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Rent Like A Champion Acquires CollegeWeekends
July 17, 2025 at 18:41 PM EDT
CHESAPEAKE, Va. & CHICAGO - July 17, 2025 - PRLog -- Rent Like A Champion, a short-term vacation rental platform headquartered in Chicago, IL, has acquired CollegeWeekends, a short-term rental platform focused on college towns based in Chesapeake, VA.
"The merger helps solidify Rent Like A Champion as the largest college town focused short-term rental platform in the country providing renters with more lodging options in these markets," said Dave Longwell, President of Rent Like A Champion.
The acquisition provides Rent Like A Champion with added market presence and access to new customers. Over the past five years, CollegeWeekends has expanded into new markets across the country with listings in over 25 markets and will extend Rent Like a Champion's national footprint.
"The consolidation of the short-term rental industry is an opportunity for emerging platforms to combine and build capacity and market presence, and we believe merging with Rent Like A Champion will provide the new entity with a strong and expanded foothold in an attractive market niche," says John Cunningham, President of CollegeWeekends.
No terms of the deal were announced, but the consolidated company will operate under the Rent Like A Champion name.
About Rent Like A Champion:
Rent Like A Champion is a vacation rental platform for major sporting events, focusing primarily on college town markets and PGA Tour events. The company was founded by three Notre Dame students in 2006 and has expanded to several other college town markets and PGA events. The Rent Like A Champion team is made up of rabid college football and PGA fans with a passion for providing a high-level of customer service to make sure that their customers have the best college football or PGA event experience possible. The company was also featured on Shark Tank.
About CollegeWeekends.com:
Founded in a college town, CollegeWeekends connects alumni, fans, parents of students, and other travelers with short-term lodging options in or near college and university towns. The company also expanded into serving youth sports destinations as well. From a simple studio room to luxury homes, CollegeWeekends connects renters and owners in over 25 college town markets and youth sports destinations.
Contact Info:
Dave Longwell, President, Rent Like A Champion
dave@rentlikeachampion.com
855-BIG-GAME
John Cunningham, President, CollegeWeekends
john@collegeweekends.com
(757) 470-9991
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Source: CollegeWeekends.com
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