Say hello to the Host Advisory Board members

[#1]

Hello everyone,

When we announced the Host Advisory in December, we said we'd look to this group of hosts to represent you and help highlight the things that really matter to hosts within Airbnb.

To make sure they understand the needs and perspectives of our global community, the Advisory Board members are active in different ways: from contributing here in the Community Center to leading local hosting groups, to participating in product and policy feedback sessions.  

All of the Advisory Board members are active hosts and represent hosting from countries all around the world. They all have different stories and reasons for why they host. They are excited to get to know you, and we hope you will get to know them. 

Introducing...... 

  @Anna1403 ,  @Bez8,   @Antonella78,  @Susan208,  @Till-and-Jutta0,   @Nutth0,  @Norma17,  @Peter1,  @Merrydith0,  @Pascale144,  @Omar202,  @Pooja30,  @Tiffany204,  @Vinícius0,  @Shinya0,  @Ningyi0,  @Samuel604 

Many of you have already been speaking with Till, Nutth, Bez and Peter, here in the EN CC. 

I ask you to support the Advisory Board members by continuing to surface the great knowledge and insights we see here everyday. Make them feel welcome here and get to know them, they want to hear your ideas and make a difference for all of our community. They need your support to do this. You can also use the tag #HostAdvisoryBoard to highlight topics to them.

What’s next?

Each month a different Advisory Board member will be representing the group and providing an update in the Resource Center and we’ll be carrying on the conversation here on the CC. In the meantime, @Susan208 is our first spotlight of the year, please take a look here.  You can also meet Susan at our Community Center meetup on Tuesday February, 23rd 1PM (PST)–to join view this post here. 

@Omar202 will be providing a February update, so do look out for that in a couple of weeks. 🙂

Thank you,

Lizzie (and all of the EN CC team) 

[Lizzie]

Hello everyone,

@Ute42, @Clara116, @Cathie19, @Ann72, @Melodie-And-John0, @Samantha-and-Bruce0, @Debra300, @Stephanie1158, @David122, @Angelyn1, @Regina114, @Jennifer1673, @Veronica-Of-Excel-Proper0, @Sandi14, @Andrew90,@Kevin-s0, @Debi1, @George123, @Ana7, @Pam116, @Susan10, @Adele46, @Mary-and-Brian0, @Shaun124, @Kim-And-Fred0, @Amrita8, @Brigitte960, @Antonella598,

Such a joy reading all the comments here from across the world. Thank you. 

As mentioned in my opening post, there will be an EN Community Center social meetup on Tuesday February 23rd (a relaxed online event where members of the CC come together to connect from around the world) and @Susan208 will be there to meet you, so you can put a face to a name. 🙂 

I hope many of you will be able to join. To find out more, take a look here. 

If you have any questions on the meetup, just let me know.

Thank you, looking forward to seeing you. 

Lizzie

[Kim-And-Fred0]

Hi Lizzie, I registered for the event, but I got an error message saying the meeting link had expired?  I have the meeting on my calendar regardless.  I thought you would want to know.  : )  Kim and Fred from Portland, Oregon  Under The Cedars Guesthouse 

[Lizzie]

Hello @Kim-And-Fred0,

Great to hear you are going to join the meetup. 

Hmmm...about the link, can I check when you got the error code. You registered for the meetup and then you should have received a confirmation email. Did you then try to click on the join the meetup link or was it at another time? 

Thank you,

Lizzie

[Susan208]

Cannot wait to meet you on on Tuesday.  Have a great weekend all.  Susan 

[Bez8]

Hello to my wonderful host family! 

My name is Behzad! My wife and I host our home in Vancouver BC.  I am so excited to work with all of you to drive meaningful change. 

[Melodys0]

Nice to meet everyone . I am Melodys Place Lodging western Mass. 

[Aleyda8]

Hello,

I'm hosting from Guanajuato Mexico.  This Host advisor is international, right?, and would you help me to understand how this work.

I have not been paying attention probably and don't know the goal of this board.

One of the topics I have a concern is Deposit, I can add a suggested deposit for extra guest or if guests caused a damage but can't enforce it.

Is that kind of topic that you will represent us to Airbnb?

Regards, 

[Till-and-Jutta0]

Dear @Aleyda8 , thank you for bringing this to our attention!

The “security deposit” is a frequently discussed topic in the community, and the Host Advisory Board will keep an eye on that, I’m sure.

To learn more about the board, who it is and how it works, please have a look at Airbnb’s Info Center https://www.airbnb.com/resources/hosting-homes/a/say-hello-to-the-members-of-airbnbs-host-advisory-b...

Happy Hosting!

[Sergi]

Hi @Aleyda8 , I'm Sergi from the Spanish speaker Community Center. Maybe you are interested to have a look in this two posts in this Community that explain what the Host Advisory board is about: 

- Presentamos oficialmente a los miembros del Consejo asesor de anfitriones en Airbnb

- Conoce a los miembros del Consejo asesor de anfitriones

I hope that helps you to understand better what the advisory board is about and I would like to invite you to have a look and participate in the Spanish Speaker Community Center, as well. 

Regards

[Aleyda8]

Thanks @Sergi , it is great to learn that we have a diverse community.  Yep,  I’ll look at those post/links and joins the proper group 

🙂

[Sergi]

I'm looking forward to see you in the Spanish Speaker Community Center @Aleyda8 

[Christine2773]

Hi I have 2 little cottages in LaGrange, TX. My question is, why would my advisory board be based out of Europe and not the US?

Your countries are different than mine. We do not have the same COVID rules that you have, especially where I am.

I am all about the cleaning! way before COVID even hit the airways. However, we are in the country, and masks are going away. Your rules on mask wearing, are not relevant to our area, not to mention that You are a marketing and reservation company that we use, we do not work for you, actually you make money from us being great hosts!

I have a message on my site that talks about mask wearing, please check it out Acorn Cottages LaGrange, TX before you make a decision to eliminate me and wreck my business, because I don't agree with you.

The funny thing is, I have friends who are airbnb host in CA and they were never threatened with this mask requirement!

If you could read my post and re think our geographical location, that would be great. I would love a personalized not generalized response.

Thank you,

Christine Leviton

[Stephanie]

Hiya,

The HAB is global, not just EU. You can see all 17 members here: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/d/hostadvisoryboardintl 

@Susan208 is one of the Stateside advisors that we have here on the CC but the whole board takes on feedback from the CC and other host communities. 

Thanks

[Susan208]

Thanks Stephanie!!

[MariaTeresa51]

Hello. I am an active HOST and really can not understand: if I have rules and prices CLEARLY STATED in my listing, how can Airbnb allow negative explicit reviews about rules or prices?? This is a BIG error Airbnb is not attending to and can EASILY fix given all is written before guest reserves. Makes hosts VERY insecure