Hosting With Heart

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Hosting with Heart is THE podcast for accommodation hosts and managers in Australia, New Zealand and beyond who give a s**t about people and the planet as much as they do profit. Your host, former short-term accommodation business owner and 12 x Airbnb Superhost Jen Clark aims to explore every nook and cranny of what it means to be a community-minded, inclusive, socially and environmentally responsible host in the 2020's. Join Hosting With Heart as a listed member now at www.hostingwithheart.net.au. ..................... Come and join over 1100 aspiring and existing hosts and get involved in our FREE private Facebook group by searching for 'Hosting With Heart' on Facebook and requesting to join. ..................... Follow us on Instagram at @hostingwithheart.

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107 - Vince Hunt on creating a sustainable, inclusive retreat that aims to cure the other modern pandemic - Nature Deficit Disorder

Mar 24 2024 40 mins  
Vince Hunt and partner Angela Brickwell truly do personify what it means to be a heartful host. After purchasing a 120 acre block of land in the idyllic town of Billinudgel on the northern New South Wales coast some years ago, they went on to construct two cabins - one of which is fully accessible - on the land, all the while indulging their passion for permaculture, regenerative f

106 - Jen Clark on the recent Heartful crowdfunding campaign and plans for Season 8 of Hosting With Heart

Feb 22 2024 10 mins  
In this first episode of Hosting With Heart for 2024, host Jen Clark provides an update on the recent equity crowdfunding campaign for Heartful, a new short-term accommodation booking platform focusing on sustainability and inclusion, helmed by Jen, that will launch mid-year. She also discusses her plans for season 8 of the podcast, which will move to a more flexible fortnightly fo

105 - Heartful Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Podcast Mini Series - Episode 05

Nov 01 2023 12 mins  
It’s the FINAL DAY of the Heartful equity crowdfunding campaign, with our public investment offer closing at 10pm AEDT on Thursday 2nd November, 2023. As of 8pm AEDT on Wednesday 1st November, Heartful had welcomed 109 new investors, with a total of $119,392.00 raised, something Jen is extraordinarily proud of and of course, very excited about. She touches on some of the recent s

104 - Heartful Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Podcast Mini Series - Episode 04

Oct 15 2023 13 mins  
Well, it’s CRUNCH time in the Heartful equity crowdfunding campaign, with EOIs closing on Monday October 16th at 10pm AEDT and Jen needing to raise $50K during the private offer period (that’s just 48 short hours!) in order for the public offer to go ahead. The private offer period opens at 12pm on Tuesday October 17th and will run until 12pm on Thursday October 19th, following

103 - Heartful Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Podcast Mini Series - Episode 03

Oct 04 2023 23 mins  
This third instalment in our equity crowdfunding campaign mini-series is a re-recording of Jen’s recent presentation at the Heartful Investor Webinar held on October 4th, 2023. It contains a wealth of info about Jen and her personal / professional background, the backstory of Hosting With Heart, an insight into how the idea for Heartful originated, the many reasons the platform i

102 - Heartful Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Podcast Mini Series - Episode 02

Sep 27 2023 10 mins  
This second short and sweet episode of our Heartful crowdfunding campaign mini-series sees Jen talk about some recent wins in the press, reaching over 115 Expressions of Interest from potential investors in Heartful and her thoughts on why now is the time you need to embrace accessibility as a host. To express your interest in investing in Heartful or register for our forthcoming I

101 - Heartful Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Podcast Mini Series - Episode 01

Sep 20 2023 19 mins  
In this first episode of our 6-week podcast mini series documenting the equity crowdfunding campaign for the new ethical accommodation booking platform Jen is proudly launching in 2024, she talks about how the idea for Heartful was realised, gives an overview of what equity crowdfunding is and how it all works, and provides a general update on how things are progressing 30 hours af

100 - Jen Clark and Kirstie Innes-Will reflect on 100 episodes of Hosting With Heart and the forthcoming launch of Heartful

Sep 05 2023 36 mins  
In this milestone 100th episode of Hosting With Heart, Jen Clark and partner Kirstie Innes-Will reflect on almost four years of what has become a dearly-loved, phenomenally successful podcast and all they’ve learned along the way, along with Jen’s incredibly exciting plans to launch a new, ethical accommodation booking platform, Heartful. For those who’ve followed the Hosting

99 - Nina Karnikowski on ensuring we always approach travel with a firm spirit of giving back as much as we take

Aug 29 2023 66 mins  
My guest on today's penultimate episode of season 7 of Hosting With Heart is author, travel writer and environmentalist Nina Karnikowski. Having worked as a travel writer for the past decade, Nina now writes about travel that conserves, educates and uplifts more than it destroys, and aims to demonstrate how travel can help solve societal and environmental problems. The author of th

98 - Simone Williams on the journey from airline attendant to accidental inn keeper

Aug 15 2023 57 mins  
Having finished a journalism degree and set off on a post-graduation gap year abroad, Simone Williams eventually indulged her Mum's call to come back home to Australia and secure herself a job. And that she did, although not as a reporter, but as a flight attendant for Australia's beloved Qantas - a career she anticipated might last a year at best but that ultimately morphed into a