You thought: If I build an Airbnb, the guests will book. But…they haven’t. At least not in the numbers you had expected. Before you decided to make the leap into hosting, you had heard magical

Several years back when you started hosting, keeping your Airbnb booked felt easier than it does today. (That’s because it was.) And back then, there seemed to be fewer Airbnbs in town. (That’s because there

The first time I encountered the concept of an Airbnb megahost, Jay and I weren’t traveling. I was just going over to a friend’s new apartment for dinner. She had recently moved into the city’s

Sure, you’ve heard the buzzwords: “data-driven decisions”, “actionable data”, “the data doesn’t lie.” Phrases like these have been humming around the business world for well over a decade. But when it comes to your own

When you first opened the doors to your Airbnb, curiosity was the main driver. “Will folks actually pay to stay in the mother-in-law suite over our garage? Will vacationers really book our family lake house

Story time. Every once in a while, our travel path leads us away from our typical Airbnb routine and back through the lobby of a hotel. Last month I had a solo trip for work.

You’re making hosting harder than it has to be. Of course, that’s not your goal. You didn’t set out to overcomplicate your short term rental business. You’d love your Airbnb systems to feel more streamlined,

Your guests forget about your Airbnb. Fast. Even when they loved their stay and swore they’d be back soon. The truth is, once your guests have packed their bags and are settled back home, your

You have a very reactive approach to days off from any hosting responsibilities. You wait to see whether guests end up booking your Airbnb, and then, if no reservations happen to come through, you do

As Airbnb guests, we’ve seen some strange things go wrong. In a single northeast trip one fall, we were guests at three different properties to witness three separate uncommon events.

At the first place in

Quick story time. Many years back, we checked into a simple Airbnb situated on the second floor of a house just a few minutes walk from a historic main street running parallel to a beautiful

Your listing was removed from the Airbnb platform. Which means that your steady stream of new bookings evaporated overnight. Sound spooky? Unfortunately, this is the reality for nearly half of the short term rental hosts