I communicate with guests prior to arrival, I meet them unless they are return visitors and know how to get to the property. We do have a lot of that, so these guests know what is going on here and how to reach me if they have any questions or needs. I haven’t had anything through Airbnb in a long time and lost my super host status because we were closed down for two years or longer due to covid. Even at this point, people are required to be tested and get approval from the government to enter the Federation, so tourism is not back to normal. Hopefully, that will change soon as the most of the rest of the world has dropped testing prior to traveling into a country. Once that happens, hopefully tourism will pick up. I have gotten quite a few rentals from VRBO, so I am not sure why Airbnb has been so different and so few requests even. One house I rent used to be booked constantly, so I can only guess the Covid and our travel restrictions have changed that. Also, I rent for different homeowners, and cannot go by the suggested rates at all. Expenses here are very high and right now, electricity is through the roof!
Guests tend to come and turn on the air conditioners in the bedrooms, leave the doors open and have windows open in the living and kitchen area which is a total waste of electricity. Some are considerate, but more often than not, the just blast the a/c as cold as they can and never turn it off. With no one in the house, the last electric bill was about $250.00 with a gas stove, no a/c running, no fans running, only the pool with the timer set to only come on once or twice a day. With people in the house it will go up to $500.00 or more per month, so suggested rates of $150.00 or less per night for a 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath with a pool are unthinkable.
Cathy Yearwood