@Rasheda3 I don't have any house rules. 🙂
Well, I do have some checked off in the house rules section, the standard stuff like no children, no pets, no parties, but aside from the no pets, those are all sort of a moot point in a private room listing for 1 guest.
I can't imagine what rules I would really need to make other than that. I don't consider things like cleaning up after oneself in the kitchen, for instance, to be a "rule", it's just what respectful adults do. And all my guests have. Same for not being loud if a guest comes home late.
It's not like I've never had any issues with guests, I've had a couple, but was able to work things out amicably with the guests without any big drama, Airbnb involvement, or bad reviews.
It's really a whole different thing hosting a private room in one's home from hosting an entire house or apartment.
I think one reason I get guests who are a good fit for me and my offering is that I specifically market towards the type of guest who will be comfortable and happy here.
Not sure if you know, but you can check out any host's listing here by clicking on their profile photo, then View Profile on the next screen. You can then click on the thumbnail of their listing on the profile page to look at it.
Looking at your listing, I think you could put more information in your listing description. There are lots of sections when you go to your Edit Listing page that you haven't filled out- The Space, Guest Access, Interaction with guests. Guests tend not to read through really wordy stuff, but the more you can paint a word picture for guests without getting too verbose, the better.
And you ought to remove your phone number from your listing. You should never make your phone number public. Guests receive your number when their booking is confirmed. And you can out it in the house manual.
Congrats on all your great reviews so far.
( BTW, I was born and raised in Kansas City. Well, mostly raised in Overland Park, technically Kansas, but really a suburb of KC)
