Offer classes as add-on services

[Kimball0]

Hi, everyone. My partner and I teach yoga and meditation and want to offer private classes to our guests as add-on services. Many of them choose our quiet place in the country for a retreat from their busy city lives. Offering this type of service to them makes sense to us, but we want to be extra careful not to violate Airbnb rules or trigger their attention. Airbnb is our main income source, and we can't afford to lose our hosting status. Has anyone been offering private classes as add-on services? Can it be done without causing any trouble with Airbnb? Is collecting add-on service fees through the Resolution Center the best practice as of 2021? I understand Airbnb doesn't take a cut for charges incurred through the Resolution Center. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

This is my first time posting at the forum. Any advice and suggestions will be helpful. Thanks, all!

[Emiel1]

@Kimball0 

Maybe your classes can be appointed as Airbnb experiences ?

More: What are airbnb experiences

[Kimball0]

@Emiel1 Thanks for your suggestion. We are exploring the option of listing our classes on Experiences. We haven't found out yet if we could set the maximum number of participants at two. We are under the impression that Experiences are geared toward groups.

[Sarah977]

@Kimball0 I don't see why you couldn't mention in your listing that you are both yoga and meditation instructors and private classes can be arranged while guests are in residence.  It's not all that different than hosts mentioning restsurants and other services that are available in the area.

I'd not involve Airbnb in this at all, just have guests pay you in cash for classes, (but of course don't mention cash payment in the ad, just say classes can be arranged after guests arrive) Some hosts are artists or craftspeople and have sold things to guests if they are interested. Or have local products for sale. They don't have the guests pay through Airbnb.

[Anonymous]

@Kimball0  There are some hosts who have both Room listings and Experience listings, but Airbnb doesn't currently offer the functionality of booking the Experience as an optional add-on feature to the Room. 

It wouldn't be in violation of any policy to offer an additional service without involving Airbnb in the payment process. And you can use the Resolution Center to request pre-payment for extra services if you don't want to deal with cash transactions during the stay. But the liability protection that comes with accommodation booking doesn't extend to the add-on services that aren't booked as Experiences. So if a guest is injured or killed falling down your stairs, you're eligible for a Host Protection claim. But if he's injured or killed in your class due to a yoga pose gone horribly wrong, you'll need your own liability coverage for that.

[Kimball0]

@Anonymous thank you so much for your feedback! We now feel good about offering our classes as add-on services. This was our first time posting on this forum. This system works! We are thankful for the support from the community.

[Kimball0]

@Sarah977 @Thank you so much for your advice! My partner and I now feel good about going ahead with offering our add-on services. It’s always good to be assured by more experienced and savvy hosts. Have a wonderful weekend!