@Shawn656 Great choice of lead photo - the contrast between the deep blues and the warm glow of the strung lights will really catch the eye in search results.
Your listing description is an entertaining read, but it's way too much to demand of people who might be considering dozens of listings. At the very least, you should preface it with a quick-reading summary of the home's amenities and highlights. The rest of it is only of interest to people who have already made your listing their first choice.
One very common error new hosts make is to assume Airbnb will enforce fees and fines on their behalf just because they're written in the listing. But they definitely don't do that. The only thing you accomplish by threatening "$1000 cleaning fee" is scaring away everyone who bothers to read the whole essay.
And about that fee. I understand your aversion to residual smoke odor, but sorry, "no smokers" is a non-starter. Anything guests do outside of your property is well outside your jurisdiction. You allow pets, so presumably you've factored wet-dog smell and animal hair removal into your cleaning plan.That smell on the sheets left behind by someone who smoked elsewhere is no different - it's just a fact of life you're going to have to deal with - and no, you can't claim "damage" for it because it isn't.
As long as you don't use Instant Book, you can discuss your quirks and pet peeves in the Request conversation and determine case by case whether each guest is a good fit. But you can't get there if nobody is requesting in the first place, so try not to scare people away with crazy threats, even if they're meant in jest.
