Let me tell you a secret about me. I really hate talking to people. Not all the time, and not with everyone, but on the whole I would rather be alone with a book than talking to someone any day of the week. Ironic, isn’t it, considering that I work in the hospitality […]
A tool to help you easily manage your finances
It didn’t take very many months of hosting short-term rentals for me to realize that I needed a way to keep finances straight. With every listing, you will have receipts to keep track of, clients to pay out, invoices to send and pay. If you really want to go the extra mile, you can track […]
Build in time for the boring stuff
Once you start managing multiple properties (or even before that point), it will become critically important to have a dependable schedule set up that you and all of your teammates can refer to and work off of. A few weeks ago, I was made acutely aware of just how important such a schedule was. Everything […]
Tuesday Tip: Join a support group
We live in an era of unprecedented connectedness. Email, telephone, social media, the internet…there are so many ways to stay in touch with people. We are also living in a time when services like Airbnb are exploding in popularity. People who wouldn’t have even dreamed of considering hosting on Airbnb 5 years ago are now […]
Caring for vs. caring about
When it comes to furnishing spaces, many hosts believe that simpler is better. Fewer decorations, Ikea-style furniture, and the like. There are certainly advantages to this approach. Fewer things to dust, no sentimental items in danger of being broken or stolen. But not everyone shares this perspective. One of the bookings we made on our […]