with, you know. And so long story short, As a young 20 year old, I got into hotels. I went to work at a luxury hotel for Diamond Property with Marriott and I fell in love. I love taking care of guests, creating moments, the experiences. And I was there for about two and a half years and then I moved to the Oregon coast to go work on the boutique side. I wanted to see what it was like to work with an independent owner and kind of be more creative with standards and rules and how the way the property was formed and what we offered as a collection. So moved to the Oregon coast, but I have an entrepreneurial itch so I started a podcast. I was wanting to learn more and that's kind of how my journey got started. I was encoding my son. I had the entrepreneurial outlet to teach myself new things in the industry with revenue management and marketing and all the other kind of hospitality hotel stuff you can think of. But during this time, my mom and dad actually started their own Airbnb. They had a two bedroom apartment above their garage and they are trying to figure out after a bad taste in their mouth from a long term tenant who kind of didn't treat the place well, was bad at paying rent and all that good stuff, realized that they can make three times as much while being on Airbnb. And I saw as the opportunity to create my own little mini hotel. So I took that concept and I ran with it. And long story short, 2019, December 27th was my last day as a hotel manager. I quit my job three weeks prior. I gave him three weeks notice to then run my podcast full time and start a luxury vacation rental management company. And little did I know this little thing called Covid would come out and kind of put the world at a big halt. But thankfully, we're still here. When it comes to entrepreneurship, sink or swim. And I've been swimming ever since.