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@Michael5611
Unfortenately I have no insight in the Hampton market and also I have no insight in the ultra high end vacation rental business.
When I rent out my place that sleeps 10 I have 3 criteria in mind:
The prices I'm getting on airbnb are very good and higher than on other platforms. On other local german platforms I charge $300 a night, on airbnb $500. The reason I'm getting higher prices on airbnb I think is, that there's just more guest traffic compared to other platforms.
The security aspect on airbnb is a problem, bc we cannot charge a real security deposit which I can on other platforms. A real security deposit in the range of $200 to $500 isn't much, but enough to motivate guests to treat the place respectfully.
No trouble for me means: I don't want parties with people screaming an yelling all night long and by doing so disturbing the entire neighbourhood. The relationship with my neighbours is very important to me. I'm doing phonecalls with all guests who book my place to get a feel how they come across. In said phonecall I'm explaining the no noise rule in no uncertain words and if I get the feeling the guest doesn't understand what I'm talkling about I reject the reservation on the phone. That's a real surprise to some people but that's just the way I do business.
In other words: I'm not looking for the highest possible price, I'm looking for a balanced consideration of the 3 bulletpoints mentioned.
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FYI: I once read an article from the manager of an agency that does ultra high end Vacationrentals only.
The manager descibed how they are doing financial and criminal backgroundchecks and which databases they access to get that information. The mansions they rent obviousely don't belong to the agency, these are privately owned places from rich people who have no interest at all to run that business themselves.
Every guest who books a place in the $3000 + / night range gets assigned a dedicated locally based person and his or her cellphonenumer to arrange extra amenities like a chef or a butler, the guests are being picked up from the airport and shuffled back. Whenever guests have a problem they have someone to talk to to solve the problem and that's not only during business hours.
If Mick Jagger wanted to rent Your place You would not get an inquiry from Mick. You would get an inquiry from a high-end travel agency. There are travel agencies out there who have high end customers in certain fields like Musik, Baseball, Socker, certain Industries and what have You. These travel agencies personally know all their customers and it really is a word of mouth business. These agencies require an extra commission and all that.
Also the manager said, that his agency has contracts with security companies in certain areas. So if he has the unfortunate experiance that a party is completaly going out of hand, they would call the security company and said company would then send 5 guys big as a rock to „talk“ to the guests.
Unfortenately I cannot retrieve the article I'm talking about but You may search on google with refering keywords.
Good luck with Your hosting and hopefully noone will damage Your great place.