The Vacation Rental Show, Hosted by Lynell Gordon · 2026-02-25 · 22 min
In Part 1 of this two-part episode, safety expert Justin Ford joins host Lynell Gordon on The Vacation Rental Show to tackle the safety blind spots costing property managers money, guests their wellbeing, and operators their businesses. Justin is the Director of Safety and Certification Programs at Breezeway and the industry's foremost authority on short-term rental safety - having trained over 10,000 professionals and personally inspected thousands of properties worldwide. In this episode, Justin breaks down why the home is statistically the most dangerous place a guest will ever stay, and why complacency is the real enemy of safe operations. He covers EV charger installation risks, how guests use properties in ways operators never anticipate, the alarming deck failure rate across the US, federal standards for bunk bed construction, and why he would ban lofts entirely if given the chance. This episode is sponsored by Rental Guardian. Tune in for a conversation that could change how you operate and protect the lives of the guests you serve. This episode is sponsored by Rental Guardian .
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