Dana McMahan

Day One of Three Perfect Days Louisville: I introduce travelers to iconic Louisville sites and hot restaurants.

You get a text from a friend: "Flights to Paris are 300 bucks!" it says. Do you a) Book now, figure it out later, b) Agonize over whether you should do it and finally go to book only to find it's sold out, or c) Hit delete — you don't need that temptation?

Feature on Louisville's trending Butchertown neighborhood

The 132 year old Victorian house is brimming with amazing details like eight fireplaces, 11 foot ceilings, inlaid floors, six-foot clawfoot tub, a brass lion's head door knocker, and more.

Locals may debate whether this river city is the South or the Midwest, but everyone can agree that Louisville, Kentucky, is an exciting place to be.

Crowds pack the 'Ville for the Kentucky Derby the first weekend in May, but bourbon-fueled delights await year-round.

McMahan breaks down for Business Insider how she got her start, what her financials look like now, and her advice for aspiring Airbnb hosts.

Her secret for success is that making money on Airbnb isn't passive income — it requires dedication and great customer service.

When you move into a house, you don't just inherit four walls and a roof from the previous owner. For better or for worse, homes hold our history in their bones. Some can store a decidedly bad energy, whether from a tragedy or just the ups and downs of life. But you don't have to channel all those bad vibes! With a few techniques, you can banish those vibes and get a fresh new start.

Are you planning to have Fido or Fluffy join you on your next vacation? Your whole furry family is bound to have a good time.

Where people are creating, there is hope. And you don’t have to look far in this city to see the vivid colors of hope

Stop saying "smooth," to start.

“These are your cousins. You will probably be spending the night with them.”
So said the translator after my husband Brian and I arrived at the rural Slovakian home of his relatives, the cousins we'd just learned about.

Motown, the Motor City, the D. With its history and culture and great new places to hang, this happening hot spot can’t have just one name.

Once while renovating a big, old house in Detroit, I subsisted on pizza, Pringles, peanut butter and jelly, and M&Ms. (And bourbon.) My body did not thank me. Which is why, looking ahead to my next project—a kitchen refresh in my new place in Louisville, Kentucky—I turned to Jess Dang, a professional Bay Area meal planner who recently completed a major kitchen reno herself, for tips on not only surviving, but thriving.

Paris is so unbearably delicious that you want to take everything with you — just stuff all that amazing food in your bag so when you're home longing for the city you can at least console yourself with a taste of it. And you totally should! A plate of oozy, wonderfully stinky French cheeses isn't going to cure the malaise of missing Paris, but it's a start.

Day One of Three Perfect Days Louisville: I introduce travelers to iconic Louisville sites and hot restaurants.