Higher Nightly Rate Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
We all want to obtain the highest return from our holiday rental property, but how do we do it? Generally when starting out and thinking about the rate to charge, the school of thought is to start low in the early days of your property’s exposure and then build. However, if you want to earn…
Read moreAre you Airbnb Ready? Step Nine: The Reviews
Now for the final step, well sort of – the review. If on Airbnb, you are invited to submit a review whether you are a guest or a host. If you venture on as a host, you will have a mixture of beautiful guests who really appreciate the time and energy taken to make their stay…
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Are you Airbnb Ready? Step Eight: Cleaning and all that
Who loves cleaning – not me! But, I love the results such as higher ratings and more bookings. I find it a lot easier to get going immediately after the guests have left and prepare the property even if the next booking is not for another week. This means that if you have a surprise booking in…
Read moreAre you Airbnb Ready? Step Seven: Departure Check
Will everything still be there, you ask yourself! Time will tell. It is a good idea to set a time when guests should depart as you may have a back to back booking and it takes time to manage the changeover of your property. The departure time is normally on the web platform and in…
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Are you Airbnb Ready? Step Six: Your Guests
Sometimes guests arrive at a time that is difficult for you to agree to but this should be sorted well before they arrive. Ensure that contact details are exchanged just in case your arrangements cannot be met by either party. You might decide that you are not interested in meeting the guests and set up…
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Are you Airbnb Ready? Step Five: Waiting for that First Enquiry
In this era, people want things now so waiting for a response to an enquiry is agony for most guests. Don’t wait until the evening when you arrive home, make sure your Airbnb account sends all communications to both your email and your mobile phone as a text. This way, you can respond almost…
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Are you Airbnb Ready? Step Four: The House Manual and Rules
Guests love to know about you and are also keen to find out about the area, but to some guests, using the washing machine or dishwasher is confusing. “Which buttons do I press?” This is where the house manual is useful. If you have them, include the instruction booklets for appliances – even these can…
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Are you Airbnb Ready? Step Three: The Look
How does your property look – you know, does it have a theme? Some houses have special themes, such as beach house, eclectic, vintage etc. Or is it the colour that sets the theme? Whatever it is, good on you for taking the time and the energy to devise your theme. Theme aside, you might like…
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Are you Airbnb Ready? Step Two: First Clean
Before you offer your property, you need to find the definition of clean, and do just that. Remember when you were growing up and there was a lady two doors down who always had her apron on because she had a spotless house? I also remember those ladies who had a cleaning day allocated each…
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Are you Airbnb Ready? Step One: Setting up your listing
I know I’ve called this step one, but there are heaps of stages in the process, so I decided to provide a brief introduction to the basics with this series. Now, you’ve decided to offer your property for holiday rental and you need to add stuff to one of the web platforms but which platform? Do…
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