New to the Community Center? Introduce yourself here ‌👇

[Bhumika]

Hello everyone! 😊

Welcome to the Community Center! 👋  I'm @Bhumika , one of the Community Managers for our English Community Center along with my lovely team members @Quincy @Paula @Rebecca  and @Elisa  and we are thrilled to have you join us.

Let's kickstart this thread with a little about us Community Managers:

@Quincy : I'm from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 I have been on the Community Center for 6+ years, and have been an Airbnb Host myself. I love cycling🚲, playing football⚽, and travelling🌏 . I love how dynamic and diverse the Community Center is as we meet Hosts from all around the globe. 

@Bhumika :  🌍 I was born in Gujarat, India 🇮🇳 , and shifted to Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 last year! 📷 I recently realized my love for photography and aesthetics. I love to capture mundane life and candid pictures. 🌆 When I'm not working, you'll find me binge-watching thriller movies or exploring history.

@Paula : I am from Colombia 🇨🇴 and currently living in British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦. I have a passion for Latin American culture (I love to dance 💃) . I've had the opportunity to visit around 20 countries 🌎 and plan to visit many more. In my free time, I enjoy outdoor activities, especially mountain biking 🚲 and hiking 🏔.

@Rebecca : I'm from Cardiff in Wales originally but being a military child and a veterans spouse, I've travelled and lived in a lot of different places in the UK and Europe. I'm an environmentalist 🌿 and like to minimise my impact on the planet 🌎 as well as volunteering in my local community.  I love sea swimming 🌊 yoga on the beach 🧘‍ and I'm a children's yoga instructor too! 🙌 

@Elisa : I was born in Italy 🇮🇹 and as a lover of unique experiences—from exploring the streets of Rome🇮🇹 , Paris 🇫🇷, and Toronto 🇨🇦 to appreciating timeless art and cuisine—I'm here to blend the old with the new. 

Now it's your turn! Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? And is there something special about the location of your accommodation that you'd like to share?

Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Warm regards,

Bhumika

[Rebecca]

Hey @Amy3274 👋

It's great to hear that you've been hosting on Airbnb for 5 years in the beautiful mountains of Kentucky!  How wonderful that you're able to look after your Airbnbs around your job. 

What brings you to the Community Center? 

[Amy3274]

@Rebecca I was looking for information on how to handle if as a host anyone had needed to cancel  a guest s reservation. Once I did the cancellation I was asking if I had handled it the correct way. 

[Kenneth565]

Hi. My name is Kenneth ** but most of my friends call me Ken. Am from Mumbai. I think it almost 8 years since I’ve been hosting. My home is quite close to the airports, has easy access to the arterial highways. I live alone and host guests in, obviously, the guest room😁. I love to go biking (motorcycle), social dancing (jive, salsa etc), watch movie AND eat. So I know some of the best places to enjoy food and night life in Mumbai, without tearing a hole in your pocket. If you ever come to Mumbai… mi casa, sou casa.

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[Rebecca]

Hi @Kenneth565 👋

Congratulations and a huge welcome to the Community Center! It's great to have you here with us. Mumbai sounds wonderful! What brings you to the Community? 

[Simon4782]

Hi,

I am Simon from Scotland. I started hosting in May 2024. Much is going well.

I had poor experience of support on a technical matter (map legends) at the outset but I manged to get it solved. 

Now I want to understand how technical escalation is managed. There is a clear bug in the way airbnb is passing dates to Google Calendar using iCal. I see others have posted. 

How do we get attention to this soluble issue?

[Rebecca]

Hey @Simon4782 👋 

Congratulations and a huge welcome to the Community Center! It's great to have you here with us.  All technical issues need to go to Airbnb Support where they will be able to open up a ticket for you. 

You can also start a conversation and ask the question to the Community  😊

[Rachel3013]

Hello! I'm in the gold country of California, USA and have spent the majority of my life traveling the world, sometimes staying at Airbnbs.  I'm new to hosting and in the thick of learning any scenario that can come my way but overall have had a really positive experience.  When I have free time I'm either hiking or checking out the latest museum exhibits and enjoying good food.

[Rebecca]

Hey @Rachel3013 👋

Welcome to the Hosting Community Center! You're in the right place for support from wonderful hosts such as yourself. 

Feel free to start a conversation and ask any questions you may have!  😊

[S-O-Q-U0]

@Shikha : I'm from India originally, born and brought up in New Delhi. I am new to Airbnb, started hosted my place a month back, looking forwards to get some guidance here for hosting better and getting good and fast bookings.

.  I love sea swimming, Sports, Music

🧘‍ and I'm a Physical education Lecturer In University too! 

[Rebecca]

Hi @S-O-Q-U0 👋

Congratulations and a huge welcome to the Community Center! It's great to have you here with us. You've come to the right place as we're here to support you!
 
Feel free to start a conversation and ask any questions you may have!  😊

[Patricia4763]

I from the United States. I have lived in Ohio, Colorado, New Hampshire, Boston and have retired in Maine where I have spent the summers as a child.  I love gardening on my almost 4 acre plot and bird watching.  Keeping the feeders full is a part time job.  I still do construction consulting and may try my first flip this winter with the goal of providing affordable housing to the community here.

In the winter I do genealogy research and read  by the fireplace with my two cats.

[Mirjana76]

Greetings to all hosts. I am new to AirBnb and very grateful to be able to read your comments and posts. I am calling from the beautiful country of Croatia, a small country with a great vacation. I currently have an apartment Zagreb Sky apartment, and in the future I will be able to offer a villa in Dalmatia. I will try to be a good host to all my guests. Greetings from Croatia and from the capital Zagreb

[Rebecca]

Hi @Mirjana76 👋

Welcome to the Airbnb Community Center! It's wonderful to have you as part of our hosting community. Croatia sounds like a fantastic vacation destination, and both your apartment in Zagreb and future villa in Dalmatia sound amazing. 

Have you got your first bookings yet? 😊

[Rebecca]

Hi @Patricia4764 👋

Congratulations and a huge welcome to the Community Center! It's great to have you here with us. You've come to the right place as we're here to support you!
 
Feel free to start a conversation and ask any questions you may have!  😊

[Michelle4276]

Hello everyone I’m Michelle my husband and I are originally from Cameroon in west Africa . Living in North Carolina new to hosting in the Kannapolis China grove area. Hoping to connect with other hosts and explore this platform