I’m sure we’ve all had those moments after guests leave, whe...
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I’m sure we’ve all had those moments after guests leave, when we start tidying up and discover something unexpected. From qui...
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It's nice, that you have a good news to share in these difficult times.
I'm on the long term market now. It took me a month to find a tenant for my place. It was not easy, but....life goes on.
Good on you Don, great to see.
I said I would bow out of here for a while due to the resentment and hardship a lot of hosts around the world are feeling at the moment. I was sort made to feel like, if I got a booking or two I was rubbing salt into the wound!
But DM conversations with moderator @Nick have suggested that many hosts do like to hear that there is light at the end of the tunnel.....and although my success since the start of May has not been as spectacular as yours Don, it has certainly got me back to full on 'mop and bucket' duty!
And I am not the only one here! A TV news item a couple of weeks ago said Airbnb booking in my state are 70% up on what they were for the same time last year!
Like @Helen427 in New Zealand, Australia relies heavily on international tourism. But equally, Aussies are great travelers and have the money in their pockets to do it. It will probably be at least another 6 months before Australia opens it's borders to international tourism but, that also means we are not permitted to leave Australia! There are lots of tourist dollars to be spent, and if they can't be spent overseas.....they will be spent here, and that is what we are finding.
New Zealand has lead the world in getting on top of COVID-19 and Helen, you should be so proud of what you have all done as a nation to get where you are!
@Inna22 I find it puzzling that Airbnb would allow one night bookings in some parts of the world and not others, is there some reason for that? Is that an Airbnb policy or the City of Chicago ruling?
@Jessica-and-Henry0 Make the most of this time where you can just be yourselves.....you and Henry, nobody else! I just loved being able to sleep until 9 in the morning for that 5 weeks....being able to go out and drop a fart in the garden whenever I felt like it. I loved not being a prisoner in my own space for a while. Betts hated it, I am sure she developed separation anxiety....she would sit down at the front gate looking down the street wondering where all the people were.
@Dimitar27 I am so pleased you have found a way around your short term renting. There is something about the 'security' of having long term guests that I sometimes yearn for. It can be difficult when you have to re-invent yourself every night or two, but, I have been lucky, I have been blessed with a steady supply of great guests over the past 4 years. I have only had possibly three I would not like to shake hands with again!
@Suzanne302 Those one night stays take it out of you when you get to my age and unfortunately Ade can't help anymore. But despite my age I feel fit and I think those one night stays have had a bit to do with that.....they stop me spending endless hours here sitting on my bum typing away in front of this screen!
To Helen in Whitehaven (don't know why I can't access your tag) @Yadira22 and @Emilia42 , keep your chin up guys. This virus will come to an end despite the best efforts of Donald and Boris, there is a rainbow on the horizon.
Cheers........Rob
