If you’ve been hosting for any amount of time, you know that the only thing that really matters at the end of the day is your search ranking. Your search ranking is going to affect your bookings in a major way. If you consistently show up on the first page of Airbnb search results, you’re […]
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Tuesday Tip: Mattress covers
Pop quiz: what’s one of the biggest potential investments you can make in your space, which also has the potential to be most easily destroyed by your guests? Answer: mattresses. Which is why you need mattress covers on them all! Even a cheap mattress is a large investment that should be protected. You’d much rather […]
How to hold onto good cleaners
I recently had a bit of a blow up with one of my cleaners. She was chronically late and unreliable, so when I finally made the hard decision to stop working with her, she did not take it well at all. Lots of ugly and unprofessional name-calling ensued, leaving me rattled but also more confident […]
A clever (but honest!) way to get good reviews
To ask for a review or not to ask? That is the question. Reviews are the absolute lifeblood of this industry. A host with lots of good reviews has the potential to make a lot more money than a host with few reviews or bad reviews. So how do you ensure you get plenty of […]
Where has the compassion gone?
The coronavirus scare has swept across Asia and indeed, the entire globe. As of the date of writing, there have been tens of thousands of reported cases with hundreds upon hundreds deaths. It’s also been affecting a lot of hosts in my industry. With the epicenter of the coronavirus being in China, and causing all […]