Meet Ali Nichols — Co-Founder of Getaway.

Getaway is on a mission to make vacation rental real estate accessible to the next generations  of investors and to reimagine travel memberships by allowing investors to stay in the premier homes they own. 

Ali has been interested in real estate since she was a young child.  She‚Äôd come home on Sunday mornings after church and circle listings in the newspaper with open houses she wanted to visit. 

After working for technology companies like Uber and Bungalow, Ali was bit by that entrepreneurial bug and began desiring to start her own company. 

Tune in to hear the story behind where the idea of Getaway came from and what her goals are for the company over the next 12 months.

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Connect with Ali on LinkedIn 

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About the Show

Behind the Stays is brought to you twice a week by Sponstayneous — a free, biweekly newsletter that brings subscribers the best last-minute deals and upcoming steals on Airbnb.  
 
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Behind the Stays is hosted by Zach Busekrus, co-founder of Sponstayneous, you can connect with him on Twitter at @zboozee.