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[Richard3561]

I am from Uganda, East Africa; we recently moved to a bigger house and thought we would use this opportunity to make new friends and meet new people by sharing extra space in our home. I have operated an Airbnb before, but not in my own house. I want to try out this new adventure,  joining the community. I want to hear from other hosts, their experiences, and how they have managed to sustain this venture; I will be glad to hear and learn from each one of you, as well as share my experience with you all. 

[Kitty-and-Creek0]

@Richard3561 

Terrific choice ! We host in our home, it is wonderful. We get to offer very personal hospitality, and have not encountered any of the issues that we hear about constantly from hosts who offer a whole house where they do not live. Best wishes for a terrific experience!

[Alex]

Welcome to the Community @Richard3561!

It's a pleasure to introduce you to the rest of the hosts. If you're looking to connect with people worldwide and learn, you're in the perfect place! 🌎

How has your experience been with hosting in the past? 🏡

Best, 

Alex

[Marie8425]

@Richard3561 

I think maybe you need to think about what your willing to live with in the home you live?  Living room has a sleeping area for basically strangers doesn't sound like a comfortable plan for you or th Guests,  I suggest eliminate that option on your listing have designated shared areas and designated private areas.

If you have 2 bedrooms, a suggestion I do is a listing for each bedroom and a 3rd listing that offers 2 bedrooms, you can link calendars to prevent overbooking but you don't eliminate a potential market that only needs 1 bedroom.

[Maisie1]

In your listing, make sure you spell wifi, not wife.

In your photos, put the bed with rose bedspread against a wall in the middle of the room, not scrunched up against another second wall. Bedside tables would be lovely for a guest too.

Flowers in a vase on the tables would be nice when you take a photograph.

If you can get all cleaning items off counters, and retake your photos, that would be awesome.

The house looks a little empty, needs a few more pieces of furniture, or some flower vases on the tables. Are you living there also? Will your guests be sharing a house with you?

I would also suggest planting some flower beds or taller bushes outside right beside the house to make it much more welcoming.

When you take the photos, stand farther back as the perspective of things is a bit askew.

By the way, I am also from Kampala but now live in Canada. 

Wishing you the best of luck!