Hello I’ve been hosting for almost 7 months but I feel like ...
Hello I’ve been hosting for almost 7 months but I feel like something its missing on my listing please let me know your thoug...
Hello all,
I recently list my 1st property on Airbnb this month. I need your opinions about the listing so I can improve: picture, description, house rules... More comment is better. All critique are welcome, no hard feeling, because you guys can really just gonna help me get better.
The link to my listing can be find here:
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Hi Hien,
Congratulations on becoming a host and taking the leap into Airbnb! It’s great to see that you’re open to feedback, so here are my thoughts after reviewing your listing:
Photos
Description
House Rules
Pricing
Guest Experience
Overall, you're off to a great start! I think with a few tweaks, you can really make your listing stand out. Best of luck with your hosting journey!
I think you are on the right path with you listing., the house is cute. I would recommend giving the house a name, or a theme. People love a house with a name or theme. I think some of the pictures could be tweeted, like take pictures of the inside during the day around dusk and open the curtains. When people see closed curtains they think you are hiding something. Did you have these pictures done professionally? I would make your first 5 pictures in the listing your 5 most important pictures. What is going to grab peoples eye the most, like the outside area. Do people come to the area to hang out outside and enjoying the weather? Then what other pictures make your property stand out from the other properties around you? Those would be the first 5 images I would have in my listing. I would also add descriptions to about half of the images. I hope this helps.
Noted. Thank you very much!
Hi Hien,
Congratulations on becoming a host and taking the leap into Airbnb! It’s great to see that you’re open to feedback, so here are my thoughts after reviewing your listing:
Photos
Description
House Rules
Pricing
Guest Experience
Overall, you're off to a great start! I think with a few tweaks, you can really make your listing stand out. Best of luck with your hosting journey!
Thank you, Oksana, for your detailed response regarding my listing. I wasn’t expecting such a clear and thorough answer! I truly appreciate it.
Beautiful house and i worked in Oregon for a decade (haha showing my age again) nice area.
My thoughts what is the market that is in your area? I didn't get a good sense of that, a potential guest is either vacationing or a temporary work in the area. Facts about the house and exterior pictures are good, but don't really focus on a temporary stay market. If vacationers, I would use the deck pictures that was an amazing spacious private and comfortably furnished area for a group of 6 to enjoy.
Work related stays are very profitable. Companies do provide per diem reimbursement for rentals but for the contract employee not the employee's whole family That would effect the spouses employment and the children's school. That doesn't mean you can't provide just you are probably going to have a group of 3 employees each with a private bedroom. If that is your market, I would use your living room photo.
If you are near the hospital, I encourage to talk to Hospital HR Department and the Hospital Social Workers they keep lists of STR for traveling nurses or therapists and the Social Worker assists family visiting someone in the hospital for a week or two from another state.
The first key is identifying what market and then speaking and showing your the best choice
Hi Marie,
My property listing is aimed at both vacationers and business travelers, roughly 40% vacationers and 60% business travelers—though that’s just a rough estimate. The City of Hillsboro does not allow short-term rentals for more than 29 nights, which limits mid- and long-term business opportunities unless I adjust my listing to have no maximum stay.
For now, I plan to shuffle my cover photos while I determine my target audience.
Thank you very much for your feedback; I truly appreciate it!