Pickleball Magazine 2-2 Courtesy of Pickleball Central | Page 30

PICKLEBALL PADS
New web site connects traveling players with rental units
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obert Finn lives in Sun City West, Arizona, and is the
first to admit that he knows little about pickleball.
At the same time, he is launching a business that has the
potential to help pickleball players across the country.
Finn unknowingly began his journey into pickleball
several years ago when he entered the short-term rental
business with his son, Jim. The two currently have five
rentals in Washington, D.C., and two in Sun City West.
Robert’s sister, Cathy Stansbury, is a pickleball
ambassador in Daytona Beach, Florida. Needless to say,
she is passionate about the game. Over the years, Cathy
has stayed at a few of Robert’s rentals.
Last year, Cathy was sharing her pickleball excitement
with Robert when they mutually came up with the idea
of offering his rental properties to tournament travelers.
More specific, the idea was to create a web site where home
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and condo owners could list their properties and players
could rent with them for a fair price. The opportunity
certainly has potential.
Robert said, “We wanted a place to connect with people
who have properties to rent short term – generally for 3-7
days.” He added, “So far, we have been surprised at the
number of people booking for a month at a time.”
So how does it all work? If you’re a property owner,
you pay $25 to join the web site. There is a minor vetting
process where you have to be referred by a pickleball player
or ambassador. If you are a prospective renter, you pay $15
to have access to the web site. That’s it!
The web site is new, but the service potential to
pickleball players is huge. •
>> To learn more, you can go to www.pickleballpads.org.
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