New Hosts: How Do You Feel About Starting Your Hosting Adventure?

[Rebecca]

We’re thrilled to have you on board as part of our vibrant Hosting community 🎉

Embarking on a Hosting journey is an exciting experience for new Hosts. As you prepare to welcome your first guests into your homes and create new experiences, a range of emotions and expectations emerge. 

How do you feel about opening your doors to guests for the first time, and what are you most excited to learn or improve upon during your Hosting journey? 🤩

We’re here to support you every step of the way with resources, guidance and a community of experienced Hosts. Tell us what kind of support you’re looking for and what goals you’re aiming to achieve as a new Host. 👇 

Looking forward to seeing your replies, 

Rebecca 🦋 

[Miriam987]

Hi had this experience for a massive gathering in town, was nice, unfortunately had some damages, and do not know who is responsible .. bad luck .. will reduce offered service and increase prices

[Rebecca]

Hi @Miriam987 👋

I'm sorry to hear about the damages you experienced during the massive gathering. It can be frustrating not knowing who is responsible for the damages. Did you reach out to Airbnb for support? 

[Miriam987]

Yes, but unfortunately not knowing which of the guest did it we cannot do anything

[Rebecca]

Sorry to hear that @Miriam987. 

It might be worth talking about your recent experience in a thread of it's own to see if any of the experienced Hosts can support you in the future - feel free to start a conversation 😊 

[Adriana-Aparecida2]

Olá Rebeca obrigado pelo seu acolhimento nesta comunidade. Comecei esta nova jornada porque houve uma redução drástica no meu salário de professora de arte. A princípio estou colocando um valor abaixo da média para atrair mais hóspedes neste início. Preparei minha suíte com o máximo de cuidado e atenção que consegui.

Gostaria que vissem meu anúncio e dessem opiniões assim como outras dicas para melhorar. O processo de receber hóspedes em minha casa está me surpreendendo positivamente cada vez mais. Percebo que ajudo as pessoas e vice-versa. Estou muito grato e pretendo melhorar bastante as instalações na medida que melhorar financeiramente. Um abraço 

Atenciosamente 

Adriana Aparecida Vitorino - Londrina/Brasil

Translation: Hello Rebeca, thank you for your welcome in this community. I started this new journey because there was a drastic reduction in my art teacher salary. At first I'm setting a value below average to attract more guests at the beginning. I prepared my suite with as much care and attention as I could muster.

I would like you to see my ad and give opinions as well as other tips to improve. The process of welcoming guests into my home is surprising me more and more positively. I realize that I help people and vice versa. I am very grateful and I intend to improve the facilities a lot as I improve financially. A hug

Yours sincerely

Adriana Aparecida Vitorino - Londrina/Brazil

[Paula]

Olá @Adriana-Aparecida2

Um cordial cumprimento e muito obrigado por participar neste tópico.

Você chegou ao lugar perfeito para receber comentários e sugestões sobre como melhorar seu anúncio. Nossos anfitriões ficarão encantados em ajudar.

Aqui está o link sobre "Pergunte à Comunidade "O que devo melhorar no meu anúncio?" para obter conselhos e aumentar suas reservas! e convido você a continuar esta conversa em nossa comunidade de língua portuguesa, onde temos muitos anfitriões incríveis do Brasil.

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Hello Adriana,

A warm welcome and many thanks for participating in this thread.

You’ve come to the perfect place to receive feedback and suggestions on how to improve your listing. Our hosts will be delighted to help.

Here is the link on "Ask the Community 'What should I improve in my listing?' to get advice and increase your bookings!" I also invite you to continue this conversation in our Portuguese-speaking community, where we have many amazing hosts from Brazil.

Best regards,

[Irene1435]

Wow. It has been a real adventure. I have learnt a lot from the guests I have hosted so far. I'm pleased and encouraged because all the guests so far have given a 5 star rating, which is really encouraging.

I managed to host a Super host and I am very grateful for the ideas he shared with me on how to improve my apartment. I was also a bit flattered when he mentioned that he was also taking a few notes from my apartment. 

I'm pleased to have made some money from the apartment. It is different from just leaving it unoccupied.

Yah. So far so good. I'm hopeful for the future. 🥰💃💃

[Ibrahim260]

Hello my name is Ibrahim from Uganda

Am always very grateful being in this plat form and i do welcome quests from where ever to come and have great experience in my area so that they can share great experiences

I have not yest hosted but am really looking forward to it and i will be very much pleased

You are welcome

[Rebecca]

Hi @Ibrahim260 and welcome to the Community Center! We're thrilled to have you here. 👋

Even though you haven't hosted yet, your enthusiasm and willingness to open your home to guests is already a great start. I'm sure you will be a fantastic host! If you ever need any tips or information on how to get started or enhance your hosting experience, feel free to start a conversation 😊  The Airbnb community is here to support you.

Wishing you all the best in your upcoming hosting journey! 🌍🏠

[Ibrahim260]

Thanks a lot Rebecca for always being there to support us and to encourage us 

Sure i really need lots of tips and information on how to enhance my journey as am really looking forward for my number one guest or guests

Once again thanks for great guidance and your efforts

Regards to all

[Rebecca]

Hi @Irene1435 👋

That's wonderful to hear! It sounds like you've had a positive experience hosting guests and receiving 5-star ratings - hosting a Superhost must have been a great achievement, and it's fantastic that you were able to exchange ideas and learn from each other.

Keep up the good work! 🌟

[Amalia198]

Me gustaría aprender y aplicar todo lo de Airbnb para construir un negocio rentable.

Google Translation added by Community Manager:  I would like to learn and apply everything about Airbnb to build a profitable business. 

[Amalia198]

Gracias Rebeca.

[Rebecca]

Hi @Amalia198 👋

That's great to hear. You can get lots of support on the Community Center from other Hosts. I wanted to let you know that we have the Community Center specifically in Spanish, where you will find other hosts who speak Spanish and can help you with your questions.

Thank you so much, 
Rebecca 

Google Translation added by Community Manager: 

Quería informarte de que tenemos el Centro de la Comunidad específicamente en español, donde encontrarás otros anfitriones que hablan español y pueden ayudarte con tus preguntas.

Muchas gracias, 
Rebecca 

[Madiha13]

Good