Guests love thoughtful details. When you stay in a hotel and there are chocolates beside the bed, doesn’t that make you feel good (appreciated)? Yes of course. In this post, I’ve got 40 ideas for ...
There are a ton of really compelling reasons for your short rental property to have its own website. Most important of all, it’s your ‘internet business card’ and gives people a way to contact you ...
This article covers 10 different ways to promote your listing on Airbnb that will result in more customers paying higher prices and staying for longer. This is an in-depth article of all of the things ...
Many people don’t realise that you have many options as to how to charge your guests for their stay with your short-term rental. It’s true that with some platforms you only have one option, but ...
As you can imagine, I’m a member of most of the Facebook Airbnb and short term rental groups, and if there’s one subject that comes up time and time again, it’s Airbnb reviews, and specifically ...
If you do your homework first, you speak to your guests, they have good reviews, and you trust your instincts then you’ve got nothing to worry about (probably), and you’ll find 99% of your guests ...
I’ve been running Airbnbs now for 5 years. I’ve had a lot of success but also a number of challenges along the way. This post is designed for someone who is thinking of buying a ...
Most Airbnb hosts want to know how to get more bookings. But nobody has a sure way to do it. Even though there are more than enough blogs and websites promoting their tips and solutions, ...
If you want to increase your ranking on Airbnb, then stop doing all of the things that don’t add any value to your listing, and spend 90% of your time on things that do. Specifically: ...
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 an effort ...
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 ...
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 they starting out (and ...
When you have bookings at your Airbnb or booking.com property you must leave a review for everyone who stays. But what’s the right way to do this? How do you handle negative reviews? In this ...
This is the question I hear everyone asking. “How do I get more bookings on Airbnb”. This article isn’t going to address how to write a great Airbnb profile, that’s covered elsewhere, we’re going to ...
Making your Airbnb let wheelchair friendly isn’t just something to do because it might get you more bookings, or might get you ranked higher in the search algorithm. It’s something you should do because it’s ...
The benefits of hosting in your own home are numerous. The obvious benefit is extra money, but there are many other benefits too. I have several Airbnb properties where we host the entire property, but ...