@Airbnb, @Peter-And-Meg0 , @Catherine-Powell
Sure, if you do singular night bookings of maybe, more than one room across a city or town that has a 52 week tourist season, or demand for accommodation: you can probably build your Super Host status quickly. If you live where the size of the population is diversifying into short “local” getaways, that may also work. I have neither..... Current super hosts should also not be penalised if they have family with health issues, and are currently unable to host.
I usually agree with you, but not quite so, this time @Emilia42.
Here’s my personal example:
If you are in a geographical zone which has a short tourist season, that you have not been able to open for Covid19 or govt or local restrictions, your theory doesn’t work.
Eg. For me our tourist season is from 1 May to Sept 30th, our Dry Season. The humidity buildup prior to the Wet Season is not something the average tourist seeks.
With family health issues and closed borders no opening of the Airbnb space = no prerequisite criteria or reviews to build up that ratio for superhost status again)
We are too isolated and too small a city to appeal to locals, so that newer demographics doesn’t work in Darwin, as government has been offering credit vouchers to residents for tourist/hotel chain stays etc. Borders have sporadically opened to only some states, not all, and we have no international travel, so this also now means extremely limited stays/earnings. I cannot compete with the major hotels dropping prices to gain the same tourist I might be seeking.
In fact I am having my first, and possibly my last Airbnb guests for 2020, this week, for a 25 day stay. They depart early October, which is the tourist “climate” cliff for us.
So probably with a one guest stay = 25 nights across Super host October quarter, the January quarter, and the April quarter, I’m screwed! Why? Well due to climate and some border closures including international) we will not have accumulated #stays or # nights. Truthfully, the July 2021 quarter will also be affected. For me, it won’t be until the October quarter, 2021, any tourists season/guests across the 2021 tourist season (whatever that might look like) will be visible.