It might seem like everyone and their mother are now Airbnb hosts. And with over 7 million listings and nearly 3 million hosts all over the world, that probably is the case! Many people are realizing that being a full-time vacation rental owner can be extremely profitable but they also might feel like they could get more results.
Airbnb Host Tips: Best 14 Tricks for Beginners
Being an Airbnb host is a full-time job. There’s a lot of time, energy and effort that goes into managing a short term rental business. We’re here to share some trade secrets with you about how to create and maintain an attractive listing, how to optimize your listing, how to increase bookings and...
The Airbnb Service Fee - All You Need To Know
Staying on top of your Airbnb service fee is an influential piece of the puzzle that makes up running a profitable Airbnb business. Here is a breakdown of what it entails and how best to lessen its impact on your bottom line. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Airbnb income calculator
The Airbnb Income Calculator will tell you how much you can earn from your property. Airbnb has launched several new tools. See how much you can earn from renting your place or hosting an Airbnb experience here: See how much you can earn as an host here INCOME CALULATOR - ...
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What is a Channel Manager for Vacation Rentals and How to Choose One
A channel manager is an indispensable tool for every vacation rental host who manages their properties on more than one listing platform. To reach a wider audience, more and more vacation rental owners choose to list their properties on multiple online booking channels. This strategy has its...
These are the most Bookmarked Airbnbs
Here's where people want to stay. Airbnb has shared the locations that people wish-listed more than any others in 2020. See the full list below. These are some of the places people are either hoping to visit someday or the locations that are first on the list as soon as travel...
8 Unique Vacation Rental Guest Book Ideas
As well as collecting those all-important online reviews on your website, it’s never a bad idea to leave a physical guest book in your vacation rental for guests to sign (and other guests to read!) during their stay. If the idea of a standard vacation rental guest book template doesn’t appeal to...
by Noel McCarthy, Sterifab Staff Writer One of the least pleasant part of being an Airbnb operator is deciding how to handle pest control issues. Unfortunately, all sorts of unwelcome bugs – fleas, mites, bed bugs, cockroaches, ticks, and lice, to name but a few – will...
These are Airbnb's most popular gay friendly listings
Here's where people want to stay. These are the most popular gay friendly Airbnb listings around the world, see full list and picture gallery below. Have you got a gay friendly Airbnb listing? List your property, house, boat, island, tent, van, cabin, bike or host an experience, get $10 when...
Here’s How These Vacation Rental Owners Succeeded during the Pandemic
These vacation rental owners found different ways to be successful during the pandemic. Learn what they did and apply it to your own business! After nearly a year of uncertainty and economic turmoil, it may seem like there’s no end to the madness. However, despite the...
07/05/2020 08:59
Pinterest is one of the most underutilized but most powerful tools to promote your vacation rental outside of Airbnb. See our tips about how to use Pinterest to promote listings from Maeva Cifuentes, Head of Content at Get Paid For Your Pad: If you’re like a lot of Airbnb hosts, you’re...
02/10/2020 11:37
Would you like a free promotion of your Airbnb listing? Today there are tons of Airbnb listings out there and it can be hard to stand out and gain a decent amount of exposure, views and bookings. The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has not made the situation any better. Now is your...
10/12/2019 19:50
Avoid Airbnb fees. Airbnb takes up to 20% of your profit. What if there was a simple way to keep those money? In this article we'll show you several ways to avoid those fees and keep more of your hard earned money. Got a flat, guest room, house, boat, van, cabin or would you like to...
12/18/2018 22:06
Top 20 Vacation Rental Software 2021 / 2022. Here are some of the widely used vacation rental tools and software you can take a look at. They'll help you manage your vacation rental business, such as syncing bookings from different channels, taking online bookings, reservation management,...
08/03/2017 22:36
Airbnb brags about their 24/7 open customer service, but numbers are well hidden on their website. So, we're making it easy for you and providing all Airbnb local phone numbers: Canada 1-855-424-7262 Taiwan 0800 868 313 United Kingdom +44 203 318 1111 United States...
02/25/2017 00:28
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01/16/2017 21:50
Did you know you can advertise boats and yachts on Airbnb? If you've got a boat and people can spend the night in it, earn some good extra money by putting it on Airbnb. Other sites to advertise your boats on are Tripadvisor and Sailo (the Airbnb for boats)