The security of your Airbnb is paramount. You will have so many different guests staying, and even if you check and vet guests to the highest possible standard, you never really know who they are, so...
Airbnb hosting isn’t for everyone. Many people think they’ll be able to run an Airbnb business and then struggle. In this article, we examine the common mistakes Airbnb hosts make when...
Having a Facebook page can give outstanding exposure to your Airbnb rental if used right. For example, I ask guests to “check-in” on Facebook with a picture of them at my property and...
Airbnb does not = cheap sleeps. Far from it. If anything quality is becoming more and more important in the world of Airbnb and short term rentals, and we’ve seen this recently with the...
Let’s face it, the more automatically your Airbnb or short-term rental business runs, the less stress and time it takes away from you. Indeed every business should run automatically to a...
After my first winter running my Airbnb apartments I realised that saving money on your heating bills was extremely important to stay profitable because (unless you’re in Australia!) in most...
Getting into Airbnb can be tough if you don’t own the property, but if you’re serious about it, you can do it, and there’s more than one way to make money! The simple answer to this...
Online travel agencies are awesome, and we get great bookings from them, but they’re also expensive. You’ll sometimes have to (or opt in to) pay commissions of up to 25% per booking....
Booking.com is by far my most profitable channel for me. Almost 8 out of every 10 of my bookings are from booking.com. They have a fantastic, highly sales focussed infrastructure which includes free...
13 Awesome Ways to Make More Money from your Short Term Rental
In over three years of letting out apartments on Airbnb, Booking.com and many other websites, I have realised that there are a ton of opportunities to increase your revenue while still presenting...
8 Tips To Minimize Your Airbnb Laundry Time and Expense Today!
When I first started hosting, my biggest variable cost was laundry. The cleaner would do all of the laundry on site, and it would take forever. Now it’s a different story. In short, I did the...
There is no denying that the rise and rise of Airbnb as a leading online travel booking website has revolutionized the hospitality industry worldwide. If you own or manage accommodation of any kind...
A little over ten years ago now, the Airbnb story began In San Francisco, 2008. Three college students, down on their luck and in rent arrears, plotted, schemed, and grafted away night-after-night in...
The simple answer to the question is yes, it is possible to make money with Airbnb. Today there are more than 650,000 hosts around the world and more than 6 million listings. The amount of money you...
The definitive guide to the products you need to run your Airbnb
Running an Airbnb let, especially if there’s more than one, can get tedious if you’re not on top of the basic products you need. This article is a simple list of the basic things you need...
